Gisele Alves Aguiar is a Sr Marketing Director at Oath, responsible for International Field Marketing efforts to build brand love for advertisers and publishers across  EMEA, LATAM, Japan and US Hispanic markets. With over 20 years of experience in global marketing, Gisele has worked in various industries, including technology, entertainment, transportation logistics and banking. She is a mom of 2, non-stop learner, meditation lover, traveler addicted and the co-creator of the educational program with Hyper Island.

Presidente y Director General

VP New Business

Manuel is a seasoned professional and entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in business strategy, business development, senior management, and M&A.  Perhaps one of Manuel’s most valuable assets is his long tenure as a Digital Transformation expert through his own experience in Grupo Expansión Media Company, first as a senior executive, then as CEO and co-owner.

Manuel is currently part of Grupo 5M's board, runs new business for the group aside from his own technology transfer firm (Latamfuv).

Alejandro Alvarez is 42 years old. He is a lawyer and holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA). He is currently the CEO of RPA Media Place, a company engaged in commercializing the digital media of the 6 most important Publishers in Argentina (Agea, Artear, La Nación, Infobae, Perfil, and Telefé); and the 5 most important Publishers in Uruguay (Canal 10, El Observador, El Pais, Monte Carlo TV, Montevideo Portal and Teledoce) under the programmatic purchase model.

RPA Media Place is the first Programmatic Premium company in the region, and it concentrates mora than 90% of the reach of unique browsers in Argentina and Uruguay. Mr. Alvarez has been responsible for this company from its beginnings.

Previously, he spent more than 20 years working in the advertising industry, having worked for companies such as Canal 13, CIE Rock & Pop, Pramer and LA NACION. For the past 7 years, he was Google’s Commercial Director.

During 2013 and 2014, he held the position of Vice-president of the Argentine Chamber of E-Commerce

Digital Sales Director – Estadão

Paulo is a Brazilian executive with extensive experience in technology and internet, has been working in the digital market since 1998, through companies such as Yahoo!,  Badgeville, IgnitionOne, among others, and serving markets in Brazil and Latin America. In the academic field, Paulo teaches digital marketing classes in the postgraduate course of FAAP and IAB Brasil. He is currently the Digital Sales Director of Estadão, one of the largest communication groups in Brazil and is also president of the Publishers Committee at IAB Brazil.

Managing Director Weber Shandwick Mexico City

Amanda has over ten years of experience in providing direction to clients in a wide range of areas such as construction, energy, telecommunications, mining, food and beverage, and consumer sectors. Her main areas of expertise are reputation building and corporate social responsibility, as well as engaging strategic media to amplify brand stories, developing engagement plans and building alliances to achieve client’s key business goals.

Prior to her agency work, she worked in the area of Social Communications in the office of President Vicente Fox during the first three years of his administration.

Amanda has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, and a degree in International Relations from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Amanda is on the board of various non-for profit organizations including CEMEFI (Center for Mexican Philanthropy), COMEXI (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), CEMDA (Center for Environmental Law), and Causa en Común (Common Cause). In 2015, she became a Member of the Editorial Board for the International Section of Reforma, Mexico´s most influential national newspaper and in 2017 was named one of Mexico´s most Powerful women by the top business magazine Expansion.

Advertising & Digital Director, Latin America

Bernardo Brandão is the Advertising & Digital Director for Latin America at Oracle, where he oversees the overall Advertising & Digital strategy and execution for Oracle in the region. Bernardo joined Oracle in 2015 as the Marketing Director in Latin America for Oracle Marketing Cloud, Oracle´s Cloud business for Digital Marketing, where he led Marketing strategy, GTM, Demand Generation, Digital, PR and Events.

With over 14 years of experience, Bernardo has a background in SaaS businesses and digital startups. Before Oracle, Bernardo was the former Head of Marketing for LinkedIn in Latin America for the B2B segment, where he built and led Marketing for its Talent Solutions division helping grow and scale the business in the region. With a bachelor in Marketing and a specialization in Product Management from BSP São Paulo Business School, Bernardo has held regional leadership roles in Marketing, Product and Operations in companies like Thomson Reuters, iG and InvestShop.com

Executive Director

Cristiane has more than 15 years of experience in the Advertising and Marketing industry and has been performing leadership roles in global companies such as Nokia, Carrefour and C&A, as well as MPM and F.biz agencies.  Since 2013, she has been the Executive Director of IAB Brasil, where she  takes an active role in the development of the digital market in Brazil.

With an academic background in Social Communication, she also studied in important educational institutions such as UCLA, Ibmec, FIA and Hyper Island.

