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Modak is a US-based platform leveraging the power of fintech, gamification, and community to empower teens to reach their full potential.We are founded with an audacious vision to enable teens and young adults to reach their full potential, regardless of their background. We pursue this mission by offering a gamified fintech and learning ecosystem - with teen cards, financial literacy, and other services. We build for scale and security using the best of web2 and web3 technologies and enrich the user experience with a thriving community that supports each other. Modak is trusted by over 20,000 teenagers (and growing by the day!).We are a global company, with teams across the US and Latam and we do in-person retreats every 2-3 months. If you are hungry to learn, humble to work with, and hustle like no one else, we would love to hear from you - especially if you are living in the US, Bogota, or Buenos Aires.We are one of the most well-funded early stage startups, and we are grateful for the 3+ years of runway we have even in this market. Our investors include GGV Capital ($9.2 billion VC firm), Nazca, Monashees, Maya Capital, and One VC, and 30+ leading angel investors and entrepreneurs across Silicon Valley and Latam.

Empowering creatives' productivity through toughtfully crafted resources and processes.

• Crafted & documented all the components for the Design System of Obertura, a platform of open innovation challenges and calls, focused on global causes that have a social impact.• Standardized the styles, spacing system, and colors of the end-to-end flow to improve the efficiency & communication of the development within the tech department at the institution.• Educated fellow designers about the usage and further expansion of the design system.• Guided the team on best practices to enable fast implementation and assertive communication within the organization.

• Increased Product Design team productivity by over 50% by implementing a Design System that was consistent and well-documented. • Led the design and iteration of the company’s first content-creation bot. Optimizing copywriters’ time by over 300% using GPT3.• Managed a team of designers, with a focus on making Design scalable and data-driven.

• Launched the first platform to monitor the climate of press freedom in the Americas https://sipbot.net/ (discontinued). Led the process from ideation to high-fidelity prototyping.• Redesigned the company’s social listening platform and best-selling product, Oceana. • Worked closely with backend and frontend engineers to ensure our digital solutions can meet clients' deadlines, expectations and needs.• Complete ownership over the design process from collecting clients' needs to deployment of our services, which includes wireframing, design, prototyping, and testing.

• During my time leading design at PeakU, the company’s monthly revenue increased over 410% through a redesigned B2B dashboard for the candidate pipeline and process.• Increased job posts (+320%) by redesigning the UX of creating a job post as a business.• Helped with the design and storytelling of the Business Pitch that allowed the company to close a $250K Pre Seed Round.• Full ownership over the design process from conception to deployment, including wireframing, design, prototyping, and testing.• Managed, documented and implemented the Design System for PeakU's products and services ensuring scalability and ease of implementation. • Collaborated closely with backend, frontend, and mobile engineers, as well as the sales team.

• Developed a series of interactive experiences for students based on feedback from directives.• Coded using Kinect sensors through Processing

Bachelor'S Degree, Design, Cum Laude

Academic Exchange, Industrial And Product Design