Rafael del Pino Alumni Association

New 2010 scholars

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:32:32 +0000

On April 27th the Rafael del Pino Foundation hosted the official reception to the 2010 Rafael del Pino scholars. The President of the Foundation, members of the Executive and Supervisory Boards and representatives of the Alumni Association took part in the event.

These are the names of the 13 Rafael del Pino Foundation scholars:

Rodrigo Aguirre de Cárcer Churruca, Insead
Miguel Almunia Candela, Berkeley University
Eduardo Dávila Ramírez, Harvard University
Leonor Díaz Córdova, Columbia University
Sandro Díez Amigo, MIT
Alejandro Franco Ugidos, Duke University
José Luis González Pastor, Pennsylvania University-Wharton
José María Luengo Alonso, Northwestern University-Kellogg
Lucinio Muñoz Muñoz, MIT
Marta Pascual Barea, Columbia University
Arnau Porto Dolc, Stanford University
José María Rigau Pagés, Harvard University
Patricia Roa Tejero, Stanford University

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¡Congratulations and welcome to the Rafael del Pino Alumni Association!

Dinner in Sillicon Valley with Bernardo Hernández (Google) and Javier Oliván (Facebook)

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:08:46 +0000

Last Apr. 18th 14 Spanish student and alumni from Stanford and Berkeley, many of the sponsored by scholarship programs such as those of Fundación Rafael del Pino, Fundación Eduarda Justo, Fundación Barrié de la Maza, Fundación “la Caixa” and Fundación Caja Madrid met with Bernardo Hernández, marketing product director at Google Inc, and with Javier Oliván (scholar 2004), director of international expansion at Facebook Inc. The dinner took place at Burlingame, on the outskirts of the city of San Francisco.

Some of the attendants to the event:

Martín Alonso Lago: Stanford Preventive Research Center, School of Medicine, Fundación Barrié de la Maza (LinkedIn)
José Luis Blanco Álvarez: Stanford MBA 2011, Fundación Eduarda Justo
José Luis Fernández: becario Fundación “la Caixa”, Google Inc. (LinkedIn)
Alvaro Fernandez Ibanez: Sharpbrains (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
Victor Garcia Reymundo: Berkeley MBA 2011, Fundación Rafael del Pino.
Francisco Hernández Marcos: Fundación Rafael del Pino, Real Madrid C.F. (Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn)
Icíar Lasa: Stanford MBA 2011, Fundación Caja Madrid
Hugo Martín Domínguez: Stanford MBA 2011, Fundación Caja Madrid (LinkedIn)
Víctor Noguera: Berkeley MBA 2011
Alejandro Pujol: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School, MBA’2003, HSBC (LinkedIn)

Entrepreneurs Forum in Barcelona – Josep Creixell – Founder of Tradebe

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:54:44 +0000

On Thursday April 15th, the Rafael del Pino Alumni Association was pleased to organize a lunch-colloquium with Mr. Josep Creixell with the support of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. Mr. Creixell is the CEO and founder of Tradebe, a leading hazardous waste recycling group with more than 26 companies in Spain, US, UK, France, Turkey and Thailand (see complete profile below). During the lunch, Mr. Creixell shared with the alumni his experience building up a leading multinational from the almost bankrupt company he bought out to get into the business. He also analyzed with the alumni attending the event what are the necessary conditions to attain a succesful internalization and diversification process, and the adequate skills and attitudes to become a successful entrepreneur. Lastly , Mr. Creixell addressed some question on the importance of waste recycling for sustainability.

Josep Creixell´s Biography

Josep Creixell was born in 1949 and is the CEO and founder of Tradebe. Josep holds an Economy degree and a Law degree from Barcelona University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Josep worked in McKinsey (Paris) and in Banco Industrial del Mediterraneo (Barcelona) before starting his entrepreneurial venture: Tradebe. Since 1978, Tradebe has been providing environmental services with specialized expertise in the management, treatment and recycling of waste, with particular emphasis on adding value for our customers.