Raul is the founder and CEO of anónimo, Mexico’s leading independent communications agency.

Before going independent in 2009, Raul was the President of DDB Mexico and Regional Creative Director for DDB Latinamerica. During that time DDB was the most awarded agency in Mexico and was named Agency of the Year for 6 years in a row.

With almost 30 years of experience in the advertising industry, Raul is one of Mexico’s most awarded creatives. In the latest edition of the Agency Scope study (2017) conducted by Scopen , he was named Mexico’s most admired advertising professional both by the client's as well as the agency industries.

His agency, ( anónimo ) is already one of the most awarded in the country and second among the 10 most desired agencies to work for in Mexico according to Merca2.0, Mexico’s leading communications magazine.

In 2016 ( anónimo ) was also appointed "International Agency of The Year" by Advertising Age at the Small Agency Awards.

Raul is often invited to talk about creativity and communications both in Mexico as throughout the region. In 2014 he founded La Academia Mexicana de Creatividad (Mexican Academy of Creativity) a school devoted to help people increase and explote their creative skills. More than 400 students have attended the school’s courses on creativity, strategic planning, innovation and design thinking and La Academia is the fastest growing creative school in Mexico.

Married to Diana, his “high school sweetheart” and father of 4, when he is not at the agency or at school, Raul loves to spend time with his family and travel around his beautiful country. At 49, he still plays soccer every saturday and sunday at the Reforma Athletic Club in an amateur league in Mexico City and is very proud of the 9 championships his team has won.

CEO DAN Mexico

Multi-cultural marketing communications professional with a global career spanning over 25 years. Grew up in the business managing major advertising clients in Brazil, USA , Asia Pacific and Latam before moving into agency management. Has led ad agencies in USA, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Brazil (Rio and Sao Paulo) and Mexico. Joined DAN in early 2013 attracted by the Group's vision and business strategy as well as the opportunity of bringing together his "right brain" creative agency experience with the "left brain" intelligence inherent in the comms planning and media business. He considers the opportunity to build the DAN Operating Model in Mexico a “dream” project. Aside from his passion for brands and communication, Julio is a sports junkie and a "hard core ex-rugby player".

Claudia Contreras assumed the position of Marketing Director at Samsung Electronics México in September 2015.

Owing to her extensive knowledge of the technological market, her responsibilities include leading a team of experts to strengthen the bonds between users’ needs and the company’s innovation through a more continuous and emotional communication.

With over 25 years of experience in marketing, advertising, sales, e-commerce, consumer experience and strategic planning, Claudia has developed skills in leadership and business management in multinational companies, working in Mexico, the United States and Brazil.

Claudia spent five years in Aeroméxico, where she fulfilled various duties until she became Executive Vice-President in the Marketing and Customer Service divisions, implementing positioning strategies both region-wide and internationally. She has also worked in companies like Apple, Televisa, Turner Broadcasting Systems and Tycoon Enterprises.

She is an active member of the International Women’s Forum and Endeavour.

Heineken Mexico CMO

I am curious, enthusiastic and have been blessed with great roles in different continents, with diverse people and with different brands. From Brazil to UK, NL and Mexico, from Sony to Kraft, Unilever and now HEINEKEN. Amazing teams, mentors and leaders have invested time, empowered me and trusted my potential allowing me to learn, and have the opportunity to go into unexplored areas daring to try what others might only wish. Marketing has the power to change people and society for the best - to be a CMO is to enjoy this responsibility and the endless possibilities while having FUN! Most importantly I am the proud mum of Lorenzo and Egydio´s wife (19 years and counting).

Celeny Da Silva is​ a media executive with a decade of experience in digital and technology. Ms. Da Silva launched her career at the Embassy of Brazil in Washington D.C where she worked to increase commercial investment between Brazil and the U.S.

Ms. Da Silva is the CEO of MarketMakers, a market development and marketing advisory firm. The company’s most recent clients include TEADS, The Rubicon Project, Advertising Week, HookLogic (Acquired by Criteo), Index Exchange, MOAT (Acquired by Oracle) and eBAY Inc.

Ms. Da  Silva is the founding member of the Marketing Society NY, a member of the Advertising Week Advisory Board, as well as , the official Partner for Dmexco in LatAm. She holds a B.S in Economics from the University of Illinois and Masters in Management from the London School of Economics. Ms. Da Silva has visited more than 125 countries. Notable memories are registered on her social travel network  trip.com

Group Vice President, Global Data

Marc Fanelli serves as group vice president for global data for Acxiom Corporation. In this role he is responsible for leading the company’s efforts to expand its global data business and supporting expansion plans for Acxiom’s Audience Solutions suite – stabilizing and growing the core data and consumer recognition solutions, adapting Acxiom’s data products to the digital world and real-time application, and helping the company become an industry leader in the data-as-a-service sector.

