My story in brief.
I was born in México into a family of artists.
Growing up I kept myself busy.
I managed a private MMORPG server, a web agency and an T-Shirts webshop. I was 13-16 years.
I also spent lots of time reading.
Software engineering, design, color theory, economics, typography, marvel comics…
At 18, I moved to The Netherlands.
Got a job right away as a software engineer at Qelp while I studied computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Over the weekends, I began creating products like…
An app to democratize music playlists in shared spaces such as home parties, bars and gyms.
…and…
A geo-location based social network focused on fostering local communities.
At 20, I was hired to innovate for the corporate.
At 21, I authored my first open-source projects…
…and started contributing to even more.
At 22, I joined KPN‘s security labs.
Where I worked performing research and launching secure products such as KPN’s end-to-end encrypted file transfer alongside Phil Zimmermann.
A friendlier, healthier and open-source social network. We raised 100,000€ on Kickstarter with 20,000 active users and 1,000+ stars on Github.
I also started Ankida, a digital agency.
Specialized in helping NGO’s, charities and nonprofits leverage the power of technology to make the world a better place.
At 24, I helped define the future, by playing with it first at VanBerlo.
A multidisciplinary, award-winning & leading design agency in Europe where I worked in critical infrastructure products and connected devices.
At 25, I launched Somus, a philanthropic endeavor.
Working with celebrities, we monetized their content to raise thousands of dollars for charitable organizations.
I also built Peekalink, an API to magically preview any link.
As of 2023, the service serves over 500 enterprise customers with ~20 million monthly requests.
At 27, I created Retrato, an app to turn selfies into professional photos with AI.
The app was downloaded over 500,000 times, reached the top 100 on the AppStore and generated six-digits revenue.
I’m currently leading RenderAI.
A research and development lab focused on building, deploying and commercializing photorealistic artificial intelligence models.
We’re here.
“The future is an unknown, but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future we must first look back upon the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”
– Albert Einsten
Thanks for reading.