Chief Executive Officer
CurrentRene Banuelos is a Business Optimization Consultant helping CEOs increase profit margins and reduce business complexity by replacing individual tasks or entire systems with Software, AI, and a Global Workforce; essentially reducing their stress and allowing them to regain their time freedom.Rene launched his first business, a locksmith service, at the age of 13 and started programming at 14. He later earned a Computer Science Degree from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Rene worked as a software engineer for the Telecom & Defense industries for more than 5 years. His engineering experience includes Systems/Process Engineering, Native/Web/Facebook Application Design & Development and CMLI Level 5 Software Architecture. He later quit his last job to return to his entrepreneurial roots. Rene has experience in various industries including Financial Services (5+ Years), Real Estate Investing (5+ Years), Direct Sales (20+ Years), Digital Marketing including Crowdfunding (12+ Years), Marketing/Sales Software (11+ years) and recently in Logistics & Sourcing.In addition to consulting, Rene is currently recruiting and training teams of developers & marketers in Latin America for his media agency, 22Digital Media.He is also the co-Founder and CEO of 22Social, a software platform that allows experts to sell memberships through Facebook Groups. Rene launched 22Social in 2012 and it now has close to 1 million Facebook registrations and has had hundreds of thousands of customers.Rene’s mission is to help businesses and entrepreneurs thrive in spite of the current and future challenges/opportunities brought by changes in the energy industry, disruptions in manufacturing and supply chain, the accelerated growth of artificial intelligence, and the push towards a remote and global workforce.