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Paraguay

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

- Helped open a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa, expanding company operations.- Secured government funding from the European Commission for a hardware development project (https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenCarLink/) (NGI Zero Core)- Recruited and onboarded local staff for the Johannesburg office, ensuring compliance with labor laws and meeting local talent expectations- Defined terms for specialty insurance to manage risk for handling hundreds of third-party-owned vehicles- Helped prepare for fund raising for a new spin-off company, BlinkCar. This involved preparing pitch decks, financial planning, and organizing investor meetings. Responsibilities included developing core company drivers, defining the optimal Go-To-Market strategy, estimating user acquisition costs (CAC) versus monthly marketing budget, outlining various scenarios, managing SG&A and COGS, determining production costs, WK+CAPEX, capital requirements, defining KPIs, exit strategies and much more- Writing of internal procedures for employees to follow making them available through a company wiki- Organizing ASRG Group Events (https://canbushack.com/2024/02/01/), handling logistics and security, and promoted the events on pages such as Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/automotive-security-research-group-johannesburg-asrg-jbn/), setup LinkedIn and Twitter paid ad campaigns

- Helped open a new office in Europe, expanding company operations beyond the US. Managed all aspects of getting started in The Netherlands including bank accounts, KYC, UBO Registration, shareholder registry, statutes, chamber of commerce registration changes, office furnishing, utility connections, risk assessment, emergency response procedures, training, certifications, building signage, sound isolation, wiring, cleaning services, waste recycling, legal advise and contracts, currency hedging, office furnishing, and specialty insurance, all completed below budget- Recruited and onboarded staff for the European office, improving company policy ensuring compliance with Dutch labor laws and regulations.- Setup staff training progress evaluations, conducted weekly meetings providing individual feedback to each team member- Documented and standardized internal company procedures to support staff growth and international expansion, making these resources accessible to all staff members- Organized ASRG Group Events, handling logistics and marketing campaigns on LinkedIn and Twitter- Setup accounting procedures compliant with local law including payroll, vehicle admin and internal auditing procedures- Guidance of immigration processes for staff relocating to the EU under the Word Trade Organization/GATT-Program and Knowledge Transfer Migration law, including 30% tax ruling forms for Dutch Knowledge Migrant workers and Dutch residency for American employees- Set up and supervised a legal team to restructure international taxes, resulting in significant cost savings for the company- Initiated sales activities in the local market, including cold calling business development- Analyzed and created various currency hedging strategies mitigating eurodollar fluctuation risks- Transfer and delegate work and procedures after they had been set up

Responsable for the design and development of proprietary futures trading algorithm.Design IT & Network infrastructure for running the algo with extreme low-latency to the broker and the exchange.Responsible for the design of the proprietary futures trading algorithm in Javascript, and later on in Python. Designed 'system death' criteria, using mean-reversion among other metrics, a frequently overseen aspect of trading system development. Designed various Black Swan financial market meltdown scenarios by studying historical market events such as the NYSE four-month closure of 1914, the crashes of 1929, 1987, the 1971 "Nixon Shock," 2008, and the 2010 Flash Crash among others. Implemented the Kelly-Criterion formula, adjusted for leveraged instruments and futures contracts, for correct position sizing and reducing risk. Gained extensive expertise with the [Interactive Brokers Gateway API](https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/ib-api.php)Negotiated technical adjustments and improvements with executives from Interactive Brokers, addressing issues such as Sunday evening server reboots and their impact on connectivity.

Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia

Data Insurance technology company. Oversees the business development, product development, Operations, HR, Finance, Legalities, patent application and R&D. Further I was responsible for setting up the Software Usability Testing program, Automated Software Testing implementations, Data Loss Risk Management and writing the patent application (https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100324945A1/en), responding to questions from the actuary and help with the risk calculations for premium calculations, roadshow & pre-seed round fund raising, client onboard meetings, etc.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

As the founder of the company, I was responsible for starting, setting up and leading the international expansion towards 9 countries in Europe - with 14 branches – serving customers in 6 different languages. My primary focus was in the sales and marketing side and, I was also responsible for writing and production of the web-commercials. I enjoyed success in designing a “search engine marketing strategy”; reaching Top positions in all European countries. Further, I was responsible for designing the process management system that enabled our team to work highly efficient helping us to have a very profitable business, although having only a couple of staff members. In general, I dealt with all of the business related aspects; from development to expansion. RSE gave me the opportunity to learn about all aspects of a company; from the very beginning throughout all its stages and ending with the acquisition by Stellar. Customers included: Coca-Cola, SAP, Sony, Shell, BP, Capgemini, Accenture, Philips, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Getronics, Microsoft, McDonalds, ABN AMRO, Siemens, Fujitsu, Goodyear, IBM, ING Bank, Alcatel, Lucent, TomTom, Vodafone, Endesa, E-On, Akzo Nobel, Lufthansa, PricewaterHouseCoopers, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, AirFrance, Total, Renault, Sun Microsystems, Orange and many more companies; including Universities, ministries and other government institutions.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

I was responsible for sales and recruiting the software development team for IT outsourcing. We served many known companies, including Mars Inc., Booking.com and Vlaamse Media Maatschappij (the Largest national television company in Belgium).

I started a production company, exploiting events. During the first year, it sold over 21,000+ tickets and over 86,000 consumptions. My team then expanded our corporate focus towards the booming IT sector, selling computer hardware and services. This presented a viable resolution to the ‘millennium bug’.In 2001, I introduced a new trend from the US called ‘speed dating’ to Amsterdam under the name ´Fast Dating.´ Our Company became the leader in dating events for many subsequent years. But because of my motivation and success within the technology sector, I chose to focus on data recovery services, so that was the end of the events era.