Tradebe is now one of the leading companies in hazardous waste management in Spain, USA and UK. Its international presence is growing with subsidiaries in France, Turkey and Thailand. Thanks to Tradebe´s continuing investment in new technologies and by making appropriate acquisitions, tied to improvements at our production facilities, its sales have grown from 37 million Euros in 1999 to 200 million Euros in 2009. Tradebe employs more than 1100 people worldwide. In 2008, Tradebe managed more than 2 million Tonnes of waste, with 60% of this waste being recycled.

Entrepreneurs Forum – Antonio Gonzalez Barros – Founder and CEO of Intercom Group

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:09:38 +0000

On Wednesday April 14th, the Rafael del Pino Alumni Association was pleased to organize a lunch-colloquium with Mr. Antonio González-Barros with the support of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. Mr. González-Barros is the founder of one of the most succesful online business incubator of Spain and Europe: Intercom Group . Several fast-growing companies such as Infojobs, Emagister or Softonic have been born under the umbrella of Intercom. During the lunch, Mr. González-Barros shared with the alumni his view on the common attributes of succesful entrepreneurs. Gonzalez-Barros kindly addressed several questions ansered by the audience and the Twitters that were following the broadcasting of the event.

Francisco Hernández, new Online Strategy Director of Real Madrid

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:31:48 +0000

Francisco Hernández Marcos, Rafael del Pino Foundation alumni (2003), has been hired as Online Strategy Director of Real Madrid C.F. Francisco will be the responsible for the design, implementation and overwiew of the online and mobile strategy of one of the world´s most successful football and basketball clubs.

Francisco holds and Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and an M.B.A. from London Business School , sponsored by the “la Caixa” Foundation and the Rafael del Pino Foundation.

More information:
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid (Wikipedia)
Perfil de Francisco Hernández´s profile
Francisco Hernández´s Blog
Rafael del Pino (Wikipedia)

Lunch with Antonio González-Barros will be broadcasted on Twitter

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:51:35 +0000

The Rafael del Pino Alumni Association, supported by the Rafael del Pino Foundation will broadcast on Twitter the Entrepreneurs´ Forum lunch that will take place on April 14th from 14:30 to 16:30. Our special guest will be Antonio González Barros, founder and chairman of Grupo Intercom, online business incubator of leading European ventures (e.g. Infojobs, Emagister o Softonic)

Highlights and live questions & answers will be broadcasted. Additionally, our guest will kindly address questions asked via Twitter and his comments will be posted.

Twitter Details:
Account: http://twitter.com/frdelpino
Hashtag for comments: #frdelpino-agbarros
To ask a question, please begin the Tweed with “PREGUNTA:” in caps and end with the mentioned hashtag.

Entrepreneurs Forum – Didac Lee – CEO of Inspirit

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:01:09 +0000

On Tuesday January 12th, the Rafael del Pino Alumni Association was pleased to organize a lunch-colloquium with Mr. Didac Lee (see complete profile below) with the support of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. Mr. Lee is a serial entrepreneur who started his first business at 21 and is currently the CEO and founder of Inspirit Group, a conglomerate of IT companies. During the lunch, Mr. Lee shared with the alumni his experience as entrepreneur, facing everyday challenges and risks with enthusiasm and hard work. Mr. Lee explained how failure can teach as much as success and foster creativity. For Mr. Lee, entrepreneurship is an attitude that must be applied to every aspect of life.

Interview with Didac Lee Diario Negocio www.diarionegocio.es

Didac Lee’s Biography

Dídac Lee is the CEO of Inspirit , a international group made up by the following companies: Inspirit Labs (business incubator), Spamina (email security), Conzentra (internet services) and Intercomgi Argentina (development center). Inspirit employs more than 240 people in Gerona, Barcelona, Madrid , Buenos Aires and the Silicon Valley. He is a usual speaker at Barcelona and Gerona Universities and collaborates with the economic section of El Periodico newspaper.

