Nicolas Villegas
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Serial Entrepreneur | CoFounder & CTO @ Tul | MBA
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
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Co-Founder & CTOTulJul 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)Back at CTO role after acquiring Sooper our main competitor in Brasil to enhance our local operations.- CoFounder - CTO & Brasil Country ManagerTulJul 2022 - Jul 2024 (2 years 1 month)Leading Br Tul operation with the goal of becoming the leading digital platform for construction materials and hardware in the region.
- CoFounder - CTOTulJan 2020 - Jul 2022 (2 years 7 months)We are looking for the best talent to build the first superapp for the Hardware industry in LatAm.
- Country Manager - Head of E-CommerceMDS DigitalSep 2019 - Jan 2020 (5 months)Country Manager and director of E-Commerce for MDS, a digital agency with over 15 years of experience.
MDS Focus in Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Software development and Social. We have offices in USA, Mexico, Colombia and Peru. - FounderRecallJun 2019 - Current (7 years 5 months)Cloud based paging and analytics platform. Try it at re-call.io
- DDirector - FounderDigidJun 2017 - Sep 2019 (2 years 4 months)Founder of DIGID a digital commerce company. We outsource all ecommerce operations so you can focus on your business. Partners of the world leading e-commerce platforms, digital marketing, logistics, ecommerce customer service.
In 2019 DIGID was merged with MDS, an agency with offices in USA, Colombia, Mexico and Peru with a vast digital experience. - EAdvisor - CoFounderEW TechJun 2015 - Current (11 years 5 months)Cofounder and advisor, focused on new customers, channels and industries for applying our green technologies, achieving growth, savings and sustainability to companies in LatAm.
Winners in 2018 of the 100+ Accelerator as one of the 21 companies in the world to help ABInBev to achieve their 2025 sustainability goals. - VCEO - FounderViTo BrandsApr 2010 - Jan 2017 (6 years 10 months)Largest Crocs distributor in Colombia, distributor of Birkenstock and Paul Frank Industries. Creator of Victoria Stores a shoe multibrand concept, with private and exclusive imported brands.
- ECountry Manager - CoFounderEgomexicoAug 2007 - Aug 2011 (4 years 1 month)General manager for the Colombian and Ecuador, RFID specialist and voice driven solution designer.
Responsible for starting the company, legal creation, and hiring sales, engineering and administrative teams. Designer and project manager for the implementation of RFID and voice driven technologies for warehouse operations in Colombia and Ecuador.
Was the first company to develop RFID and voice driven solutions in Colombia and Ecuador for leading CPG companies. - LManaging Director - FounderLRS ColombiaJan 2007 - Sep 2017 (10 years 9 months)LRS Colombia is the exclusive distributor of LRS (Long Range Systems) the leading brand of paging systems for restaurants and industry.
Was the first company to bring paging systems to Colombia, and currently the market leader with the highest market share in the industry. Selected as the top three distributors worldwide to start a franchisee systems.
Responsible of starting the company, hiring and developing sales, administrative and electronic repairs and maintenance teams for a country wide service.
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- Programa Senior Commerce Digital con orientación en Consumo Masivo, E-Commerce For RetaileCommerce InstituteJan 2018
- IFRS for SME, Accounting and FinanceFundación Universitaria Empresarial de la Cámara de Comercio de BogotáJan 2015
- Business Valuation, FinanceUniversidad de los AndesJan 2013
- Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesBabson CollegeJan 2013
- MBA, Business Administration and Management, GeneralUniversidad de los AndesJan 2011 - Jan 2013 (2 years 1 month)
- Project Management, Project ManagementUniversidad de los AndesJan 2009
- Engineering, ElectronicsUniversidad de los AndesJan 2001 - Jan 2006 (5 years 1 month)
- Engineering, IndustrialUniversidad de los AndesJan 2001 - Jan 2006 (5 years 1 month)
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Awards
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- FOrgullo ColombiaFundación Reconciliación Orgullo ColombiaDec 2023Galardón que reconoce los logros sobresalientes y las contribuciones significativas a la
sociedad colombiana. Reconoce a personas en diversos
campos como la ciencia, la cultura, el sector empresarial, la política, la justicia, la medicina,
el periodismo, el deporte, las Fuerzas Militares y la Policía Nacional. - Entrepreneurs of the YearEYNov 2022EY (Ernest & Young) emergent entrepreneurs of the year 2022 in Colombia
- 100+ Accelerator WinnerAB InBevOct 2018EWTech was selected as a winner among 650 companies worldwide of the Ab InBev 100+ Accelerator. To help AB InBev to reach the 2025 Sustainability Goals, and create solutions for some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our time.
- CMost Risk Taker MentorConnect Bogota SpringboardApr 2016Selected by Connect Bogota Springboard entrepreneurs as the most risk taker mentor, by accepting and leading to success the mentorship of a new venture in my first year.
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- Dos emprendimientos colombianos harán cerveza sostenibleEl EspectadorJan 2018