Before joining Acxiom in October 2016, Marc served as the general manager for the Global Solutions Group at Merkle, leading all aspects in the creation and distribution for the company’s global data product business as well as migrating its CRM best practices to new foreign markets. He previously served as vice president for Merkle’s Data Solutions Group. Prior to joining Merkle, Marc served in several roles at Experian Marketing Services, most recent as senior vice president of Experian Decision Services.

Marc earned a master’s degree in statistics and bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and geography from Montclair State University in his home state of New Jersey, where he lives with his wife and two children.

President, Latin America and Caribbean

As President of McCann Worldgroup Latin America and Caribbean, Fernando Fascioli leads a region with 27 offices in 21 countries. He has worked in the region for more than 23 years, having served as president of two of its agencies in leading countries.

Fernando joined McCann in Uruguay in 1994 and then moved to McCann Peru in 1998. During his time in Lima, he was at first Account Director, then Strategic Planning Director and later became Operations VP, finally assuming the role of General Manager (CEO) at the agency in 2004. In his role as CEO of McCann Worldgroup Peru, he led the implementation and development of local units Momentum, MRM//McCann and UM. Under his leadership, McCann Peru rose to the No. 1 position in the local ranking of creative agencies and McCann was recognized by the Association of Advertisers in 2010 as the best in its class with the "Excellence Award”.

From 2009 to 2011, in addition to his responsibilities in Peru, Fernando was appointed Business Development Director (Chief Growth Officer) for McCann Worldgroup Latin America and Caribbean Region. Later in July 2011, he moved to Chile as CEO/General Manager of McCann Worldgroup, when the agency received the “Game Changer-Best Agency Award" for the global network. In October 2014, Fernando is promoted to the role of Regional President for Latin America and the Caribbean at McCann Worldgroup position he currently holds. Under his leadership, McCann Worldgroup was named Network of the Year at the FIAP, El Sol and El Ojo de Iberoamérica Festivals in 2016, as well as being the second most awarded network at the 1st edition of Latam Effie Awards.

His experience includes working with brands for local, regional and multinational trademarks, including GM, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, SABMiller, Ripley, Reckitt Benckiser, Yell, Colgate, Hilton, Santander, Adidas, MasterCard, DirecTV, American Airlines, LATAM airlines, L’Oréal, Entel and Bci.

Throughout his career, Fernando has also has maintained a strong connection with the academic world as part-time professor and guest speaker at UCUDAL (Universidad Católica del Uruguay), Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and PUCP (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru). He has also acted as Vice President of the Advertising Agencies Association of Peru (2006-2010), as a member of the Conar Board (Council of Advertising Self-Regulation) in Peru (2009-2011) and as member of the Board of Advertising Agencies Association of Chile between 2011 and 2014. Since 2003, Fernando is also a judge in the Effie Awards in Peru and Chile. Since 2016 he has been member of the Advisory Board for Effie in Latin America.

CEO, Mexico

Riccardo is CEO of OmnicomMediaGroup Mexico. He is responsible for the media operations of the OmnicomMediaGroup Mexico, which includes OMD, PHD, Hearts & Science, Resolution and OMG Programmatic. He is passionate about building agency teams that help Clients win in the marketplace and deliver profitable growth to their businesses. Won new assignments with Diageo, Bayer, Newell Rubbermaid, and Mabe clients in first year.

Riccardo is motivated by the convergence of media, strategy, consumer behavioral patterns, technology, digital platforms, and the mobile space to fuel powerful creative ideas as an agent for Business transformation and growth. His current mission is to continuously search for new ways to reach and engage with people and consumers, and empowering them with great Media connections, Digital, and Content to drive business results for his Client partners.

Prior to his appointment to OmnicomMediaGroup he was Partner and Business Development Leader at CHRONICLE, a leading consultancy in Brand Content development, and where he is an Advisory Board member.

He spent the majority of his career at Grey Advertising rising to CEO of Grey Brazil and Chairman and Regional Director of Grey Advertising Latin America from 2009 to 2012. He was the driving force behind Grey's aggressive growth and expansion in the region and under his leadership, he instituted important changes and initiatives that included raising the agency’s Creative profile, investing in Strategic Planning, and transitioning Clients and the Agency into Digital and Mobile.

Between 2002 – 2009 he led Grey's integrated operation in Mexico where he would build it to become Grey’s largest agency in Latin America. He joined Grey New York in 1989 with stints in Madrid and London prior to moving to Latin America. He started his career at Saatchi & Saatchi New York in 1985.

