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I am President of Cisneros Interactive, a division of Cisneros in charge of developing digital advertising businesses in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and Spain. I also maintain my role as Chief Digital Officer, reporting directly to Adriana Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros, and am based at the corporate headquarters in Miami, Florida.

I began my professional career in 1991, working for several banks and then at McKinsey as a consultant. After that, I was the Global Director of E-commerce for Terra Networks, Vice President of Growth Strategy and New Media Development at MTV Networks Latin America, Managing Director of MySpace Latin America, and later, joined Time Warner as Vice President & General Manager of CNN Radio.

I obtained a Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Chicago (1997), and a Bachelors of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and International Relations at Stanford University (1991).

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