Carlos González
Graduate from Universidad de Valencia,MBA from Houston University, Manager for 2yrs at SIMACO SA & CiSS SA, 4 yrs as Director/ Manager at Microsoft Spain,Founder,CEO of planet idea & sonrissa digital memories,Presently Freelance consultant
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://es.linkedin.com/in/carlosgo |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, English, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Public Relations, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Spanish, System Administration, Web design, Windows, Windows applications, Writing |
| Location: | Madrid, Spain |
| Groups: | 1ª Competición de emprendedores FICOD 09 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Valencia, University of Houston System |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Unknown |
| Position: | free-lance consulting and coach |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Strategic consulting and management coacher for technology intensive start-ups in high-growth industries: hydrogen economy & green energy, nanotechnology & biotechnology. |
| Employer: | entrepreneur ‘planet idea’ project (Madrid, Spain) |
| Position: | Founder and CEO |
| Time period: | March 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | Start-up in the ‘management conferences’ and ‘entertainment’ business.
*Market research, partner recruiting, and financing prospection. * Biz plan creation and recruiting of future management team and Board of Directors |
| Employer: | sonrissa digital memories (Valencia, Spain) |
| Position: | general manager/ BOD's President and CEO/ founder/ partner/ |
| Time period: | September 2004 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Founder, President, and CEO. Start-up engaged in the retail services of digital memories management. Biz plan targets for year 5: €50M revenue, with 76 retail stores, managed investment of €20M and 450+ people.
Aug2007-Dec2007 – general manager * Closing-of-operations’ planning, negotiation, and execution. Jul2006-Jul2007 – Board of Directors’ President and CEO * Operation of the pilot store (market test oriented) during 12 months, with revenue over €250K, 10K customers served, and more the 25K manufactured products; Broad coverage in regional media with TV and newspaper presence [visit http://es.youtube.com/results?search_query=sonrissa] * Active financing search: €900K first round closed (50% a group of 28 shareholders, 50% debt); €3M second round aborted (more than 25 venture capital firms and financing institutions contacted) * Selected as one of the fifteen more innovating companies of Spain in 2006 by CDTI (Ministry of Industry); Awarded as ‘Best Traditional Company' by the Bancaja Foundation (Valencia, March 07); finalist in `IGC Prizes for Technology Innovation' (Barcelona, April 07) Sept2005-Jun2006 – founder, main partner, and general manager [visit http;//www.sonrissa.com] * Company incorporation, partner agreements, and Board of Directors kick-off * Build-up of the technology prototypes – more than 3,5Tb of storage, 39 Gb RAM memory, 25 processors, 1 Gb local network w/ 1,000 meters, 32 display devices, 8 printing and recording systems – and pilot store - 200 m2 with 20 people and 300+ product skus * Awarded as ‘Comunidad Valenciana 2006 Best Biz Project’ (IMPIVA, May 06) y ‘CEEI Valencia 2006 Best Biz Project’ (CEEI Valencia, July 06) Sept2004-Aug2005 – entrepreneur ‘defoto’ project * Market research, partner recruiting, and technology exploration and roadmaps. * Biz plan creation and recruiting of management team and Board of Directors * Awarded as ‘Spain 2006 Best Biz Project’ by IFEMA (Madrid, November 05) |
| Employer: | Terra Lycos Corporation / Telefonica Group (Madrid, Spain) |
| Position: | Vice-President, Global General Manager/ Co-director/ Services Director |
| Time period: | August 2000 - November 2003 |
| Description: | May2002–Nov2003 – Vice-President, Global General Manager – Communication Services and Access Product Unit
