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Yoku Sashida, CEO & Co Founder at Kenko Solutions
LATAM Medtech Leaders - January 12, 2023 19:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsYoku Sashida is the CEO & Co-Founder at Kenko Solutions, a company dedicated to managing and developing biomedical projects based on technology. He is responsible for opening economic relationships, capturing technology-based projects, forming work teams to carry out technological development, a...
Luis Santiago, CEO at PEGASI
LATAM Medtech Leaders - January 05, 2023 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLuis Santiago is PEGASI's CEO and CTO. By training, he is a social communicator and marketing and public relations professor. By profession, he is a self-taught programmer, technology project manager, and Product Owner, with more than 14 years of experience in the area. He has ventured into bank...
Dave Dolan, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at MultiFunctional Imaging
LATAM Medtech Leaders - December 15, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDave is the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at MultiFunctional Imaging, a University of Utah startup company that provides software solutions for improving the efficiency and accessibility of multi-tracer imaging with PET, PET/CT, and PET/MRI scanners. Dolan’s career has been built on successes ...
#125 - Building a better future for the 99%: Ryan Bloomer, K50
Latitud Podcast - December 14, 2022 13:00 - 1 hourRyan Bloomer founded the venture capital firm K50 six years ago, after building two companies, an accelerator, a venture studio, and a founder community. With K50, Ryan had an ambitious goal in mind: betting on startups building a better future for the 99% in the US and in Latin America. Since ...
Josh Cohn, Chief Commercial Officer at EndoSound
LATAM Medtech Leaders - December 08, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJosh Cohn has 15 years of experience in the medical device field, rising to National Sales Director of PENTAX Medical, a major endoscope provider. He has a strong history of leading successful sales organizations, building winning strategies, and launching disruptive programs aimed at changing m...
#124 - The opportunities yet to be seized, in the eyes of startup founders: The LatAm Tech Report
Latitud Podcast - December 07, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutesLatin America is a giant. It's a market worth over 5 trillion dollars. A population of over six hundred million people. And a territory that stretches from Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego. These big numbers also come with big challenges. You might be thinking that they are barriers we can't overcom...
David Bigio, Department Head of Biomedical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes
LATAM Medtech Leaders - December 01, 2022 19:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMr. Bigio is a professor in the biomedical engineering department, responsible for the Senior Capstone Design project. Currently, he is also serving as the department head. He comes to the university after having spent 30 years of professional experience working for large multinationals in diffe...
#123 – Living with economic uncertainty and developing a startup culture in Latin America: Federico Antoni, ALLVP
Latitud Podcast - November 30, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutesFederico Antoni had an extensive career in marketing, working for retail and e-commerce companies like Mercado Libre. But he found his calling in the venture capital world. Over a decade ago, Federico founded ALLVP, a Mexican venture capital fund focused on solving the hardest problems in Spani...
Widy Medina, CEO & Co-Founder at Telebionix
LATAM Medtech Leaders - November 24, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWidy is the Co-Founder and CEO of two technology companies with vast experience ranging from robotics, product design, fabrication, and automation to the electronic assembly of consumer products, food and beverage tech, biotech, medical devices, and pharmaceutical industries. Widy spent 40+ year...
Widy Medina, CEO & Co-Founder at Telebionix
LATAM Medtech Leaders - November 24, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWidy is the Co-Founder and CEO of two technology companies with vast experience ranging from robotics, product design, fabrication, and automation to the electronic assembly of consumer products, food and beverage tech, biotech, medical devices, and pharmaceutical industries. Widy spent 40+ year...
#122 – The path to finding your purpose and becoming a crack: Oso Trava, Cracks Fund
Latitud Podcast - November 23, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutesEvery startup founder needs to know what their superpower is. Oso Trava knows pretty well which one is his – connecting people and helping them become the best they can be. That realization came with years of creating startups and being an advisor and angel to other founders. Now, Oso's a gener...
Mauricio Berdugo, Director of Medical Affairs at Humacyte
LATAM Medtech Leaders - November 17, 2022 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMauricio A. Berdugo, MD, MPH, is currently the Director of Medical Affairs at Humacyte, Inc. Mauricio has worked in different capacities within the CRO, pharma, diagnostics, and biotech industries in the USA and globally, including Latin America, Europe, and Asia over the past 9 years. His clin...
#121 – In an uncertain market, a certain bet on LatAm startups: Izabel Gallera and Marcos Toledo, Canary
Latitud Podcast - November 16, 2022 13:00 - 58 minutesCanary has its eyes on promising startup founders even if they still don't have an idea or a company name. That's how the early-stage venture capital firm has invested in more than a hundred startups throughout Latin America. And that's how it raised US$ 100M for its third fund at the end of 202...
James Reinstein, President & Chief Executive Officer at Conformal Medical
LATAM Medtech Leaders - November 10, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJames has more than 25 years of medical device experience and is currently the CEO of Conformal Medical. Prior to joining Conformal, he led Saranas and private companies such as Drawbridge Health, and Aptus Endosystems as their President, CEO, and member of the board of directors. He held a simi...
#120 – Stori's story of becoming Mexico's 9th unicorn and a credit card giant: Marlene Garayzar
Latitud Podcast - November 08, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutesStori became the ninth unicorn of Mexico this year, after raising a US$ 150 million equity and debt round last July. And, with it, the credit card fintech got a valuation of 1.2 billion dollars. That's another proof of the impressive strength fintechs are showing in Latin America, even consideri...
