Alex Casteleiro

TECARTEX Digital Solutions, SL

TECARTEX.com High Brightness LED Technology

• Startup type: Company
• Status: Active
• Stage: Growth

In 1999 with an Associates in Science Degree from Full Sail University and several education awards I moved to Miami to design, installed and take care of all technical aspects of the world renowned restaurant B.E.D in Miami Beach working as Technical Manager.

In early 2000 I was shown a prototype of a RGB HB LED lighting fixture and right away I visualized the potential of this new kind of lighting.
I designed and installed the first HB LED lighting system in Miami ( @ B.E.D), that is why some consider me a pioneer in the HB LED lighting industry.
Soon after, I was also working in projects for Crobar, Spin, Mint, Opium Gardens, Mansion etc. I did HB LED Lighting designs and installations from restaurants and nightclubs to a furniture store and a couple yachts (the M.Y. Pari and Paul Allen's M.Y. Octopus).

In 2005 I moved back to Spain with the plan of opening one of the first HB LED lighting companies of the country.
After 2 years of preparation and education as an entrepreneur in EOI and IE Business School in Madrid, I developed a business plan that has been classified among the top 50 in the Eurowards 2006 contest, ranked among the top 20 of the Banespyme-Orange awards (formally known as Premios Neti) and that has been awarded the Premio Bancaja Jovenes Emprendedores.

The business project TAEX became TECARTEX Digital Solutions, SL in March 2007 and we opened our doors in April.

In 2009 the R&D project UNILICO from TECARTEX was awarded with a NEOTEC from the CDTI (Industrial Technology Development Center) a department of the Ministry of Science and Innovation from the Government of Spain. Project UNILICO now is a reality called ULED.co

In 2009 I was a finalist in the Emprendedor XXI awards and TECARTEX was a finalist in Premios NEEX in the category Best Innovative Company.

In 2010 three social websites that founded and maintain became finalist in the Navegantes de HOY Awards:
http://HBLEDnetwork.com (Social site for HB LED professionals and enthusiast)
http://13D.me/finpolio (Spanish version of END POLIO NOW cause on Facebook)
http://twitter.com/Casteleiro (My personal Twitter account, the 9th most followed in Spain in November 2009 as reported on Quo Magazine)

Social works:
President of Badajoz Rotary Club 2009-2011
President of UNICEF Badajoz Comitee 2010

Websites:
http://www.tecartex.com
My other Websites:
http://www.HBLEDnetwork.com
http://www.NUCONET.com
http://ULED.co

You can follow me on:
http://www.twitter.com/casteleiro
http://www.facebook.com/casteleiro