Presidente

Senior Vice President of Commercial Partnerships

Ivan Fuyala is a Senior Vice President at the world-leading premium music video platform, Vevo. Ivan stands at the forefront of one of the fastest changing media consumption trends in the world; digital video streaming. Ivan works closely with partners around the globe to help them understand how to best leverage the power of digital video.  A 15-year veteran in the digital media business, with experience in print, TV and Digital, Ivan understands what it takes for brands to make an impact and cut through the clutter. Previously, Ivan held senior positions with research giant Nielsen, where he helped craft scalable tools to understand digital video reach along-side television and social activity around linear TV viewing.  Ivan’s passion and enthusiasm embracing change is infectious.  He a native of New Zealand currently based in New York.

Latin America Marketing Lead, Bing Ads, Microsoft

Digital marketing professional with +18-year marketing experience. As part of Microsoft Search Advertising team, Jane is in charge of the Latin America Marketing Strategy. She has intense digital marketing knowledge managing online media planning for Latin America region, now at Bing and previously at Dell Computers. She has solid partner management knowledge with 3 years dedicated to developing and negotiating business plans and sales strategies for Dell & Microsoft in Latin America for Consumer, SMB, public sector and large institutions. Jane was university professor of e-commerce and digital marketing in Brazil. She embraces Diversity & Inclusion with all her passion. She's part of D&I global leadership team leading the local chapters at B.A.M. (Blacks at Microsoft)

Consultant

Diego Gutierrez is an entrepreneur and the special proyects coordinator of the emerging office of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico—UNAM) in Los Angeles, the largest university in Latin America, working to bring enhanced opportunities for education to the Latino population in the United States. Diego has spent half of his professional experience working for the Mexican Federal Government, specifically the Federal Electoral Court. He holds a BS in Public Accounting from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, an MBA from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (EDHEC) in France, and a PHD in Law from UNAM.

GVP

Rich Harris leads all Oracle Data Cloud operations outside the U.S., as well as all Data Licensing globally. He was the CEO of AddThis and led the transformation of the Company to a high growth and profitable business. AddThis was acquired by Oracle in January 2016. Rich has built many successful technology companies and produced exits representing more than $1.2B in aggregate enterprise value. Success stories include Cronos Integrated Microsystems, a communications infrastructure company (acquired by JDS Uniphase, NASDAQ: JDSU); MDLinx, a digital media company (acquired by a division of Sony, NYSE: SNE); and Pathology Inc., an anatomic pathology laboratory (acquired by LabCorp, NYSE: LH). Rich has played a key role in more than 100 financings, mergers and/or acquisitions. He has an MBA and JD from the University of Maryland, and a BA in Economics from Denison University. Rich is a competitive cyclist and avid skier.

Head of Business Marketing Latam

Clarissa Konishi is the Head of Business Marketing Latam at Facebook, where she leads the B2B marketing strategy and programs across the region. Clarissa overseas a team of marketing strategists and functional teams in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Miami.

  Prior to Facebook, Clarissa was the Global Trade Marketing Manager for Terra, a digital media company from the Telefonica Group. Clarissa was responsible for developing advertising solutions and monetization models for all products and was part of the executive team that relaunched Terra Spain in 2012. Clarissa was also Marketing Director for Central de Intercambio (travel company), where she repositioned the company’s brand and a Business and Project Manager at AgenciaClick (an Isobar agency in Brazil) and Wunderman.

  Clarissa holds two bachelor’s degree in both Business Administration from FGV and Advertising from Universidade de São Paulo. She also concluded a Diploma Program in Marketing at University of California, Berkeley.

Commercial Director

Partner and Managing Director of Talkability México

A professional expert in media and public relations with more than 20 years of experience focused on the advertising, media and communication industry. Heinie has directed product launches, Brand PR, event marketing, advertising festivals, internal communications. Her agency currently working with the most important advertising companies in México.

Heinie believes it is imperative for public relations professionals to help promote a better understanding of the value and importance public relations serves to help marketers, brand managers, entrepreneurs and other high level executives understand how effective public relations can build brand equity.

Managing Partners

Patrick J. McGinnis is a venture capitalist, writer, and advisor to investors, entrepreneurs, and fast growing businesses. He also serves as an advisor to the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation on matters of venture capital and private equity.

