Alan Mandujano Email & Phone Number

Mexico City, Cdmx, Mx

In 2023 I was promoted as Head of Latin America to focus on strategic planning of go to market initiatives and partnership development in the largest region of Emerging Markets, while still supporting our EM APAC team in live ops / live event planning and special projects, including City Safari: Mexico City, a live event with 30k+ attendees, and “Carnival of Love”, Brazil’s first regional in-game event.

In 2020, my role expanded to support other Emerging and Opportunity markets such as India, Russia and Indonesia, creating strategies for the growth of Pokémon GO in these regions, and supporting ideation, planning and execution of culturally relevant in-game events such as Día de Muertos, Holi and Diwali.In 2022 I was heavily involved in the launch of Pokémon GO in Indonesia, supporting with Project Management of the localization to the Bahasa Indonesia language, and leading the… Show more In 2020, my role expanded to support other Emerging and Opportunity markets such as India, Russia and Indonesia, creating strategies for the growth of Pokémon GO in these regions, and supporting ideation, planning and execution of culturally relevant in-game events such as Día de Muertos, Holi and Diwali.In 2022 I was heavily involved in the launch of Pokémon GO in Indonesia, supporting with Project Management of the localization to the Bahasa Indonesia language, and leading the ideation and execution of different GTM strategies during Pokémon Festival Jakarta in close collaboration with The Pokémon Company. Show less

Living my childhood dream working for Niantic (developers of Pokémon GO) in a highly cross-functional role. Responsible for exploring business opportunities, identifying potential partners (MNO, businesses, government) to develop synergistic collaborations that are exciting to the players of our games, interacting with and empowering local player communities in LATAM, managing local agencies for content creation / translation, and origination / planning of small and large scale events.

Mexico City, Mexico

Part-time professor at my alma mater, Tecnológico de Monterrey, teaching Introduction to Game Development with Unity, Augmented Reality, and UX/UI Design Fundamentals.

Founded Pokémex in 1999, which grew to became the largest and most influential community of Pokémon fans in Latin America. Through my experience leading Pokémex I learned the basics of everything from Community Management, UX and Web Development, to Business Development and planning of large scale events and tournaments (the largest being a Pokémon GO event with 16k attendants in 2016). Little did I know, this experience which was a part-time hobby and passion project shared with friends… Show more Founded Pokémex in 1999, which grew to became the largest and most influential community of Pokémon fans in Latin America. Through my experience leading Pokémex I learned the basics of everything from Community Management, UX and Web Development, to Business Development and planning of large scale events and tournaments (the largest being a Pokémon GO event with 16k attendants in 2016). Little did I know, this experience which was a part-time hobby and passion project shared with friends would shape my career a few years later. Show less

Ciudad De México Y Alrededores, México

Part of ZXVentures / DGO, a global team in ABI with the goal of enhancing people's moments with beer using technology. Responsible for the design and implementation of the backend architecture of Beerhouse.mx, Mexico's largest online store of craft and specialty beers, using scalable cloud-based/serverless technologies. In 2018 my role expanded into a tech/business liaison, working with the Product and Marketing teams in innovation projects for ABI brands such as the “Aviary” project for Stella… Show more Part of ZXVentures / DGO, a global team in ABI with the goal of enhancing people's moments with beer using technology. Responsible for the design and implementation of the backend architecture of Beerhouse.mx, Mexico's largest online store of craft and specialty beers, using scalable cloud-based/serverless technologies. In 2018 my role expanded into a tech/business liaison, working with the Product and Marketing teams in innovation projects for ABI brands such as the “Aviary” project for Stella Artois, which allowed users to print personalized chalices, and the “Lucky Players” project for Corona, a web app where users could upload a photo of themselves and have it turned into an avatar that was printed in a custom beer can, as part of World Cup 2018 activations. Additionally, supported in the production of gaming events such as 2018’s "Retas con Bud Light". Show less

Part of Tactical Development and Deployment, a task force focused on providing innovative solutions to problems in the implementation of eField projects and to create prototypes / PoC of new functionalities to satisfy customer needs. Co-creator of DYNO, a powerful and flexible graphical web user interface which has been used worldwide by engineers to deliver online simulators with the purpose of optimizing and monitoring the production of hydrocarbons using OLGA Online.

Mexico City, Mexico

Performed various roles as developer, analyst and team leader in a number of projects for various mexican financial institutions, including being part of the maintenance and support team for Ixe Banco J2EE-based online personal banking application, leading the development of a mobile iOS application for Ixe Tarjetas, and prototyping and developing a Mac OS X visualization app using Cocoa and OpenGL for the Mexican Stock Exchange, front-end development of a web application for General Motors… Show more Performed various roles as developer, analyst and team leader in a number of projects for various mexican financial institutions, including being part of the maintenance and support team for Ixe Banco J2EE-based online personal banking application, leading the development of a mobile iOS application for Ixe Tarjetas, and prototyping and developing a Mac OS X visualization app using Cocoa and OpenGL for the Mexican Stock Exchange, front-end development of a web application for General Motors, among other projects. Show less

Mexico City, Mexico

Project leader in the implementation of an accounting application in ASP.NET for PagaTodo. Project leader and architect in the development of a Java-based API that implemented the ISO 8583 microtransactions protocol for Aeroméxico and connected to a remote server through TCP sockets. Analyst in the requirements phase of the development of SIGA, a web application for the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property.

Worked as an intern from ITESM Experiencia Profesional in the maintenance and support team for a J2EE-based web application used by General Electric to track and manage the progress of the employees in their Six Sigma certification. Responsibilities included updating the application according to new requirements, creation and modification of stored procedures, addresing the issues reported by the users of the application, and following up requests with customers by email or conference call.

Selected by ING for a full-time summer internship in 2004 as Process Documenter in the IT department, supporting the organization efforts to standardize the procedures for IT management in their path towards ITIL certification.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Entrenamiento dirigido en Natación, Taller de Periodismo Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales (ISC)

Master In Business, Innovation And Creativity (Mbi), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services