Has led three technology startups from idea to market, built teams from 0 to 100+, negotiated/closed over $200M in complex service level contracts with government agencies, private, and publicly listed companies within Canada, US & Internationally.Rodrigo has led the development and commercialization of digital initiatives in areas of technology, media, telecommunications and payments at TELUS, Bell Canada, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, etc. He is comfortable working with small, medium and large enterprises and enjoys the technology & innovation driven value creation processes. Prior to his MBA he worked with leading engineering/advanced manufacturing companies including Husky Injection Moulding Systems, Fiat Avio (now Siemens), and others.Rodrigo’s has unique strengths on strategy development (setting objectives and a game plan in very complex organizations), product development/management (building, managing and scaling products and services), and sales/business development (closing the loop of strategy-product development-revenue cycles)He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, (Class Rank 3rd out of 49) from the Central University of Venezuela, a Master of Engineering Management (R&D Management track) from the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.B.A. (Strategy & Entrepreneurship) from York University’s Schulich School of Business, he has completed programs in Strategic Management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, and in Negotiations & Leadership from Harvard Law School. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, is a World Bank Graduate Fellowship Recipient and a Canadian “Top 40 under 40” nominee.