ALEJANDRO CLOSE

Starting things that happen.

Contact
hola@alejandroclose.com

languages

  • Spanish: Native
  • English: Proficient
  • Catalan: Advanced
  • French: Basic

formal education

2018
Full Stack Web Development Part-time Bootcamp, MERN
Ironhack (Spain)
2015 - 2016
Management Development Program (PDD)
IESE Business School (Spain)
2014
Postgraduate Diploma, Mobile Marketing
Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
2013
Postgraduate Diploma, Smart Grid
La Salle URL (Spain)
2012 - 2013
Master of Science, Energy Efficency
Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Guatemala)

technical skills

  • Front-end: HTML, CSS, Javascript >> React >> Gatsby.
  • Back-end: Node, Express, REST API, GraphQL, AWS >> EC2, Route53, Relational and non-relational Databases >> SQL, Mongo.
  • Data Analysis: Python, Jupyter Notebooks, IBM Watson.

work experience

2013 - Present
Holaluz (Spain)
Connecting people to green energy.
Sept. 2015 - Present
Business Development Manager
Hacking opportunities to grow sales in a scalable fashion.
  • Responsible for establishing new partnerships and sales channels focused on B2C.
  • Inside sales team lead. Responsible for defining DTC sales' playbooks, staffing, and coaching.
  • Lead the team that defined and developed the initial strategy of the natural gas business line including customer service, operations, and negotiations with suppliers.
May 2013 - Aug. 2015
Project Manager
Operations, web development and customer care.
  • Implementation of Scrum and agile methodologies in the web development team.
  • Definition and development of the company’s ERP platform, customer service CRM, sales website (front and back end), and web apps for sales teams.
  • Started as the 13th team member of the entire company managing projects with partners, suppliers, and customers.
Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2012
Grupo Onyx (Guatemala)
Providing construction and maintenance of commercial facilities and telecommunications infrastructure.
Project Manager
Project lead responsible of planning, deploying, staffing and procurment.
  • Planning and deployment of earthworks, construction and remodeling projects.
  • Procurement management of construction and remodeling projects.
  • Supervision and quality control of civil and interior design works

side projects

2006 - Present
losTRAGOS.com
A tribute to the art of cocktails.
Founder
  • 1 Million organic pageviews per year.
  • Industry recognized brand with 10k+ followers on facebook and 1,7k+ on Instagram.
2015 - 2016
Rushmore Apparel
Business Development
  • Started a team for the business development of the brand in digital markets and Latin America.
  • Introduced apparel at Privalia online outlet in Spain and El Palacio de Hierro department store in Mexico.