Sebastian Ruales
Founder of BIA
Sebastian Ruales
Founder of BIA
Bogotá D.C. Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Co-Founder
2022 - Current
Bia Energy is a pioneering company at the forefront of the energy industry. Bia, seamlessly merges smart metering infrastructure data with energy retailing, offering a customer-centric, data-driven platform that empowers users to take control of their energy consumption and costs. With Bia rapidly becoming the standard in Colombia's energy sector and beyond, transforming the region's energy service landscape.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2022
Opera is here to help Latin American tech entrepreneurs build transcendental companies from an early stage. We want to accelerate the creation of value in our region by partnering with passionate founders, thus bringing new and better local opportunities.
Advisor
2022
Venture Partner
2020
MatterScale invests in early-stage Latin startups with a global mindset, located in the US and LatAm, that apply technology to offer high quality, affordable, and accessible services for the majority.
Speaker
2022
Founding Team & Global Head of New Business
2019 - 2022
Working with VC’s, partners and governments to identify, negotiate, and integrate BizDev opportunities for Rappi on our path to become LatAm SuperApp
Founding Team & Built and Grew Sales and Monetization Globally
2016 - 2019
Built from scratch Rappis’ Revenue and Income model, developed the right value prop for vendors and partners, and worked with most top global and local companies in the region
Manager of Sales
2015 - 2016
Shopper Marketing Director (Directive Comitee Mass Market Division)
2014 - 2015
Consumer products Division Directive Commitee Member.
National Sales Manager Casino Groupé
2013 - 2014
Awarded "Premio al Mérito" for Best Employee 2013
Category & Shopper Marketing Director
2012 - 2013
Category Management Manager
2010 - 2012