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San Francisco Bay Area

As the Founder and CEO of Croma A.I., I was responsible for product development, partner relationships, and shaping the strategic roadmap for the company. At Croma A.I., we were an R&D studio specializing in training A.I. models and developing world-class applications for the news industry. Our main objective was to assist news organizations in identifying opportunities to leverage data and drive business growth. Our client base included renowned companies such as The Wall Street Journal, BBC… Show more As the Founder and CEO of Croma A.I., I was responsible for product development, partner relationships, and shaping the strategic roadmap for the company. At Croma A.I., we were an R&D studio specializing in training A.I. models and developing world-class applications for the news industry. Our main objective was to assist news organizations in identifying opportunities to leverage data and drive business growth. Our client base included renowned companies such as The Wall Street Journal, BBC News, Le Monde, and La Nación. Notably, Croma A.I. was an alumni of the 500 Startups program (2017), a finalist in the Global Editors Network Startup for News challenge, and a part of the Google News Innovation grants program. Show less

Argentina

RED/ACCIÓN is a member driven media company. Our human journalism reconnects audiences and promotes their participation to achieve a positive impact on society. My role as a founding partner was to help build the operation from the ground up, with special focus on strategy, product development, team building and technology implementation. Today I focus on consulting for long term projects that help the publication reach new ways to generate positive impact on society.

Strategic advisory for The Food Market, a food marketplace that is closing the gap between farmers and consumers in Latin America. http://www.thefoodmarket.com.ar

After the acquisition of Comenta TV LLC by Wayin Inc, I joined this amazing team to continue our mission to get broadcast TV embrace new technologies that could leverage their audience feedback. Started by Scott McNealy, the former Sun Microsystems co-founder and CEO, Wayin provides a self-service platform that enables some of the world’s biggest brands and publishers to create authentic, interactive campaign experiences that engage and activate consumers across all digital channels.

I started Comenta TV, a company that enabled the analysis, curation and real time integration of Twitter into TV broadcasts and live events. From idea to execution, I managed an outstanding team to innovate in the way TV networks engage and interact with their live audience through social networks. Comenta raised two rounds of founding and in early 2014 it was acquired by Wayin Inc. As part of the deal I stayed at Wayin as VP of Market Strategy, Broadcast and Innovation.

As part of the original founding team, I helped create and develop the leading technology community in Argentina that brought together over 10.000 professionals from the web and mobile industries to network and learn best case practices from leading entrepreneurs in Latin America.

At A4Bandas we created original digital products to help media properties increase audience engagement and explore new advertising opportunities. A small startup success with a great team and customers all over South American and Spain. I left to start Comenta TV.

Madrid Area, Spain

After completing my Master's degree I joined the Corporate Strategy group at Grupo Prisa and worked for a year on research and planning of new digital properties for the group.

I work for two years helping create new products with a San Francisco, California based R&D group. Head of User Interface Design for the music player Sonique 2. I left to get my Master's degree in Spain with a full grant as part of the Fundación Carolina fellowship program.

Senior Producer for Lycos properties in Latin America and US Hispanics including Lycos Search, Wired news, WebMonkey and Sonique. Lycos was later acquired by Terra where I handled the transition for all existing products into the new company.

Posadas, Argentina

Argentina

Master'S Degree, Media Management

Master's degree in Media Management and Media Economy. Summa cum laude. Full scholarship granted by the Fundación Carolina Scholarships.

Fellow In Visual Journalism, Editorial Design And Information Graphics

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