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Mateo Bovio is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of driving business growth and innovation in the Latin American market. As CEO and Co-Founder of WhaleMate, he led a security awareness software as a service that automated phishing campaigns and provided a cybersecurity university for workers, companies, suppliers, and users. With a strong background in entrepreneurship, Mateo has also taught entrepreneurship courses at the Swiss School of Management Rome, where he conducted research on entrepreneurial trends and secured grants for funding. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from MIB Trieste School of Management and a Master in Neuroscience from Universidad Favaloro. Fluent in multiple languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and English, Mateo has a unique ability to connect with diverse audiences and drive business results.

Credentials

  • Chosen Entrepreneur for Acceleration Cybersecurity Cohort 2024
    Fuel Accelerator
    Jun, 2024
    - May, 2026
  • International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
    U.S. Department of State
    May, 2022
    - May, 2026
  • Scholar
    Fundación Universitaria del Río de la Plata (FURP)
    Oct, 2021
    - May, 2026
  • Speaker at Forbes Summit Reinventando Argentina
    Forbes Argentina
    Dec, 2020
    - May, 2026
  • SWITCHEAR 2020 Entrepreneurial Growth Award
    Unión Argentina de Jóvenes Empresarios - UNAJE
    Sep, 2020
    - May, 2026
  • Cryptocurrency Trading
    Crypto Res
    Jul, 2020
    - May, 2026
  • Outstanding Young Entrepreneur in the field of Digital Innovation of the Argentine Republic
    Organismo Internacional de Juventud para Iberoamérica (OIJ)
    Apr, 2019
    - May, 2026
  • PLIDA B2 (Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri, Italian Level B2)
    Società Dante Alighieri
    Dec, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Winner at PROESUS Competition of Ministerio Nacional de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable
    Presidencia de la Nación Argentina
    Nov, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Speaker at Tech & Talk Wolox 2017
    Accenture
    Oct, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Speaker at Foro Internacional de Cambio Climático "CLIMACTIVO 2017"
    Municipalidad de San Miguel de Tucumán
    Aug, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Academic Course "Saber-Entender-Innovar: El Secreto de las Ventas Exitosas"
    Universidad del Salvador
    Apr, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Certificado Avançado no CELPE BRAS Nivel C1 (Portuguese Level C1)
    Ministério da Educação - DGRHE
    Apr, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Wolox Representative at Innovation Experience Israel (Tel Aviv-Jerusalén)
    Innovation Experience Israel
    Feb, 2017
    - May, 2026
  • Speaker at "El Futuro de la Libertad"​ Conference
    Universidad del CEMA
    Dec, 2016
    - May, 2026
  • Official Representative of Argentine Republic at Conference of the Parties UN (COP22-Marrakech,Morocco)
    Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de la República Argentina- Cancillería
    Nov, 2016
    - May, 2026
  • Speaker at Conference Of Youth (COY12)-Buenos Aires, Argentina
    UNESCO
    Oct, 2016
    - May, 2026
  • Finalist at "Creá Tu Propia Cerveza"​
    Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes
    Dec, 2014
    - May, 2026
  • CAE C1 (Certificate Advanced In English- English Level C1)
    Cambridge University Press & Assessment
    Dec, 2010
    - May, 2026
  • DELF B1 (Diplôme D'Études En Langue Française- French Level B1)
    Alliance Française de Rio de Janeiro
    Dec, 2009
    - May, 2026

Experience

  • WhaleMate
    • Delaware, United States
    • CEO and Co-Founder
      • Jul 2022 - Present
      • Delaware, United States

      I co-founded and lead a security awareness software as a service that contains automatic generation of phishing campaigns and a cybersecurity university for workers, companies, suppliers and users focus on Latin America.

    • Professor of Entrepreneurship
      • Jun 2024 - Present
      • Rome, Latium, Italy

      As an entrepreneurship professor, I teach students how to start and manage businesses through course design, lectures, and mentorship. I conduct and publish research on entrepreneurial trends, often securing grants for funding. I engage with industry partners and run workshops and incubators to provide practical experience. Additionally, I handle departmental duties and advise students on their academic and business ventures.

  • ITBA Universidad
    • Buenos Aires
    • Professor of Entrepreneurship
      • Feb 2017 - Present
      • Buenos Aires

      The role consists of being a professor at the university in the subject Entrepreneurship Training where we look for students to think of an idea that solves a need and develop it from scratch to be able to present it in a final exam on a pitch to investors in just 4 months.

  • BeInCrypto
    • Hong Kong SAR
    • Head of Global Partnerships & Referral Traffic Owner
      • Jun 2022 - Present
      • Hong Kong SAR

      In one hand, the role consists of making solid partnerships with global companies in the Blockchain industry such as Cryptopanic, Coinmarketcap, Tradingview and Coingecko in order to publicize the quality content that we produce at Beincrypto and bring more readers and referral traffic to BIC' site. On the other hand, the role consists of measuring, tracking and boosting referral traffic of the blockchain news media.

