Sergio Alvarez Leiva

VC

2020 - Current

Product

2020

Board Member

2014

Co-Founder / Head of Design

2009 - 2014

Started the company at the age of 23 with the objective of helping decision makers to take Data-driven decisions. Designed, Managed and Developed projects for more than 30 International Organizations and Private companies focusing in Earth Conservation, Science and Transparency such as NASA, Google, World Resources Institute, The Open Government Partnership or the World Conservation Monitoring Center. Worked closely with engineering and created a team of 20 engineers and designers.

Teacher and Program Director

2019 - 2022

Advisor

2016 - 2022

Board Member

2017 - 2021

Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer

2012 - 2017

Managing Design and Product Management to launch and evolve all products across the company. Developing product strategy and roadmap, combining feedback from customers, engineering, and the CEO to set the strategic vision and lead the execution of features. Established tactics to achieve Product Market fit within a new market (Location Intelligence). Working closely with engineering to deliver a remarkable product that delights people and positions the company in a leading position. Directing all aspects of design - From requirements documents and Wireframes, to UI design - directly managing the Product team and defining product positioning. Created initial brand, and rebranded the company later. Created a product team of more than 40 engineers and designers.

Product/Tech @zara.com

2018 - 2020

Venture advisor

2017 - 2019

Professor

2012 - 2014

Teacher at Master in Global Environmental Change - Data Visualization

2010 - 2012

Product Designer

2009 - 2009

Designed User Interfaces for digital products and advised the design team with technical input. Participated in projects such as Filmin.es (leading indie VOD platform in Spain) or verkami (first crowdfounding platform in Spain)