Awards

2008, “Empordà Award 2008″ Alt Empordà District Council
2008, “International Young Entrepreneur Award” granted by CEAJE
2007, “Gironí de l’Any ” award
2007, “Best ITC Company of the Year”, awarded by the Unió Empresarial del Penedès
2007, “Ferrer Salat Entrepreneur of the Future Award ” by Fomento del Trabajo.
2007, “Best Overseas Entrepreneur Award” by the Taiwanese government.
2007, “Young Entrepreneur Award”, awarded by the International Chamber Youth of Catalonia
2006, “Best Entrepreneur of the Year. Awarded by AIJEC
2005, “Technology Entrepreneur” by the University of Cambridge

Scholars´ dinner in New York

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:24:29 +0000

On Friday December 5th a group of Rafael del Pino alumni got together in La Boqueria Restaurant of New York. It was a great opportunity to know each other better and share their academic and professional experiences. They also took the opportunity to comment on current news and the current social and economic environment.

Sonia Rodriguez, Ana Ariño, Victoria López-Agudo, Iñaki Berenguer, Borja Marcos, Ignacio Marín, Cristian Lucas and Sara Carner attended the event, which was a fun and cheerful dinner in a very Spanish setting, with tapas and sangria included.

Entrepreneurs Forum in Barcelona – Dr. Josep Prous – Founder of Prous Institute and Prous Science

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:06:58 +0000

On Monday November 30th, the Rafael del Pino Alumni Association, with the support of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, was pleased to organize a dinner-colloquium with Mr Josep Pous, founder of Prous Institute and Prous Science (see complete profile below). Founded in 1958, Prous Science is a global leader in IT solutions for the life-science industry. Physicians and scientists worldwide use Prous Science products and services in the development of new drugs based on knowledge, safety and efficiency, improving global medical practices.

During the event, the Rafael del Pino Alumni had the opportunity to share with Dr. Prous his views on the current status of the biotech industry in Spain as well as the prospects for the biomedicine sector. Several experts of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries as well as MIT, Stanford, LBS, Wharton, Columbia and Chicago alumni attended the event.

Josep Prous Biography

After obtaining his PhD in Biochemistry , Dr Pous worked as researcher in the Pharmaceutical industry where he realized information about new drugs was scarce and spread among several publications. As a consequence of the discovery, the first product of Prous Science, the magazine “Drugs of Today” was created in order to inform about innovation in the development of new drugs.

Prous Science launched several successful products that incorporated the latest advances in information technologies such as Dailydrugnews.com life-science newsfeed and Integrity, the first integrated new drugs discovery and development website, with access to over 295.000 drugs and 100.000 patents.

With 350 employees, Prous Science is based in Barcelona and has expanded to US, Argentina and Japan. Prous Science has been awarded several prestigious international prizes including the European WWW Business Award by the European Commission. In 2007 Prous Science was acquired by Thomson Reuters

In 2000 Dr. Prous started a new endeavour in the Scientific Park of Barcelona, Prous Institute, a center for new drugs research using computational technologies for the treatment of cancer, diabetes or neurological conditions. Prous Institute is currently cooperating with the FDA in food and drugs toxicity prediction programs.

Lunch with Alejandro Zaera-Polo

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:53 +0000

On Wednesday November 18th, the Rafael del Pino Alumni Association was pleased to organize a lunch-colloquium with Mr Alejandro Zaera-Polo (see complete profile below), founding partner of Foreign Office Architects. During the lunch, Mr. Alejandro shared with the alumni his vision of the Architecture as a social transformation power as well as the role of Spanish architects in the global market.

Alejandro Zaera-Polo

Alejandro Zaera-Polo is founding partner of Foreign Office Architects together with Farshid Moussavi, and occupies currently the Berlage Chair in the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands. Prior to this current role at the TU in Delft, he has been for four years the Dean of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, until 2005. Previously he has been also Unit Master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, and a Visiting Professor at the University of California in L.A., Columbia University in New York, Princeton University, the School of Architecture in Madrid and the Yokohama School of Architecture where he currently has an advisory role. He has also been an advisor to several committees, such as the Quality Commission for Architecture in Barcelona City and the advisory Committee for Urban Development of the City of Madrid and is a member of t he Urban Age Think Tank of the London School of Economics. He has published extensively as a critic in professional magazines worldwide, El Croquis, Quaderns, A+U, Arch+ and Harvard Design Magazine amongst them, and contribute to numerous publications, such as the Endeless City curated by Ricky Burdett and Dejan Sudjic.