  • The Flock
    • Miami, Florida, United States
    • Country Manager Europe
      • Jul 2022 - Jul 2023
      • Miami, Florida, United States

      The role consisted of being the representative in Europe of The Flock, the leading IT talent platform in Latin America. I carried out brand awareness of the brand in the region and B2B sales of staff augmentation and sales of development tribes for projects whose mission was to digitize companies by being their tech partner and giving them professional support.

    • Commercial Consultant
      • Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

      The role consisted of a consultancy to help Buendoc, an Argentinean startup that operated as a digital turntable for healthcare professionals, to scale its sales.

  • Closeer
    • São Paulo, Brazil
    • Commercial Consultant
      • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
      • São Paulo, Brazil

      The role consisted of a consultancy to help Closeer, a Brazilian startup that was an Uber of services, to penetrate the Argentinean market.

    • VP Sales LATAM
      • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

      The role consisted of being the sales director of Sesocio.com(acquired by Blockchain.com) and building the structure of a team of 65 sales people distributed throughout Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) in the blockchain industry before the company was sold to blockchain.com.

    • Director Of Partnerships
      • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
      • Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

      I made partnerships between the Argentine Union of Young Entrepreneurs and multiple chambers in the region.

  • Tap
    • Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Co-Founder & Sales Director
      • Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina

      I co-founded a virtual service payment wallet pioneer in the Argentine fintech industry that embedded Fidus the points system I had already created years before.

  • Fidus
    • Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Founder
      • Feb 2017 - Jan 2021
      • Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

      I founded a startup from scratch up to an exit four years later of a customer loyalty company with a robust digital product. Fidus was a digital customer loyalty system for small and medium-sized businesses with a proprietary CRM and automated marketing campaigns that increased recurrence and customer attraction in stores, as well as digitizing them. We had 750 stores between Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Madrid (Spain) and a total of 250,000 registered users.

  • Innovation Experience Israel
    • Tel Aviv Area, Israel
    • Ambassador
      • Feb 2017 - Jan 2021
      • Tel Aviv Area, Israel

      The role consisted of being the brand ambassador of innovation Experience Israel in LATAM. I worked to connect Israel, the Startup Nation, to the LATAM region. I helped entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs to generate global business opportunities, be innovative, and create partnerships with the companies that are developing the most disruptive technologies worldwide. Israel is the country with the most Startups per capita in the world, and is a pioneer in the most important industries: Fintech, Medtech, Media, IoT, VR/AR, Cleantech, Agtech, etc.

    • Argentina
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Professor at Operations Research
      • Feb 2016 - Jan 2019

      The role consisted of teaching Operational Research I, which is the application of scientific methodology through mathematical models where the problem is first presented and then solved.

    • Vice President at CEITBA
      • Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

      The role consisted of being the highest representative of the student center, attending to its needs and managing a budget from the university's student fees in order to provide language, sports and courses for the entire student body.

  • Mercado Libre
    • Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • SR. Product Owner
      • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
      • Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

      The role consisted of being the product owner of the Mercado Pago QR payments project, managing development tribes and being the link between IT and the commercial team. I resigned after two months because I did not like the company culture.

  • Senato della Repubblica
    • Rome Area, Italy
    • Advisor of Senator On. Ricardo Antonio Merlo
      • May 2018 - Jun 2018
      • Rome Area, Italy

      The role consisted of advising the senator on current issues, drafting law projects and putting together his agenda. It was a 2 months job.

    • Technical Sales Representative
      • Jul 2016 - Jan 2018

      The role consisted in making B2B sales of staff augmentation and development tribes for digital projects at Wolox (acquired by Accenture). Also the role had a part of product owner and project manager in the projects that were sold.

    • Tech Sales Intern
      • Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

      The role consisted of sales planning in all direct sales, distributors and supermarkets in Argentina. Calculation of variable remuneration for all salesforce of Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes (AMBEV).

    • Argentina
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Team College Intern
      • Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

      The role consisted of selling the university's careers in Argentina's high schools.

    • Report Center Intern
      • Mar 2012 - Feb 2014

      The role consisted of selling the university's degree programs and giving tours of the university and the university's laboratories to parents of students.

    • Library Intern
      • Mar 2011 - Feb 2012

      The role consisted of cataloging all the books in the library and dealing with students.

    • Campus Ambassador ITBA-Quilmes
      • Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

      The role consisted of being the brand ambassador for Cervecería Quilmes at the university, giving speeches, providing new insights and introducing new products and trends to young university students.

Education

  • 2022 - 2024
    MIB Trieste School of Management
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
  • 2020 - 2022
    Universidad Favaloro
    Master in Neuroscience, Neuroscience
  • 2017 - 2018
    Università di Bologna
    Master in Relazioni Internazionali Europa- America Latina
  • 2011 - 2015
    Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
    Industrial Engineering
  • 2006 - 2010
    Universidad de Buenos Aires
    Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires

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