Fernando Rivera

Managing Partner

2019 - Current

BuenTrip Ventures invests in B2B tech startups that solve the biggest issues in Latin America.

Cohort 7 Member

2023

Part of a select group of emerging fund managers building institutional firms.

Board Member

2023

Co-founder, mentor

2014

I try to give back to the entrepreneurial community in Ecuador in my spare time by mentoring tech startup founders through Buen Trip.

CTO

2016 - 2019

Define, implement, and manage technology roadmap for world’s leading online publication on Exchange Traded Funds, acquired by Cboe Global Markets in 2016. Lead software development and implementation strategy for development team based in Quito, Ecuador. Set and deliver on yearly tech road map projects and goals, including bi-annual employee reviews. Manage third party vendor relations (AWS, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Google Apps, 8x8, Cloudflare, New Relic, etc.)

Co-founder, CTO

2008 - 2016

Head up Web development for pioneering Index and ETF focused media company, from the company’s office in Quito, Ecuador. Build ETF Analytics product based on proprietary IndexUniverse (ETF.com) ETF classification system and integration to dozens of primary and secondary data sources. Business unit sold to Factset in 2015. Implement digital marketing strategy for Inside ETFs, the world's largest ETF focused conferences in the US and Europe. Business unit sold to Informa, 2015. Manage ad serving systems and operations. Hire and train software engineering, content management, quality assurance, and product development teams in our Quito office. Define and manage email list strategy and list-management platforms. Evaluate, select and migrate to several Content Management System platforms throughout the company's life (Mambo, Joomla, Drupal, etc.). Implement SEO strategy, including automatic article tagging system, automatically built landing pages, etc. Ad sales, client relationship management.

Founder, CEO

1999 - 2008

Founded and directed Web development agency with clients in the US, Canada and Ecuador. Sold company to IndexUniverse.com in merger agreement in 2008. Developed and managed web properties for IndexUniverse. Developed websites for Dow Jones Indexes, IndexIQ, Van Eck and other financial institutions through partnership with IndexUniverse.

Founder & CEO

1999 - 2007

Founded Web development agency. Formed Financial Technology and Design Group a joint venture with IndexPublications (IndexUniverse). Designed and developed IndexUniverse.com, Dow Jones Industrial Average Learning Center, HardAssetsInvestor.com...

Webmaster

1997 - 1999

Designed and developed a knowledge sharing and collaboration platform for natural resource management in Ecuador. Travelled around the high-lands of Ecuador teaching natural resource specialists how to summarize and sistematize their experiences so they could be shared with others.

Webmaster

1995 - 1997

Developed websites for non-profits in Ecuador. Taught HTML.