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#57: Overcoming Industry-Specific Challenges and Changes
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - June 28, 2024 09:00 - 48 minutesESPAÑOL: Randall ha sido Site Manager en River Point Medical durante más de 2 años, con funciones anteriores como Director de Operaciones en Resonetics durante casi 2 años y Director Regional de Operaciones y Cadena de Suministro en Griffith Foods durante más de 4 años. Antes de estas responsab...
#56: Navigating Culture and Change in Global Supply Chain Management
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - May 10, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutesESPAÑOL: Victoria Cobos es la Vicepresidenta de Operaciones EMEA en Deckers Brands con sede en Londres, Inglaterra, durante más de 2 años. Paralelamente, Victoria ha estado trabajando con gRIP Venture Studio, liderando el seminario web sobre cómo introducir startups en cadenas de suministro sos...
#172 — Scott Hartley, Everywhere VC: discovering and developing the best founders around the world
Latitud Podcast - April 16, 2024 22:00 - 45 minutesScott Hartley was a researcher and went on to work with product and operations at companies like Facebook and Google. But the most well-known part of Scott’s journey began when he hit Sand Hill Road. Scott went on to become a co-founder of Two Culture Capital and Everywhere Ventures. Across the...
#55: Strategic Projects and Customer Experience Insights in Supply Chain
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - March 08, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutesESPAÑOL: Tania es la Directora de Operaciones Logísticas y Servicio al Cliente de General Mills con sede en Brasil. Es una ejecutiva con más de 20 años de experiencia en cadena de suministro, farmacéutica y bienes de consumo. Antes de esta asignación, Tania fue Líder Regional de la Cadena de Sum...
#171 - Santiago Gomez, Simetrik: the journey to a $55M Series B
Latitud Podcast - March 05, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutesBack in 2018, Santiago Gomez and Alejandro Casas were just two young and hopeful founders, fresh into YC. However, with a team of 25 working on an e-commerce business, they struggled to find funding. "There's no founder-product fit", the investors would say. After a while, it clicked that thei...
Luis Alvarez, CEO and Founder of Theradaptive
LATAM Medtech Leaders - March 01, 2024 19:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLuis is the CEO and Founder of Theradaptive and developed the concept for targeted therapeutic delivery during and following a combat tour in Iraq where several of his soldiers suffered severe extremity injuries. Previously, Luis was the co-founding Deputy Director of the Department of Defense R...
#54: Vision for Logistics Growth in Latin America
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 55 minutesESPAÑOL: Antonio Domínguez es el Presidente de la Región de América Latina y el Caribe en A.P. Moller-Maersk. Antonio ha desarrollado su carrera como líder clave en la Industria Logística a lo largo de más de 28 años en A.P. Moller-Maersk en América Latina en posiciones de liderazgo: Director Ge...
#170 – Building companies in LatAm and the US: Matias Recchia, Keyway
Latitud Podcast - January 23, 2024 15:00 - 41 minutesOver a decade ago, Matias Recchia created a startup to take home maintenance services online. IguanaFix expanded across Latin America, and eventually attracted the Brazilian unicorn Madeira Madeira. After the sale, Matias dived into a new challenge: bringing more efficiency to the US real estat...
#169 – Transforming banks through AI: Rohan Ramanath, Hyperplane
Latitud Podcast - January 11, 2024 21:00 - 44 minutesAI has been the talk of the town for a while. But have you seen it in your run-of-the-mill bank yet? Well, Hyperplane is changing that. About a dozen banks in Brazil are already getting all the information they have, running it by the startup's artificial intelligence, and then predicting custo...
#53: Navigating Supply Chain Challenges in Metallurgical Industries
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - January 04, 2024 03:00 - 41 minutesESPAÑOL: Jacobo Alvarado es el CSCO de Aceros Guatemala y lleva casi 22 años en esta organización. Durante este tiempo, desempeñó diferentes roles como Gerente de Ventas en El Salvador & Belice, Gerente de Línea y Ventas Norte de Guatemala & Belice, y Gerente de Líneas de Mallas Soldadas. ENGLI...
