Tech & Policy entrepreneur. Business Developer, Consultant; 30 Most Promising businesses by Forbes Centroamérica in 2016; Currently, Director of Government Engagement for Central America at Visa. Previously: Helped to create the new Fintech Vertical at Transnetwork LLC; Public Policy Manager for Central America and the Caribbean at Uber, Regional Product Manager at Namutek FinTech and curator and host, TEDxPuraVidaJoven since 2011.

Co-Founded and sold 2 companies in the space of Data Analytics and Policy Analysis; Implemented National Open Data Project for the Government of Costa Rica and across various countries in Latam; Pioneer in social hackathons in Central America; Keynote speaker & consultant in projects for the World Bank, IADB, UNDP and ITU. Global Shaper since 2012 and One Young World Ambassador. Former national athlete for Costa Rica in Karate, attending the World Karate Championship in Tokyo (2008).

Education: M.Sc. in Science and Technology Policy at SPRU - University of Sussex and BA in Business Management, Universidad de Costa Rica, where also serves as Lecturer.