Hola! Hi! Hallo!

I am an experienced entrepreneur with a background in computer science, specializing in driving and growing agile businesses through innovation.

With 10 years in management roles, I have been responsible for strategic decisions around growth, people, product, recruitment, tech stack and business operations. I am a reliable and committed team member, trained by top business accelerators such as 500 Startups & Startup Chile.

As a co-founder of EntrenaYa, a B2C & B2B fitness subscriptions marketplace with over 800 gyms and fitness centers in LATAM, I have honed my skills in leadership, goal-oriented thinking, and effective communication.

I'm a Sagittarius, a music lover, father, a cook, and a wine geek. I lately am, like many others, particularly interested in the field of Machine Learning.

Contact information

jamarks at gmail dot com

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Work Experience

EoTLabs GmbH (former peaq technology GmbH) | Head of Operations

9/2021 - 9/2023 | eotlabs.io building peaq network and krest network

EoT Labs develops, incubates and supports open-source projects with a focus on the Web3 Machine Economy.

Activities & Responsibilities

Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive leadership team, providing insights and recommendations to drive business growth and decision-making
Ensure that the company’s operations are aligned with its vision and mission.
Monitor company performance, identifying areas of improvement and implementing corrective measures as needed.
Develop and maintain internal communication strategies to ensure employees are informed, engaged, and aligned with company objectives.
Continuously identify opportunities for process improvements and streamlining operations

Challenges & Results

Led the pivot of the business model from a private in-house blockchain environment to a layer-2 substrate-based and open-source solution in the multichain Polkadot ecosystem, resulting in increased scalability and accessibility.
Supervised HR and recruiting efforts, resulting in an 80% increase in new employees in 14 months, with a 90% retention rate, among 16 countries and 4 continents.
Built a decentralized culture and fully remote operation among ten different time zones, fostering collaboration and productivity.
Implemented a central project management software and OKRs at the company, department, and individual levels, resulting in improved transparency and alignment.

BEON Tech Studio | Growth Engineer

7/2020 - 7/2021 | https://beon.studio

I introduced and implemented growth strategy techniques to scale Sales and Hiring processes of one of the most promising IT staff augmentation companies in Latam, in an already very overcrowded and growing industry.

Introduced and implemented growth strategy techniques to scale sales and hiring processes of one of the most promising IT staff augmentation companies in Latam, in an already very overcrowded and growing industry.
Orchestrated lead-generation semi-automated programs across different and connected platforms and helped grow Beon's sales funnel and IT candidates audience.
Created original sales-enablement tools to help the sales team deliver a compelling story to prospect customers.
Developed original content and copywriting for emails, website, blogs, presentations and other collateral.

ENTRENAYA | Co-founder & COO

Buenos Aires (AR), Santiago de Chile (CL), Mexico DF (MX) 2012-2020 | https://www.entrenaya.com.ar

The largest B2C fitness platform in Latin America, with more than 4,500 fitness and wellness plans available in over 700 gyms in the region. We also offer a B2B membership as a corporate benefit for employees, with access to more than 350 fitness, spa and beauty facilities.

Co-founded and operated the largest B2C fitness platform in Latin America, with over 4,500 fitness and wellness plans available in over 700 gyms in the region.
Developed and executed growth strategies, resulting in over 60,000 transactions in the last 4 years and USD 500.000 revenue.
Managed the development of the platform, built on JAVA Groovy on Rails and PHP-MYSQL hosted in AWS, and integrated with payment systems in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
Raised funding from prominent accelerators, including 500 Startups and Startup Chile Gen 10, and gained recognition as one of the best Sports-Tech Startups in the region.

Side projects

QIQR

Bye, Business Card. Hello, QIQR.

Nextjs (React Framework) + Nodejs under Nextjs/API + + TailwindCSS - Deployed in Vercel.
vCard + QR Generator, using S3 Bucket and Firebase.
NextAuth for authentication with Linkedin, Google and Twitter.

#nextjs#nfc#qr