Patrick is the author of the international bestselling book The 10% Entrepreneur, published by Penguin books, and published in English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and several other languages. As a 10% Entrepreneur, he has built a diverse portfolio of more than 20 investments outside of his day job, including leading technology companies such as ipsyafiniti, and Bluesmart, and the London stage production of The Last King of Scotland. He has been featured by MSNBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, Entrepreneur, Success, The Financial Times, the BBC, The Daily Mail, The Irish Times, CNN en Espańol, Globo, El Universal, CNN Expansión, Bloomberg Mexico, and many other media outlets worldwide.

He is credited by Boston Magazine with coining the term “FOMO” or “fear of missing out,” a term made popular by Millennials and digital junkies, that was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2013.

Patrick is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Georgetown University and lives in New York City.

Jose Miranda is Digital & Data Lead for MEC, Latin America. He has over 16 years of experience in marketing and data analytics, delivering consumer insights, analytics & technology, return on investment solutions for clients across a broad range of industries and markets.

Prior to joining MEC, Jose was responsible for leading Data & Analytics at Havas Digital Spain from 2011-2014. He previously worked stints at Zenith (Publicis Groupe) as Strategic Resources Manager and Carat (Dentsu Aegis Group) as Marketing Services Manager, dividing his time between the agency’s London headquarter and Madrid.

Jose has a Bachelor in Mathematics and an Executive MBA from ESIC Business & Marketing School. He is also a lecturer in business science specialized courses at the ESIC Marketing & Business School (Madrid) and ITAM (Mexico).

Latin America Sales Director

Ana Moises is Latin America Sales Director of LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. As such, she is responsible for all internal sales team and partners in the region. Previously, Ana worked at Yahoo as Sales Director, and at Microsoft, where she was the head of MSN local launch. She has been working at the Internet business for over 16 years.

She is graduated in Business Administration from ESPM and with an MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral

Eco Moliterno is a Brazilian advertising executive and the Chief Creative Executive Officer of Accenture Interactive for Latin America, one of the largest and fastest growing digital agency networks according to Advertising Age. Previously, Moliterno was the executive creative director at Africa, one of the leading agencies in Brazil, as part of Grupo ABC, where he worked for 7 years.

He was considered one of the 20 most influential advertising professionals of Brazil in 2015 and one of the 15 most influential Brazilians on the Internet in the same year.

In 2016, Moliterno was named the second most admired advertising professional by industry peers, according to the Spanish research company Scopen

CEO Havas Media Group México

Patricia Molina is a professional in the communications industry, with successful management in key areas, such as customer service, digital processing and integrated communication strategy. She has worked for major firms in Latin America, North America and Europe. She has more than 20 years of professional experience, and she has earned an extensive knowledge and mastery in digital world. She has worked as Director of International accounts at Leo Burnett agency with brands such as Phillip Morris, P&G, Coca-Cola and Kellog’s, as well as regional account Director at Starcom with brands such as Visa and McDonald ́s and CEO of Omnicom Media Group Mexico. Prior to joining the Havas Group, she held the position of Partner & Managing Director for IMS Mexico, responsible for the expansion project of the firm in the country bringing Digital innovation to the region. (Twitter, Waze, Spotify, Linkedin, Vevo, EA, Twitch and Snapchat).

VP, Discovery Solutions, Ad Sales

Founder of Yandiki and SheWorks!

Widely known by technology media as @Miss_Internet , Silvina Moschini is a CEO, commentator and a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about transforming the world of work in the digital economy. Her latest venture is a social impact startup called SheWorks! – a virtual platform that empowers women to achieve financial independence and helps them find remote-based flexible work.

Silvina is an Endeavor.org Entrepreneur – a select member of a non-profit organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. Endeavor screens more than 45,000 applicants annually to select and support those it feels has the potential to transform industries, communities and countries. To date, the organization’s 1,000+ Endeavor Entrepreneurs have created 500,000+ high-value jobs and generated $7.7 billion.

Silvina’s background includes both senior corporate executive roles at Visa International and Compaq Computer Corporation and entrepreneurial experience as well, she took her passion for cloud technology, the ‘gig’ economy and data analytics and became a co-founder of TransparentBusiness - a web-based solution for managing distributed teams selected by PC World award as the Best Cloud Computing Solution for Enterprise and it is poised to transform the way companies manage their remote teams.

Further expanding her vision to disrupt the work market, Silvina founded Yandiki, an online platform that connects vetted creative talent with companies seeking on-demand support. The solution helps companies to adapt their creative resource model to meet future work trends by helping them access vetted talent and help them monitor, manage, rate and pay team members in the cloud. CitiGroup selected her platform as the Top People Management Solution in 2015.