* Member of the negotiation team for the Telefónica / Bertelsmann / Terra Lycos €1B agreement. * Global general manager for (i) unified messaging, (ii) real-time communications, (iii) web publishing, (iv) new devices, and (v) broadband * Metrics: revenue growth from €215M to €327M; 8M customers; €30M investment budget; 145 managed team 145 (35 direct-reports; 110 functional) in 7 locations, 5 different countries. Jan2001– Dec2003 – Co-director, joint venture between Telefónica of Spain & Terra Spain .* Organisational seed of teams and projects, while managing the definition, building, and launching of (i) Linea ADSL, (ii) Soluciones ADSL, and (iii) Mundo ADSL * Negotiation of overall strategy and operations for the definition, building, and launching of joint products and services between Telefonica and Terra Lycos’ country branches * Metrics (first 12 months): 1 M residential customers and 125K business customers; new business growth of €4,5M; mixed teams over 40 people Aug2000– May2002 - Services Director / Access and Services Strategic Business Unit * Enunciation and implementation of market, technology, and organizational strategies for the global Terra Lycos business model; Building-up of the Access and Services Business Product Unit * Metrics: new revenue growth from €1M to €14M; team of 12 direct-reports. |
| Employer: | Microsoft Spain (Madrid, Spain) |
| Position: | Director/ Senior Product Manager/ Product Manager/ |
| Time period: | March 1996 - August 2000 |
| Description: | May2000 - Aug2000 – Director, Strategic Marketing and New Revenue Models
* Launching of Microsoft .Net in Spain; Management of long-term biz opportunities and new licensing models (ASP, Annuity, Subscriptions) * Co-leader of a brand new approach for the management of marketing programs and campaigns. May1998 – Apr2000 - Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Office * Strategy enunciation and overall management of Microsoft Office business among all different market segments and sales units; Launching of Microsoft Office 2000 product family * Metrics: biz growth from €42M to €60M; marketing budget €1,5M+; 4 direct-reports, reaching 20+ * Other remarkable: industry innovation thru ‘theatre marketing’ Jul1996 – Apr1998– Product Manager, Internet Explorer / ISPs, ICPs Channel Manager * Strategy enunciation and overall management of Microsoft Internet Explorer product family (launching of IE2.0, IE3.0, and IE4.0); Management of business and technical relationships with ISPs, ICPs, web developers, and search engines; * Metrics: browser market share from 0% to 74% in 2 years; development of three new distribution channels with 40+ companies recruited, profiled, trained, and running. * Other remarkable: industry innovation thru ‘cyber zones at trade shows’; Microsoft Corp.’ ‘President’s Award’ delivered by Steve Ballmer. Mar1996 – Jun1996– Product Manager, MSN / Internet Evangelist* Management of the early closing of MSN biz and operations in Spain * Management of the internal and external training activities regarding Microsoft Internet Strategy* Metrics: 15k+ customer portfolio transfer; 20+ cities road-show |
| Employer: | Editorial CiSS, S.A. / Wolters Kluwer (Valencia, Spain) |
| Position: | New Products Manager, CiSS GESTION |
| Time period: | November 1993 - March 1996 |
| Employer: | SIMACO, S.A. (Valencia, Spain) |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Time period: | January 1991 - December 1993 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Time period: | 2002 |
| Degree: | Advanced Management Program |
| University: | University of Houston System |
| Time period: | 1991 - 1993 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Universidad de Valencia |
| Time period: | 1986 - 1991 |
| Degree: | Graduate, Economics and Business Administration. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Sports: diving, sailing, paddle |
| Hobbies: | reading, photography, guitar. |
| Memberships: | AIESEC Alumni;President of Falla #380 (2004). |
| Awards: | Selected as one of the fifteen more innovating companies of Spain in 2006 by CDTI (Ministry of Industry); Awarded as ‘Best Traditional Company' by the Bancaja Foundation (Valencia, March 07); finalist in `IGC Prizes for Technology Innovation' (Barcelona, April 07)
Awarded as ‘Comunidad Valenciana 2006 Best Biz Project’ (IMPIVA, May 06) y ‘CEEI Valencia 2006 Best Biz Project’ (CEEI Valencia, July 06) Awarded as ‘Spain 2006 Best Biz Project’ by IFEMA (Madrid, November 05) Other remarkable: industry innovation thru ‘cyber zones at trade shows’; Microsoft Corp.’ ‘President’s Award’ delivered by Steve BallmerOther remarkable: industry innovation thru ‘cyber zones at trade shows’; Microsoft Corp.’ ‘President’s Award’ delivered by Steve Ballmer |
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CEO of Directodelcampo.com