#168 — What makes a unicorn: Daniela Binatti, Paulo Veras, and Rodrigo Baer at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 19, 2023 23:00 - 33 minutesUnicorn stories generally look at the beginning and the end of the journey. There's not a lot out there about the messy middle, filled with patience and hard work. That's why we invited the co-founders of Pismo, 99, and Upload Ventures to our most recent Vamos Latam Summit. By the way, you can ...
#167 — The myth of overnight success: GetNinjas, Madeira Madeira, and Silverguard at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 15, 2023 14:00 - 40 minutesMost of the time, the road to startup success is not a straight and short one. Founders can face unexpected roadblocks and then take detours – especially in Latin America. Kristen Durham, the VP of SMBs and Startups at Zendesk, chatted with the founders of GetNinjas, Madeira Madeira, and Silver...
#166 — The path to your Series A: Latitud Ventures, Canary, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 06, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutesA Series A is a crucial moment for every venture-backed business. Raising this round is a turning point for startups, from validation to scale. So at our most recent Vamos Latam Summit, we invited investors from Latitud Ventures, Canary, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective to share thei...
#165 — Fundraise and manage your cap table the right way: BZCP, Campbells, Gunderson Dettmer, and Carta at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 06, 2023 20:00 - 59 minutesFundraising the right way to end up with a healthy cap table isn't usually a top-of-mind priority for startup founders. But it should be. Making a dilution mistake in the earlier stages can bring you and your startup a lot of problems when it's time to raise new rounds. That's why we called exp...
#52: Optimizing Medical Device Supply Chains in ATL Technology
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - December 04, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourESPAÑOL: Roy Calderón ha sido el Gerente General y Líder de ATL Technology en Costa Rica durante los últimos dos años. Anteriormente, ha desempeñado diferentes funciones en la industria médica dentro de Phillips, CRx Life Science, Establishment Labs, Abbot y Allergan, durante más de 14 años dese...
#164 — How to craft founder-investor relationships: Investo, Cumbuca, and Lightspeed Venture Partners at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - November 16, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutesA founder-investor relationship is like a marriage: hopefully, you're both sticking to each other through thick and thin, for years to come. Finding the right partner and crafting this lasting relationship is no easy task. That's why we called founders and investors to share their experiences d...
#51: Technology's Role in Business and Supply Chain Transformation
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - November 09, 2023 03:00 - 35 minutesESPAÑOL: Rodolfo Leitón es el director general de Coamesa, una empresa de bienes de consumo que opera en Centroamérica. Además, es miembro del Consejo Asesor de Antiguos Alumnos del Decano del Walton College of Business de la Universidad de Arkansas. Ocasionalmente imparte cursos de emprendimie...
#163 — How to reach product-market fit: BHub, Foodology, and Pomelo at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - November 07, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutesProduct-market fit can make or break your startup. Being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market is an essential but difficult task. That's why we asked the founders of BHub, Foodology, and Pomelo to come to Vamos Latam Summit and share their own journey of reaching PMF. I...
#162 — Fireside chat with Brian Requarth and Sebastian Mejia at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - November 01, 2023 18:00 - 37 minutesSebastian Mejia is the co-founder and president of Rappi. And for the past 18 months, he’s been focused on a single goal: having the best team in the world. At Vamos Latam Summit, Sebastian shared how we went about it, and his journey as a startup founder. This is only one of the impressive ...
#161 — Fireside chat with Gina Gotthilf and Hernan Kazah at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 25, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutesHere’s Gina Gotthilf, co-founder of Latitud together with Brian and Yuri. You might have noticed this episode’s a bit different — but not only because I’m the one presenting it. This week onward, we’ll be sharing the most impressive panels we’ve had at Vamos Latam Summit. By the way, you can al...