Silvina shares her passion for creating a smarter way to work in an internet-based future at speaking engagements across the U.S. and Latin America, empowering women and encouraging other entrepreneurs, influencers and executives to think creatively about how to create a smarter world of work. She was selected by CNN Espanol as Women of the Week, she is a permanent expert contributor on the #Opinion 2.0 segment on CNN Español, as well as a commentator on networks such as CCTV and NTN24. Silvina’s columns can be read in Forbes, La Vanguardia, and CIO among over a 100 media outlets from around the world.

Head of Digital Innovation

Dario is an Internet / eCommerce Entrepreneur that later became an Intrapreneur.

Focus not only on creating companies, but also business units from start in various verticals from retail,luxury to finance.

He is currently wibe Director the first online car insurance company in México that is part of the BBVA Group.

Previously, he was the head of ecommerce at El Palacio de Hierro, the biggest luxury department store in Latin America. Where he conceptualized and leaded the company´s ecommerce new strategy.

President & CEO (DDB Latina); Creative Chairman (DDB Americas)

Juan Carlos Ortiz was the first Latin American to become president of an advertising agency in the United States when leading Leo Burnett USA, then moved to DDB Worldwide with the project of joining the Latin culture, its creativity, passion and work in order to cross borders and achieve one single idea: the Latin influence. This way, Juan Carlos was the first agency leader in the world to put together all worlds’ Latin markets - Latin America, Spain and USA. In 2014, he also takes on the role of Creative Chairman of DDB Americas with the purpose of fusing the creative teams of North America, Latin, America, and Spain, to establish a center of creative power.

Multiawarded at the Cannes Festival, Ortiz won the first Film Gold Lion at Cannes Festival in Colombian history with a campaign for the government program against drugs. Ortiz collects several awards in advertising competitions all over the world. He has been president of the jury at FIAP – Iberian-American Advertising Festival, at El Ojo de Iberoamerica in Buenos Aires and El Sol de Iberoamerica in Spain. Ortiz was a member of the Global Effie Awards, and member of the jury in the Titanium & Integrated and Jury President of the Outdoor category at the prestigious Cannes Festival.

An inductee of AAF’s Advertising Hall of Achievement (American Advertising Federation), the World Economic Forum announced Ortiz as a Young Global Leader for his professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. He was inducted into the “Salon de La Fama” (Hall of Fame) of FIAP, as one of the legends of Iberian American advertising, considered model and inspiration for the region’s market and new generations. Ortiz launched his book “Shorts”, a creative biography written in his mobile phone and always in planes, during his business trips around the globe. Forbes magazine described Shorts as the postmodern book. In 2013 after the great success of Cortos, Ortiz has relased Cortos y ½, a new edition that includes over 30 new stories. Ortiz is also a columnist in Soho magazine and El Espectador newspaper.

Vice President and GM, International

Brandon Paine leads international business and operations for Oracle Data Cloud.  His experience spans four private/public technology and media start-ups, Internet policy and governance in Washington, D.C., and ten years with DoubleClick/Google. Brandon most recently led Global Accounts at AppNexus, where he was responsible for developing partnerships with the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and platforms. Brandon received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned an MBA from Columbia University.

Vicepresidente de Comercialización

Chief of Operations

Felipe Pimiento is Chief Operating Officer at Magnus Media, a diversified entertainment company focused on developing new ventures that bridge content creation and commerce. Operating units include an artist management company, a sports management agency, a talent booking agency, a music publishing company, digital studios, a music label and an entertainment-centric marketing practice focused on leveraging the power of top Latino content creators in the U.S. and worldwide.

Mr. Pimiento has extensive experience in live show production arena, content development & production as well as strategic partnerships. With 15 years of experience in the entertainment field his past production roster includes collaborations with today’s top entertainers the likes of Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Rihanna, Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz, Paulina Rubio, Robi “Draco” Rosa, Rain, The Spice Girls and Cirque du Solei’s Michael Jackson’s Immortal Tour just to name a few.

Prior to joining Magnus, Mr. Pimiento was the Vice President of King Productions, Inc; a company owned by Jamie King or as Variety likes to call him “THE BILLION-DOLLAR TOUR DIRECTOR”. The company is involved in the creative and production of some of today’s major concert tours. Under Mr. Pimiento’s leadership the company produced the hit television series Q’Viva The Chosen with creator and Executive Producer Simon Fuller, along with the iconic performers, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. Mr. Pimiento served as Executive Producer. The show became the first show of its kind to be broadcasted in the US on both Univision and Fox simultaneously. It also opened the door to strategic partnerships with global brands across the continent to create a marketing and media synergy never before seen in the entertainment arena.

Avelino's career started in 1991 as a PA for the CCC film school, which he later joined in 1992 as the first production student ever recorded.

