Experience

IDB Lab

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Private Finance Operations Specialist, Discovery Unit, IDB Lab

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  • Promotes innovation in Silver Economy and WorkerTech for Latin America and the Caribbean. - Silver Economy, all the economic activities around aging and the elderly population, such as health, long-term care, housing, education, labor market, etc. - WorkerTech, a group of digital services that offer independent workers flexible and personalized benefits while facilitating access to protection systems.• Designs IDB Lab projects of technical cooperation (non-reimbursable, and reimbursable) with a special focus in Central America countries. - Promotes the operational alignment within the IDB Group (IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab) - Recent examples of projects include (i) AI (artificial intelligence) for social protection system in Costa Rica (ii) virtual reality for nurse education in El Salvador, and (iii) IoT (Internet of Things) for rice production in Colombia partnering with Softbank, among others.• Manages business analytics and reporting to IDB Lab Management and to the Donors designing and implementing a new methodology and system. - Prepares a quarterly business report to the Donors Committee principally taking charge of the quantitative part.

• Private Finance Operations Specialist, Institutional Engagement Unit, IDB Lab

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Explores new thematic areas of challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. - Promotes Silver Economy, all the economic activities around aging and the elderly population, such as health, long-term care, housing, education, labor market, etc. - Explores WorkerTech that is defined as digital services that offer independent workers flexible and personalized benefits while facilitating access to protection systems.• Designs IDB Lab projects of technical cooperation (non-reimbursable, and reimbursable) with a special focus in Central America countries. - Promotes the operational alignment within the IDB Group (IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab) - Recent examples of projects include (i) AI (artificial intelligence) for social protection system in Costa Rica (ii) virtual reality for nurse education in El Salvador, and (iii) IoT (Internet of Things) for rice production in Colombia partnering with Softbank, among others.• Manages business analytics and reporting to IDB Lab Management and to the Donors designing and implementing a new methodology and system. - Prepares a quarterly business report to the Donors Committee principally taking charge of the quantitative part. - Prepared business numbers for the replenishment negotiations of the IDB Lab for the 2019-2023 period with over US$300 million of pledges from 40 Donor countries. • Promotes partnerships with external parties such as academic institutions, corporations, and foundations, by designing and implementing action plans. - Initiates partnerships negotiations with potential partners. For example, I offered a Japanese university an investing opportunity around one of the IDB Lab projects, that later resulted in a broader collaboration agreement between the university and IDB Group.

• Senior Consultant

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2017



Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Supported one of the largest retail companies with an annual sales turnover of over USD 40 billion in transforming its business model in the process of rapid ageing in Japan.o Dealing directly with the board members of the company, designed and implemented the process of problem identification by both quantitative and qualitative analysis.o Managed the analysis of sales information including customers´ attributes, combining it with public demographic data analysis.o Designed the transformation of a business model and supported some part of its implementation such as launching a new business and changing the products line-up.• Developed the global expansion plan for one of the major Japanese banks, leading a team of five nationalities with a strong relationship with client's senior members.o Took a systemic approach to evaluate the potential of each country under consideration by (i) evaluating the market size and growth, (ii) identifying most potential industries to be served and their existing players, (iii) and evaluation of legal conditions. In the process, conveyed interviews of specialists in the potential markets, as well.o Designed and implemented the work plan leading staffs of offices in four countries. • Supported a Japanese telecom company with an annual sales turnover of over USD 20 billion, for its international expansion to Europe and East Asia.o Conveyed quantitative and qualitative market analysis to choose where to expand.o Established business plans and supported the implementation.



IE Business School

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MBA

  • Nov 2009 - Apr 2011

  • Ranked in top 20% of class, member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Society.• Obtained the best mark in Quantitative Analysis, Financial Accounting and Financial Management.• GMAT score for the quantitative section was 50 out of 51, representing the 95th percentile. • Ranked in top 20% of class, member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Society.• Obtained the best mark in Quantitative Analysis, Financial Accounting and Financial Management.• GMAT score for the quantitative section was 50 out of 51, representing the 95th percentile.



Nikkei

• Japan
• Newspaper Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Staff writer

  • Apr 2003 - Jun 2009

  • Wrote more than 3,000 articles in NIKKEI and Nikkei Sangyou Shimbun, a trade paper of the industry. • Interviewed more than 1,500 CEOs. Led series article projects, some of which were published as books.• Covered telecom industry, including operators and mobile phone vendors, obtained breaking news about mergers & acquisitions of vendors, as well as foodservice industry.• Covered local economy of the Yamanashi Province leading drastic changes of content of local news pages and achieved an increase in the circulation by 5% in 3 years.