Freddy Vega
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CEO and Founder at Platzi
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Director at the Advisory BoardiNNpulsa ColombiaNov 2017 - Aug 2019 (1 year 10 months)- Created to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and productivity as the path for business development and Colombia's competitiveness. - I'm part of the organization in their official board, promoting investment initiatives, standard investment documents and other programs of innovation for Colombian entrepreneurs and startups. iNNpulsa is the investment fund of the Colombian Government.- Endeavor EntrepreneurEndeavorMay 2017 - Current (8 years 7 months)- Endeavor was formed for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurs in emerging markets. - Its basic model is to link up small and midsize businesses with seasoned entrepreneurs. - So that little guys and gals can get the advice and contacts they need to grow their companies into bigger businesses that can employ more people, the best antipoverty program of all." 64th International Selection Panel, Madrid 2016. Endeavor is a non-profit organization that pioneered the concept of High-Impact Entrepreneurship in emerging and growth markets. Its mission is to “lead the global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best High-Impact Entrepreneurs around the world.”
- CEO verified_user Verified experiencePlatziJan 2014 - Current (11 years 11 months)- We create courses on design, marketing, programming and other tech-related careers. - While most online education offerings get a 10% completion rate, we developed a proprietary platform and methodology to achieve a 70% completion rate. - With over 1M students. 80% of our own employees were students at Platzi.
- MCTOMejorando.laJan 2011 - May 2014 (3 years 5 months)- Responsible for the interface, administration, planning, and development of Mejorando.la's Web /Courses/Platform/Streaming/Conference.
- FounderCristalabJan 2004 - Mar 2015 (11 years 3 months)- Manager, founder and current leader of Cristalab.com, one of the biggest web design and development communities in Latin America.
- GTeacherGirardot -Cund. Universidad Piloto De Colombia Seccional Del Alto MagdalenaJan 2004 - Nov 2007 (3 years 11 months)Teaching web applications and internet development, as well as specializations in user interfaces and RIAs.
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- Leaders at ScaleINSEADJan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)
- Endeavor Innovation & Growth, Business Administration and ManagementStanford University Graduate School of BusinessJan 2018 - Dec 2018 (1 year)
- Executive Education, Scaling Entrepreneurial VenturesHarvard Business SchoolJan 2017 - Dec 2017 (1 year)
- YC W15, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesY CombinatorJan 2015 - Dec 2015 (1 year)
- USoftware EngineerUniversidad Nacional del ColombiaJan 2006 - Dec 2009 (4 years)
- USystems EngineeringUniversidad Piloto de ColombiaJan 2003 - Dec 2005 (3 years)
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- MMejorando.la PlataformaJan 2012 - Current (13 years 11 months)- "The best online education system for the web in 2013."
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- CThe 20 most influential Latinos in tech of 2016CNETSep 2016For the fourth year in a row, CNET has assembled its annual list of 20 Latinos working in technology. As in 2015, this year's list celebrates a group of men and women leading teams in high-profile companies in and beyond Silicon Valley. The 2016 list, however, stands out in two aspects: it features the highest number of women yet -- nine of the 20 -- and it also highlights entrepreneurs of successful startups.
- Y Combinator Winter 2015Y CombinatorJan 2015As CEO of Platzi, we were selected to be a part of YC W15. Y Combinator is the most prestigious startup program in the world, with companies like Airbnb, Reddit, Dropbox and Stripe as part of the alumni network. YC accepts less than 3% of their applicants and its portfolio of companies have a total value (at Jan '15) of $30 billion dollars.
- GTop 10 most promising EdTech startups for 2014Global EdTech Startup AwardsSep 2014The Global EdTech Startups Awards is an initiative led by a group of prominent education innovation organizations from across the world. The competition’s goal is to identify, highlight and recognize the world’s most promising EdTech startups, those which present a potential for groundbreaking learning solutions. We wish to give voice and space to the exciting, growing trends in innovation and investments in EdTech, currently arising in different parts of the world.
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- GPlatzi Ignite @ Google IOGoogle IOJun 2013Google IO is the biggest developer event in the world. I presented Platzi (was Mejorando.la) at Google IO's Ignite sessions.