During the 1990's he focused his career towards the production of feature films, His first Feature as a producer was in 1994 (when he was only 20). He has never stopped producing films ever since.

During the late 1990's and the early 2000's, he served as In Lot Producer, Head of Production and Chief Operating Officer in what were the most relevant companies known to the industry at the time: Altavista Films, Argos Comunicacion, and Cineconcepto.

In 2005 he imported The Lift, a company focused advertising production, to Mexico. By setting a high standard in services it provides, The Lift has become a leader in the International audiovisual production service, catering to the best directing talent in the world, positioning itself as a top player in the Mexican Industry.

Avelino has been juror for film festivals such as AICP Show, Circulo Creativo de México, Ciclope, Guadalajara Film Festival, Shorts Shorts Film Festival, amongst others.

He has also acted as speaker for several film festivals, panels, and universities. He served as the VP of Circulo Creativo de Mexico, as VP of international the affairs for the AMFI, and currently serves as President for the short film/advertising section of the Mexican Film Industry Chamber.

Avelino's academic background includes a Film General Studies Course in Production at CCC and the Harvard Business School OPM Program, where he graduated in 2015.

Armando is the vice president and managing director of Yahoo Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, overseeing sales and operations for the region.

In his twelve years with Yahoo, Armando has held several roles supporting the Latin America business, including serving as the general manager of Hispanic Americas, where he was responsible for the management and diversification of all revenue streams, including display and search advertising, as well the expansion into new markets in Latin America. Previously, he oversaw business development for Yahoo properties in the region, where he led all content and partnership assessments and developed unique sponsorship programs for clients.

Prior to joining Yahoo, Armando was assistant vice president of business development at MasterCard International and was responsible for managing relationships with Banco Santander in Colombia, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

Earlier in his career, Armando held management positions at Yupi Internet, Inc. and with the National Basketball Association, both of which focused on expanding merchant and consumer businesses in Latin America.

Rodriguez holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelors of Science in Building Construction from the University of Florida. He resides in Coral Gables, Florida.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING

As Senior Vice President of Marketing for A+E Networks Latin America, Cesar Sabroso is responsible for the supervision, development and implementation of marketing strategies for the A+E Networks Latin America’s portfolio, A&E, History, H2 and Lifetime channels, in the following areas: Affiliate Marketing, Corporate and Trade Events, User Creative Solutions, and Corporate Communication and Public Relations. In partnership with HBO LAG, Sabroso drives the growth initiatives of brand distribution and affiliate relationships in Latin America and Brazil.

César Sabroso has more than 25 years of impressive achievement in the entertainment industry in the United States and internationally, being one of the pioneers in the pay TV industry in Latin America and Brazil.

Prior to joining the A+E Networks Latin America team, Sabroso was the Marketing Director for NBC Universal Television Group’s USA and Sci-Fi channels from March 1994 to December 2003.

Sabroso joined A+E Networks Latin America in March 2004 as Marketing Manager for The History Channel, and promoted to Director and later to SVP of Marketing.

Sabroso is trilingual (Spanish, English and Portuguese), holds a degree in Communications at the University of Lima, specializing in International Marketing in Cambridge and Business Administration at ESAN (Graduate Business School).

Sabroso has lived in Lima, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and New York during his career. He is currently based in Miami, Florida.

CEO, Latin America

Guga Stocco is one of the founders of the Domo Invest asset management which focuses is investing in early stage startups. He takes part in innovation consulting  committees at B3, TOTVSand Banco Carrefour. He is Stanford Research Institute ambassador and has co-founded as a partner Koolen & Partners Venture Capital in 2014.

Between 2014 and 2017, he held the position of head of strategy and innovation at Banco Original, where he was invited by Henrique Meirelles - Minister of Finance- to be one of the creators of its online operation. He previously served as vice-president and in business development at Buscapé.

He was also research leader and took part in business development at Microsoft. He created TeRespondo, a technology that shows advertisers first on search engines sold in 2005 to Yahoo. He has also worked at  UOL and Deloitte Corporate Finance.

Guga Stocco is a scholar who has been studying how innovation and technology have been changing society in different areas like entertainment, retail and financial market. He has been talking about cutting-edge topics such as innovation, trends, fintechs, artificial intelligence and blockchain in lectures across Latin America, United States, Canada and Europe for the last six years.

Stocoo has over 20 years of experience in creating digital business and in business transformation, with successful projects in areas like digital banking ( Banco Original), venture capital (Koolen & Partners), mobile and e-commerce (Buscapé), internet platforms (Microsoft) and marketing (TeRespondo).

