Amanda Jacobson Email & Phone Number

Mexico

Santiago, CL

FinOps teams spend too much time manually reconciling their cash flows to bank statements. At the scale of a multinational business, this can mean millions in unreconciled funds, making it impossible to make savvy decisions on acquiring and investing corporate capital. Radar helps businesses reconcile funds in any ERP and automate payouts to optimize.

Mexico City, MX

- Supported Iluminar with the entrepreneur perspective on deal flow and memos.- Consulted for portfolio company Finerio (open banking) in connecting strategy with people operations and culture development

Mexico City, Mexico City, MX

• Bringing digital payments infrastructure to Latin America. With Oyster, Mexican business owners can charge in card, cash, or bank transfers, making it easy for their clients to pay at the click of a button. By making.
• Defined go-to-market strategy to achieve product-market fit of products including debit, credit and payments, considering local market, infrastructure and regulatory context. Reached nearly 100,000 clients with 30%.
• Negotiated and manages key relationships, including Oyster's first payments facilitator client and the MasterCard Principal Membership License.
• Prepared the sales and business development teams to acquire key clients, representing 80% of the highest volume clients.
• Implemented a process for continuous customer discovery to align the team throughout pivots in product and client segment.
• Built a multinational team of more than 130 people with Engagement scores >80%, measured by indicators like wellbeing, alignment and satisfaction.

Ciudad De México, México, MX

• Fiinlab was the innovation lab of Gentera (Compartamos Bank), which sought to co-create, alongside the entrepreneur ecosystem, sustainable, disruptive technology for financial inclusion.
• Managed a MXN$ 300M portfolio of eight ventures in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia; extended two follow-on investment offers; 243% average increase in clients; 212% average increase in revenues; internally raised new fund.
• Advised on three Boards (Avante, ePesos, Comunidad 4uno); provided portfolio support (dashboard creation, personalized help)
• Led a cross-functional team of four analysts in innovation (Fiinlab) and M&A departments; liaised with M&A
• Professionalized investment area with documented process, thesis, new metrics, Corporate Governance, reporting for C-Suite
• Encouraged innovation culture by connecting areas of Gentera with the entrepreneurship ecosystem (15+ venture intros, 2 pilots)

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• In 2015, 78% of startup investment in the United States—and half of all startup investment in the world—went to just 3 US states: Massachusetts, New York, and California. Less than 5% of investments in the United.
• Was promoted to Regional Manager after launching Village Capital's first investment-readiness accelerator in Mexico and first financial technology program in Latin America, as well as revamping the organization's.
• Conducted due diligence on 1000+ startups in Latam in Fintech, Education, Health, Energy, Agriculture; supported 54 ventures
• Built 6-person cross-cultural team; raised satisfaction from 6.5/10 to 8/10 (personal growth, relationship w/ colleagues, happiness)
• Delivered three hundred-hour accelerator programs; including curriculum design and delivery, program materials, logistics
• Developed strategy for entering new sectors and countries; pioneered firm's expansion to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina

Vienna, AT

• Researched 135 NGOs and 65 experts across Paraguay, Nicaragua and Honduras
• Drove applications for the Stars Foundation Impact Award during their first time including Latin American NGOs in the applicant pool

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Developed, implemented, and trained use of impact assessment tool measuring social impact and farmer-organization relationship
• Produced a report on impact assessment options, rural livelihoods, honey industry in India and their relevance to UTMT

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Managed outreach and developed partnerships with incubators, networks, and enterprises in Delhi, Gujarat and Kerala through one-on-one meetings with local executives and business development workshops
• Structured business processes by consolidating information into a database and determining the best data collection platforms
• Supported expansion efforts to Sub-Saharan Africa by managing application logistics and researching high-impact start-ups

• Welcomed students, faculty and community members to attend weekly lessons and social activities
• Planned Emory's first ever Salsa Social, which was free to Emory students and collected donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Fundraised by posting advertisements, accumulating membership fees and holding social events
• Ensured that the instructors received their checks in a timely manner, managed all deposits and withdrawals, collected and tracked dues, and dealt with reimbursements

• Innovated “SalSwing” event and convinced organizers to use earnings to develop a scholarship
• Networked to create a collaborative team of students, staff, faculty, and refugee organizations (inc. Refugee Family Services)
• Improved infrastructure, fundraising, marketing, and criteria as scholarship is offered a third year

Houston, TX, US

• Presented an in-depth analysis of hydraulic fracturing and recommended regulations by analyzing current events, studies, company practices and government regulations alongside the legal interns
• Wrote and published various internal and external communications, including intranet articles and OxyChem boilerplates
• Composed a presentation on oil and gas industry communications and reputation management for the Vice President of Communications’ lecture at USC’s Marshall School of Business

Atlanta, GA, US

• Scheduled meaningful activities balancing service, learning and development components.
• Designed bonfire activities to be led during the retreat
• Prepared to perform various stereotypes to teach students how to recognize and alter them
• Filmed and edited the 2010 Crossroads advertisement

Santa Monica, CA, US

• Organized a $10,000 fundraiser (doubled earnings from previous year); solicited sponsorships and donations
• Created fundraising promotional plan utilizing social media and direct mail
• Planned activities and mentored 12 students, ages 8-17, through a one-week creative dramatics camp

Seattle, Washington, US

• Developed relationships with customers by personalizing interactions and maintaining a store database
• Gained extensive expertise in merchandising and customer service

New York, NY, US

• (lifetime volunteer; dates selected to for LinkedIn appearance)
• Brought together students from an amalgam of backgrounds to learn about other cultures through lunchtime discussion and activity paired with events with the exchange students.
• Developed, organized, and fundraised for a four-day event welcoming all the AFS exchange students in Greater Los Angeles to stay in Venice and present their cultures to high schoolers.

Explore Fellow - Cohort 9

Bachelor, Business Administration; Psychology

Ingeniería Comercial, Minor En Psicología (Business And Psychology)

Education record