Gabriel Bestard Email & Phone Number

Barcelona, CT, ES

Barcelona, Catalonia, ES

Barcelona, Barcelona, ES

Provide mentorship and support for Early Stage companies (100k€-1M€ in revenues) as part of the WeStart initiative, as well as to the current students in the MBA, MiM, EMBA, and GEMBA programs.

Terrassa, Barcelona, ES

Barcelona, Barcelona, ES

Growth start-up in the medical devices, IoT, AI, Smart-Packaging, Cold Logistics.Manage P&L, Team Development & Growth, and International Expansion

Barcelona, Barcelona, ES

CEO in the 2020 StartUp Cohort in the Digital Health space.The Collider is the Deep Tech Venture Builder program by Mobile World Capital Barcelona that addresses the challenge of transforming scientific knowledge into technological solutions.

• Supply vision & strategic business/product/marketing inspiration, support, and guidance to startups and mid-sized companies in both the B2B2C/B2C Technology and DeepTech space
• DeepTech Mentor at IESE Business School - Barcelona Technology Transfer Group (BTTG)
• Strategy Consultant & StartUp Mentor at Tecnocampus Mataró, Barcelona
• Retained Executive Consultant to the CEO at Dental Residency, Barcelona
• Retained Executive Consultant to the President at The San Francisco Marathon
• Retained CMO for a Mobile Ad-Tech SaaS Platform startup (SquareUp Games), leading Business Strategy, Marketing, and Product Innovation

• 35-member startup that provided breakthrough B2C home access and monitoring solutions
• Identified an innovative new IoT opportunity and guided this early-stage organization through the first rounds of funding essential to developing/ launching the new “Goji Smart Lock”, launching in the US and developing.
• Championed the use of crowdfunding, and other non-traditional sources, to raise over $1.5M in total seed capital—including $300K through the Indiegogo portal and $1.2M in direct website donations
• Identified, approached, and closed deals with a top list of strategic partners (e.g. iControl, Samsung, Honeywell, State Farm, Verizon) to help develop the new technology—in addition to negotiating deals with numerous.
• Held full P&L responsibility for the company, managing all aspects of corporate operations and strategy including leadership of a 4-member Product Marketing/Management group and a 5-member team responsible for all.
• Leveraged cutting-edge CRM tools and marketing automation to scale the company’s marketing efforts aggressively, on a worldwide scale, with minimal need for vendors or additional headcount

Paris, FR

• Recruited to lead this world-leading food company through modernization/ digitization of its global marketing model
• Led team in the development/launch of the first Social CRM in Europe, acquiring 1M+ participating households within a mere 6 months and a 10% sales increase; this new approach reached break-even in the first year and.
• Redefined the communication model and exported the new methodology throughout 7 markets in Europe and America; efforts included qualifying/ selecting a pool of advertising agencies for usage across Dannon´s 18 brands.
• Enhanced the company’s online branding/marketing presence, concentrating on owned media and growing corporate site traffic from 30K to 3M monthly visits within 3 years; additionally developed earned media in the social.
• Centralized all digital marketing efforts around a single technology provider to minimize technical issues, ensure integration with internal CRM system, and reduce cost by 27%; the new approach also allowed for a.
• Acted as a key disrupter and change agent within the firm, battling a culture of outdated thinking and working closely with numerous internal leaders to drive innovation and fresh thinking; efforts played key role in.

• Executive leader for an international branch of this leading global online advertising/PR agency, part of the Y&R Group
• Guided a 25-member team of Creative, Production, Analytics, and Account Management personnel in the development/execution of complex, multi- channel communication and marketing campaigns
• Managed executive-level relationships/strategy with numerous key clients, across multiple verticals; examples include managing CRM programs, online communications, and digital marketing campaigns for clients such.

• Recruited to senior strategist role within this iconic global advertising agency, part of the WPP worldwide group
• Conceptualized and led a unique, global marketing monitoring project for Telefonica regarding all its product lines in all 5 continents of operations regarding brand positioning, communication strategy, media.
• Lead projects for global clients helping them to leverage technology as a way to enhance their marketing activities

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics & Corporate Finance