Over the past 12 years, I have worked with start-ups with a focus primarily on development, building teams, supporting employee career development, and implementing all employment process through the full employment cycle. At start-ups, you get a fast introduction to all facets of the company and I like to wear many “hats”. As a team developer, it is critical to have a deep understanding of the organizational components of the building, managing, and motivating a team while keenly aligning with company business development goals.
Currently, with Ureeka I am the Coach and Mentor Success Director which marries my process and team-building talents with my deep commitment to do good!
Hi there, Gav here!
I’m one of the technical lead’s at N26 Inc.
My role is a mix of hands-on development, leading a team of engineers, as well as doing interacting with product to ensure that our banking products are running smoothly.
Marcela is a builder of products, people, and companies. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in helping companies optimize operations, transform marketing processes, and improve company culture. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups.
She has held CEO and COO positions in martech, venture-backed SaaS startups. Marcela started her career in fintech at Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters), where she ran global product teams that provided data and technology solutions to financial institutions around the globe.
Marcela supports cancer patients through her work at The Tutu Project. The 501(c)3 provides grants for the financial needs of breast cancer patients. Marcela secured six-figure corporate partnerships for the foundation and has driven millions of “fans” for the now famous “man in the pink tutu”. Seriously, you should Google him!
The Colombian-born entrepreneur continues to have deep ties with her culture and people. She consults with private-equity companies interested in making investments in Colombia, leading due diligence and research initiatives. Marcela has been a tech-advisor to the Colombian Film Festival; launching their digital properties for the New York (2014) and Bogota (2016) “IndieBo” film festival premieres. Marcela has also served as an advisor to Colombian non-profits that focus on early childhood education.
As Technical Director, Mindera US, Susan is privileged to work with some of the smartest developers, coding professionals, engineers, and tech facilitators on the planet. Susan has more than 21 years’ experience in the design and implementation of software solutions for government and enterprise applications, is an award winning software engineer, and a published technical author. She is also a passionate musician and an award winning composer.
‘I believe in the superpower of humans to improve. I drive purposeful- sustainable growth for the better of companies, people and the larger communities. A unique combination of energy, curiosity and a track record of outstanding result.’
Kinga is an international senior executive, with an IT and business background. She has managed companies anywhere between 0 to 1.5 billion USD, or 0 to 2500 people. Key achievements include transformational M&A integration, digital transformations, company growth of several 100 million USDs or growing people form fresh graduates to managerial level or to growing several CEOs. Her industry expertise includes payments, insurance, energy or retail.
Kinga was/ is active in supporting communities. Among others, she has been active board member in business organisations, like Foreign Investors Council or board member at the Sapientia University. She is advisory member in an NGO organising camps for chronically ill children.
Her leadership was recognised with several awards including Forbes Youngest Most influential CEO (Romania), Most Admired CEO Top 100 (Romania) or Rising Talent 2014 by the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society (worldwide).
Mara is the creator of House of SweetWaters an entrepreneurial development agency that focuses on empowerment, kindness and planet healing practices to enable people to do the work they love. House of SweetWaters works with individuals and organisations looking to create or become GameChanging entrepreneurs who want to scale the solutions they’ve created to help more people.
Mara’s background spans over a decade in operational roles and five + years working in startups in London’s vibrant Shoreditch seen. She brings the best of what she has learnt supporting some of the most excellent SME’s in the UK, US and abroad to help anyone with the right passion and drive to make it to success, however they choose to define it.