#160 – Leveling up in life and in startups: Eduardo della Maggiora, Betterfly
Latitud Podcast - October 17, 2023 20:00 - 48 minutesAfter spending a decade at JP Morgan, all the way to becoming VP, Eduardo della Maggiora decided he wanted to go from company advisor to company builder. Betterfly got 99 nos and 1 yes in the beginning, as Eduardo puts it. After fundraisings and pivots, the corporate benefits platform became a...
#49: Transition from Engineering to Procurement Supply Chain
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - October 13, 2023 02:00 - 34 minutesESPAÑOL: Eliane Cantão es Directora de Cadena de Suministro para LATAM de Nissan en Brasil. Anteriormente, Eliane trabajó en Cummings y en Valid en el área de adquisiciones. Anteriormente, Eliane pasó más de 16 años en la industria farmacéutica y Takeda se desempeñó como gerente de proyectos de ...
#50: Perfecting Synchronization of Fresh Product Supply Chains
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - October 05, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutesESPAÑOL: Sergio Mancilla es vice presidente para Sudamérica y gerente general de Del Monte Fresh Produce en Chile desde hace más de 11 años. Anteriormente se desempeñó como Senior VP de operaciones en Florida, EE. UU. y estuvo liderando la adquisición de Fresh Del Monte por parte del nuevo prop...
#159 – Being an angel and VC in LatAm: Derek Hall and Miguel Burger-Calderon, BFF
Latitud Podcast - October 04, 2023 20:00 - 42 minutesDerek Hall and Miguel Burger-Calderon weren't born in Latin America but saw just how many opportunities the region has. They went from founders to angel investors in the US and LatAm, putting money into companies such as Clara, Cobli, and Nowports. Now, Derek and Miguel are venture capital inve...
#158 – MISTO, an investment template for Brazilian startups: Christel Moreno, Gunderson Dettmer
Latitud Podcast - September 20, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutesWe've been hearing startup founders all over LatAm for a while now. And we noticed a common reflection from those on a fundraising journey: how a simple and clean investment template could take much of the friction away. That's why we partnered up with law offices such as Gunderson Dettmer to l...
#48: Insights from a Decades-Long Journey in Consumer Industry
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - September 19, 2023 02:00 - 43 minutesESPAÑOL: Gustavo Castellanos es el Gerente General del Clúster de Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela para Kimberly- Clark y cuenta con más de 25 años de experiencia en el sector de bienes de consumo masivo, trabajando en diferentes geografías y categorías a nivel local, regional y global. Hoy, es re...
#157 – The renewal of the entrepreneurial spirit: Ana Martins and Julio Vasconcellos, Atlantico
Latitud Podcast - August 31, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourAtlantico's back with its annual Latin America Digital Transformation Report. The study reflects on some of the forces transforming LatAm today, from the renewal of the entrepreneurial spirit in the region to the rise of artificial intelligence. We had early access to these findings here at La...
#156 — Balancing curiosity and focus as a startup founder: Parker Treacy, Cobli
Latitud Podcast - August 24, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutesParker Treacy voyaged down from the US to Brazil back in 2014 for two reasons. First, for the adventure. Second, and that's in his own words, for being irrationally convinced that he'd be successful. In the end, Parker stuck the landing. He took his experience in the auto industry to create Co...
#155 – A startup pivot years in the making: André Ferraz, Incognia
Latitud Podcast - August 16, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutesFrom the Brazilian city of Recife, André Ferraz co-founded a startup out of a research project. That was In Loco Media, a company that used geopositioning technology for marketing. Eventually, the retail giant Magazine Luiza bought the startup. But years before that sale, André was already work...
#47: Different Supply Chains, Same Principles, Same Challenges
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - August 15, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutesESPAÑOL: Gary Horsfield es el Chief Supply Chain Officer de BIC en todo el mundo durante aproximadamente 2 años en Francia. Antes de ocupar este cargo, fue COO interino del PPE del Reino Unido en el Departamento de Salud y Atención Social (DHSC) del Servicio Nacional de Salud (NHS) en el Reino ...
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