Raul Abreu Lastra Email & Phone Number

Roma Norte, Mexico City, Mx

Founding partner whose vision helped both organizations grow from start-ups to Mexico’s leading economic development consultancy (C230 Consulting) and think tank (IDEA), employing over 50 talented professionals and delivering over 200 projects to clients in more than 20 countries, across a broad range of development topics. Clients include USAID, the U.S. Deartment of State, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, McKinsey, and the Government of Mexico.After a hiatus (2017-2020), returned to management team, leading organizations’ expansion to United States. Led over 40 projects, including impact evaluations for public and private interventions in education, social development, and small business access to financial services. Delivered high-quality, meaningful evaluations, even when faced with incomplete data, limited resources, and tight deadlines.Together with C230 founding partners, launched Mexican FinTech start-up Intelimetrica to improve housing market conditions through data analysis.

Ciudad De México, Distrito Federal, Mx

Conceptualized and co-founded one of Mexico's top public policy think tanks, whose analysis and recommendations have had measurably positive impacts on public education policy, justice sector reform, and economic development in Mexico.After a hiatus (2017-2020), returned to the management team and board of directors, leading the organization's expansion to the United States.

Founder of the first proptech company in the Baltics, selected by Startup Wise Guys accelerator program. Built web-based proportech platform to connect homeowners, buyers, and financial institutions in Latvia, enabling thousands of users to explore and discover home value. Used machine learning to analyze and estimate value of land plots, private houses, and apartments. Implemented algorithm to appraise the complete land asset portfolio for the largest market cap company in Latvia.

Ahualulco De Mercado, Jalisco, Mx

Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad De México, Mx

Cofounder of Intelimetrica, a Mexican Fin Tech start up devoted to improving the conditions of the housing market through data analysis. Developed a model to appraise home values using data science.

D.F., México, Mx

Taught econometrics and statistics in the Masters in Public Administration program.

Mx

Designed a public program to provide land market access to young entrepreneurs in rural areas, creating an evaluation and monitoring system, coordinating program activities in ten Mexican states, managing the institutional relationship with the World Bank, and participating in negotiations to obtain a $100 million loan to support the program during its four initial years.

Hyderabad, Telangana, In

Assisted team overseeing a watershed management program focused on helping low-income communities increase access to irrigation and curb soil degradation. Used field research and econometric analysis to produce a report with policy recommendations to incentivize farmer collaboration aimed at preserving common natural resources (Master’s degree thesis).

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Coordinated program to train young professionals sponsored by Mexican state governments. Managed institutional relationships with Mexican state governors' offices, doubling the number of participating states, supervising academic projects, and recruiting program candidates.

Master’S Degree, Development Economics And International Development

Data Science And Machine Learning: Making Data-Driven Decisions

B.S., Industrial And Systems Engineering