Rafael Martin Soriano

Head of Platform

2024 - Current

VC Investor

2022 - 2024

Head of People

2020 - 2022

Galp Solar was initially born as Ei Energia as a spin-off owned 100% by Galp, focused in decentralized energy for B2B and B2C clients. After two years, we became Galp Solar but we still aim to help our clients during their energetic transition through different products and services. As Head of People for Spain and Portugal, I am: - Running a team of 2 people (a Talent Acquisition Specialist and a People Operations Specialist) - Supervising all the Labor related matters: payroll, health & safety, medical checks, contract modifications,etc. - Managing and supervising the hiring strategy of the company: job positions, job descriptions, admin of the Application Tracking System (ATS), interviews - Coordinating the onboarding of new employees in the team making them up to speed as soon as possible and keeping a follow-up during the first six months - Coordinating the performance review process for the team in Spain and Portugal - Creating the compensation and benefits policy, this includes the perks for the team, creation of paybands and job categories - Defining the employer branding to make Galp Solar an attractive project for top talent

Adjunct Professor

2017 - 2022

Talent Director

2019 - 2020

7r Ventures is a Technology holding company. We design, build and invest in new cash-flow driven tech companies that solve real problems in traditional industries, together with passionate entrepreneurs, top corporates and selected investment partners. As Talent Director I was: - The main point of contact for our ventures to manage their hiring needs and People related matters - Involved in the performance management of our current portfolio - Manage the performance review and talent engagement of the venture and the startups in the portfolio

Head of People & Culture

2017 - 2019

Neboola aimed to revolutionize the consumer health and personal care industry by creating a portfolio of D2C brands for the digital native consumer. We launched: - Loopas, a daily lenses subscription (Acquired by Hawkers) - Bonofit, all-in-one access to a network of fitness center (Acquired by Urban Sports Club) - Vitoo, a monthly subscription to a personalized set of vitamins and suplements As Head of People I was in charge of: - Creation of the HR strategy from scratch (talent acquisition, performance reviews, feedback sessions, onboarding & offboarding processes) - Definition of Neboola's culture and its values - Talent's engagement, development and retention

EMEA Sales Representative

2016 - 2017

CARTO is a Location Intelligence Platform (SaaS) that enables organizations to use spatial data and analysis for more efficient delivery routes, better behavioural marketing, strategic store placements, and much more. As a Sales Representative I was involved in many areas of the sales cycle: - Globally assisting clients to match their needs regarding Location Data Analysis through CARTO - Customer Success: managing the relation with existing clients to ensure their satisfaction with the platform and helping grow the account by upselling - Outbound: research of new potential clients and create and manage campaigns to reach out to them

Manager @ Campus Madrid

2015 - 2016

As part of an IGENERIS sponsorship for SeedRocket I was working full time as Manager of the startup accelerator in Madrid. SeedRocket is the first accelerator for technology-based startups in Spain. It provides access to investors and business angels with a strong focus on technology-based startups at a seed stage. - Campus of Entrepreneurs organization, analysing startups and deciding the finalists - Keeping track of the startups performance during the hosting period in Google for Startups Campus Madrid - Representing SeedRocket in talks and panels

Associate

2013 - 2016

Igeneris is a Business Design Company: we design, test and launch into the market innovative business models. We do it by working side by side with organizations, as we believe in the power of launching innovative value propositions levering on the core competences, abilities and assets of established companies. As an associate I was mainly involved in: - Idea generation sessions with design thinking methodologies with clients from a wide range of industries - Design of innovative business models - Testing and launching of new ventures

Analyst

2012 - 2013

- Trend research, updating the internal trend database of the Company - Training in the latest innovation methodologies - Assistance in the development of the Company's projects

Organiser TEDxUPComillas

2013 - 2013

Organizer of first TEDxUPComillas that took place on October 16th 2013. 200+ attendees to the 14 inspiring talks delivered by alumni, students, professors and faculty staff from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).