Gabriel Garza, Co-founder & Managing Director at DocTour
LATAM Medtech Leaders - November 03, 2022 18:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGabriel Alejandro Garza Caro is Co-founder & Managing Director at DocTour who works with international travelers and tourists to solve their health problems during their travel. With innovation in tech & processes, a completely new hybrid model has been created to attend to all travelers’ medica...
#119 – How can founders, angel investors, and mentors create value: Simon Baker, CAV Investment Group
Latitud Podcast - November 02, 2022 02:00 - 1 hourSimon Baker is passionate about big ambitions and high growth – and he has built a portfolio with companies from all around the world to see that first-hand. Simon is not only an Australian serial investor and an expert in the global proptech industry. He's also the chairman of the CAV Investme...
#118 – Supporting the development of Latin America through venture capital: Alejandro Diez Barroso, DILA Capital
Latitud Podcast - October 26, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutesBack in 2005, Alejandro Diez Barroso had the idea of building a venture capital fund to support the development of Latin America. He was a Mexican entrepreneur himself and saw the lack of capital for startup founders. His fund finally took flight in 2012. During this last decade, DILA Capital h...
Tomás Iglesias, CEO at Zubia
LATAM Medtech Leaders - October 21, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTomás Iglesias is a medical doctor/master in hospital administration/Front-end developer. Tomás is the CEO of Zubia, LATAM's largest digital health marketplace a platform that connects digital health platforms with users that need their services. Currently in 25 countries with more than 400,000 ...
#117 – Global funds looking for Latin American founders: a16z, Founders Fund, and Harlem Capital at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 19, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutesProminent global venture capital funds already have startups from Latin America on their radar, and founders should be prepared to attract these VCs. I know that first-hand, with Andreessen Horowitz being one of Latitud's investors. To become closer to global firms, it's essential to understand...
#116 – Past, present, and future of venture capital in Latin America: Canary, Kaszek, and Monashees at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 14, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutesVenture capital is not about driving a car, but flying a spaceship. It's all about the long-term mission. Latin America has laid the groundwork in the last years in terms of talent, capital, and market adoption. Even so, we're still in the early stage of our space exploration campaign, both in t...
#115 – Building strong founder communities: Ian Hathaway, Camilla Junqueira, and André Barrence at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 11, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutesBuilding a community is a powerful tool for any startup – but it's not an easy task to create a gathering that becomes a reference. There might be a few names that come to your mind when talking about founder communities, maybe Techstars, Endeavor, Google for Startups, and Latitud itself. Ian H...
Ethan Russo, CEO at CannabisResearch.org & Nishi Whiteley, Chief Operating Officer at CReDO
LATAM Medtech Leaders - October 07, 2022 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Ethan Russo and Nishi Whiteley have worked together for almost 10 years in efforts to: improve the scientific understanding of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) and how the cannabis plant modulates it assist small and large cannabis companies in product formulation advise companies on cann...
#32: Alex Duca, Director Head of Automation Engineering at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - October 07, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutesESPAÑOL: Alex Duca es el Director Jefe de Ingeniería de Automatización en A.P. Moller – Maersk. Antes de esta asignación, Alex fue director jefe del Programa de Automatización de APM Terminals durante los últimos 4 años en EE. UU. Anteriormente, Alex se desempeñó como Director Jefe de Diseño y A...
#114 – Building extraordinary fintechs from Latin America: Creditas and dLocal at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 07, 2022 02:00 - 46 minutesYou've probably heard from our friends at a16z that every company will become a fintech. Latin America's one of the most fertile grounds for the providers of new financial products and services. There are over a thousand fintechs in the region. In this fierce competition, the ones that flourish...
#113 – Thinking big from day 0: Rappi, Jeeves, and Linker at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 04, 2022 22:00 - 56 minutesBeing a startup founder comes with a big ambition. To conquer your dreams, however, you should learn the best practices for launching your business, fundraising, and hiring talent. Taking advice from founders who have either exited or transformed their startups into unicorns will shorten that l...
Thomas Gibson, CEO & Co-founder at MedGlobal Group
LATAM Medtech Leaders - September 30, 2022 17:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThomas Gibson is the co-founder and chief executive officer at MedGlobal Group, a multisided marketplace for the medical industry. After spending 22 years as an executive for healthcare and hospital organizations, Thomas founded MedGlobal Group with his wife, Patricia, recognizing the need to us...
#112 — Lessons from the Brazilian who co-founded Instagram: Mike Krieger at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - September 30, 2022 01:00 - 31 minutesNot many people know or believe that Instagram has a Brazilian as a co-founder. Mike Krieger was not only that – he was also the sole developer for Instagram during its early stages. Between the ideation of a mobile check-in app called Burbn and Instagram becoming one of the most heavily used a...
#111 – Non-obvious advice to startup founders and LatAm's upper hand: Pete Flint, NFX, at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - September 27, 2022 22:00 - 31 minutesWe've talked with Pete Flint before. He's a brit deeply immersed in Silicon Valley startup culture and someone who has ushered in two unicorn companies – one of which, Trulia, was the inspiration behind my business, Viva Real. He's now helping entrepreneurs leverage connections, experience, and ...
Nicholas Focil, CEO at Fomat Medical Research
LATAM Medtech Leaders - September 16, 2022 17:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsNicholas Focil is the CEO at Fomat Medical Research, a network of research centers based in Oxnard, California. Nicholas graduated from California with a Biochemistry and MBA degree. During his undergrad days, he spent his extra time in a research lab working with a nominated noble laureate perf...
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