He currently takes part in innovation consulting boards at B3 (financial market infrastructure company born from the merger of BM & FBovespa and Cetip), TOTVS (Brazilian company specialized in software, services, platform and consulting) and Banco Carrefour of the Carrefour group that has credit card for its main product). He is also the Brazilian ambassador for the Stanford Research Institute, founded in 1946 by Stanford University, which focuses on investments on developing technology, innovation and education products and solutions.

For the past 20 years, Joe has worked as a client-side marketer, agency partner, and publisher/broadcaster.  Such broad experience has afforded Joe a unique insight into the business needs and challenges of marketers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters, as well as the changing expectations of consumers and audiences.

In his previous role as General Manager of AOL Canada and Global Partner Integration of Microsoft,  Joe oversaw both the Canadian business for AOL, as well as the complex global integration of Microsoft's advertising business into AOL, resulting in the successful unification of people, process, platforms, and tools across 9 countries.  Before joining AOL, Joe led Microsoft Advertising in Canada, held progressively senior leadership roles at some of Canada’s largest media and technology companies, and most recently finished a two year post as Chair of IAB Canada’s Board of Directors.

Director General, Imagen Television

Senior Vice President, Teads Latin America

Eric Tourtel has more than 15 years of industry experience in a variety of sectors, bringing expertise in international sales, operations and business strategy to his current role as Senior Vice President of Teads in Latin America. Teads is a leading global technology company on a mission to reinvent video advertising.

Since joining the company in 2013, one of Eric’s key roles has been to drive Teads’ ambitious international growth and increase Teads’ footprint in Latin America. Within the last 3 years, Teads has grown to become the number 1 video advertising marketplace and the most premium video SSP, with five offices dedicated to Latin America.

Eric is a recognized figure in the media industry and a pioneer in the evangelization of ad blocker awareness and viewability, bringing light to these inefficiencies before they became mainstream. He is also an outspoken ambassador of Outstream – a format Teads invented through which quality videos are placed in the heart of premium, editorial content.

Eric has worked with world-recognized publishers and content creators throughout his career. Previously he served as Head of International Sales at AOL Advertising. Eric was also Head of Sales at El Mundo, where he was instrumental in positioning El Mundo as the leading online magazine in Spain.

Eric is a French native, speaks three languages, and lives with his wife and three daughters in Miami, Florida. He is also a proud animal rescuer and an avid Rugby fan.

Mexico Market Leader

Armando was named Nielsen Mexico and Puerto Rico and Nielsen IBOPE Mexico and Dominican Republic General Manager in 2015, leading one of the most important Watch businesses in the region.

With a 16-year career at Nielsen, Armando has served as local and regional commercial leader. Before he was named General Manager, he led the Product Leadership area and the Consumer Panel Regional commercial teams. He was in charge of opening Nielsen Peru, fostering long lasting relationship with clients and strengthening the company’s brand.

Armando has a BA in Communication for the Universidad Intercontienental in Mexico City.

Presidente y Director General

Business Marketing & Communications Director for Twitter in Latin America

Astrid leads Twitter's Business Marketing and Communications strategy in the region. She is responsible for business positioning, content marketing, events, campaign development and communications. Prior to this, Astrid was the Director for Marketing and Communications at Discovery Networks, where she spent 10 years.  In her spare time Astrid enjoys running and cooking. She's graduated from FAAP university in São Paulo, Brazil.

Executive Director at UOL AdLab

André has the expertise on the creation of new advertising solutions and about managing big sales teams. Recognized as one of the most experienced professionals at the Brazilian's Digital market,  the executive has vast experience in the area, having worked at Editora Abril for 10 years. André Vinicius has graduated at FAAP in Advertising and Marketing and has a specialization in Business Management , at Insper. André also is a member of IAB Brazil board.

Marketing Director, Latin America

Esteban has been working in multiple Internet start ups since 2001 across diverse countries such as France, Germany and UK and across the Latin America region.

  Over the last 11 years working at Google, Esteban has been responsible for the development of multiple advertising markets for the company across EMEA, the definition of the expansion strategy and operations for Latin America and more recently for all the marketing and product launches for the Google, YouTube and Android brands in the Region.

Esteban is used to work in fast paced entrepreneurial environments and loves diverse and collaborative business ecosystems. He speaks 6 languages, has lived in 5 countries and describes himself as a Catalan born, with a German passport and a permanent residency in Brazil today.

  Under Esteban’s product and marketing leadership in Latin America the company has received multiple awards to recognize the great work of his teams that include: Cannes Lions, Webby Awards, Wave Festival Awards, innumerous Best Brand Awards and Best Place to Work awards by all the most prestigious publications across the entire region.