Mag. Alexander Lozán

Tackling Unemployment, Gender Inequality, and Poverty in Ethiopia (SDGs 8, 10 & 1) Taskmoby is the first digital marketplace in Ethiopia that connects customers with home services providers, leveraging a mobile application, SMS, and USSD solutions. Taskmoby is part of Africa118.com, the fastest growing digital marketing service provider for small and medium business in Africa

SPRK.global, tech Start-up in the Circular Economy sector, starting with Food Waste We are determined to build a world without unnecessary waste, starting with Food. · Develop the impact & commercial model for the core business concept and its growth/scale mechanism · Own the financial planning, BI business intelligence, budgeting, and resource controlling · Implement tools and methodologies for agile team collaboration

• Worked with the CEO on setting the business up for growth. Focus: streamlining core business processes, implementing KPIs, defining the organizational structure, and developing high-performance teams. #startup #scaling #strategy

• Taught Entrepreneurship courses and organized the annual consulting program for South African entrepreneurs.

Full-time MBA Jan-Dic 2016 Specialization: Innovation and Technology Management

• Business: Scaled up from 0.4 to 1.7 million EUR revenue in <2 years • Product: Managed B2B & B2C portfolio of 60+ products per year • Finance: Managed P&L and Cash Flow; reached and sustained >20% net profit • People: Led hiring over the growth from 10 to 70 employees • Marketing: Developed strategies for clients, leveraging data and customer insights • Procurement: Negotiated prices and SLAs with food and engineering suppliers • Data: Transitioned from Excel-based to a home-developed BI solution

• Managed client success in 8 countries; increased from 0.2 to 1M EUR revenue/year • Defined KPIs for marketing strategies, by analyzing data on customer transactions • Supported sales and implementation of a card-based Corporate Payment System • Developed relationships with major Law firms and Tax & Financial advisors in Central and South America

• Developed the product and market strategy and roadmap • Collaborated with other Product Owner, UX Designers, and Software Engineers

• Analyzed product portfolio and improved gross profit by 36% in one year • Coordinated multi-channel marketing activities to bring products to market • Analyzed customer behavior in retail and proposed improvements in POS