Roger Berdayes
Alcobendas
Summary
Dynamic entrepreneur and former Associate Professor at Geneva Business School, skilled in startup financing and strategic analysis. Proven track record in project management and business development, successfully guiding startups to market fit and fostering community engagement through networking initiatives. Adept at leading teams and driving sustainable growth in diverse environments.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder
TestrBox.com
Madrid
08.2015 - Current
- Delivered services throughout startup life cycle, fostering sustainable business growth.
- Executed idea modeling, project management, and budget control to ensure effective operations.
- Assisted startups in achieving market fit through strategic analysis and guidance.
- Facilitated funding and financing solutions to support business development efforts.
Associate professor
Geneva Business School
Madrid
03.2020 - 06.2025
- Leadership and management skills
- Introduction to management
- Critical thinking
- Startup financing
- Managing and financing innovation
- Entrepreneurial ethics and success
Chapter-director
Startup Grind
Madrid
10.2015 - 08.2023
- Organized community events to foster networking among entrepreneurs and innovators.
- Developed strategic partnerships with local businesses and organizations for collaboration.
- Coordinated workshops and speaker sessions to enhance member engagement and learning.
- Led marketing initiatives to promote events and increase chapter visibility in the community.
- Managed volunteer teams to ensure effective execution of chapter activities and events.
- Represented the chapter at regional meetings to align goals with the broader organization's mission.
Curator
Startup Digest
Madrid
07.2019 - 12.2022
- Curated diverse collections to enhance the startup community engagement.
Head of Building
Sonar Ventures
Madrid
01.2017 - 05.2017
- Company Overview: the first venture builder in Spain. At Sonar Ventures, we transform ideas into successful companies alongside entrepreneurs and corporations, supporting them all the way to their growing stage.
- The CBO or Head of Building oversees the operations of the core business of the company: the startup's building process.
Organizer
Rockstart
Madrid
05.2016 - 03.2017
- Coordinated community events to foster engagement among diverse stakeholders within Madrid's startup ecosystem.
Co-organizer & Curator
TEDxIEMadrid
Madrid
05.2015 - 03.2017
- Coordinated event logistics for TEDxIEMadrid, ensuring smooth operations throughout.
- Curated TEDxIEMadrid talks for two editions.
Co-founder
TheStartupBeacon.com
Madrid
11.2014 - 06.2015
- A platform to find interviews with entrepreneurs, reviews of relevant events within the local entrepreneurial community, curated content as well as useful tools for startups.
Co-founder
Executive Rentals - Madrid
Madrid
10.2013 - 07.2014
- The butlers like service platform, helping people moving to Madrid from abroad for work-study.
Project Advisor
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
Ccs
07.2010 - 09.2011
- Advised on projects as PMO in about 7% of gross investment budget of the company.
- Advised company's operational areas on CAPEX deployment, consistently improving projects deliverables and overall outcome.
- Designed, controlled and monitored energy infrastructure projects, having worked with world class companies like Emerson and Huawei.
- Spearheaded analysis, design and building of the company's project dashboard, overseeing the entire CAPEX portfolio.
Planning Consultant
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
Ccs
10.2008 - 07.2010
- Advised on operational (yearly) and 5-year strategic company's plans, based on industry best practices on tech management.
- Worked as Project Manager (PM) on several core network integration and/or expansion plans. Including the FOA of Alcatel-Lucent SDHLR solution.
- Supervised the integration process of world class providers securing a fine nine benchmark on interoperability equipment uptime.
- Supported business units on construction and broadcast network growth plans through a yearly round of high-level presentations of different simulated scenarios.
- Contributed to the company's approach to strategic technology management while pioneering crossfunctional feedback loops on PM units.
Senior Engineer
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
Ccs
04.2007 - 10.2008
- Worked as Project Manager (PM) on several core network expansion programs. Engaged directly with world class providers, including but not limited to: Ericsson, Huawei, Emerson, Alcatel-Lucent and Tekelec.
- Controlling the whole project lifecycle, while applying the company's best practices and enriching them with PMI methodology.
- Designed and administrated capacity resources of company's core network, based on an average YOY growth of at least 15% subscriber's base.
- Developed engineering projects for expansion of core network elements, including but not limited to, SS7, distributed core architecture and OTT value added services (such as voice mail and SMS).
Junior Engineer
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
Ccs
04.2006 - 04.2007
- Administered core network capacity resources, while designing optimization strategies for SS7 and triggering expansion engineering projects when capacity hit 80% usage threshold on OTT value added services, STPs and all related equipment.
- Audited core network capacity resources, reporting directly to the operations VP on a weekly basis, aiming at identifying performance issues, as well as sustaining equipment uptime in the five nines' benchmark (depending on criticality).
Education
Master of Business Administration -
IE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Madrid, Spain05.2013
Bachelor of Electronic Engineering -
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR UNIVERSITY
Ccs, Vzla02.2006
Skills
- Startup financing
- Strategic analysis and vision
- Project management
- Budget control and oversight
- Business development
- Leadership and team engagement
Hobbies and Interests
- Deep tech
- HW development
- Energy
- Aerospace
- Project management
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic planning
- Angel & Seed investments
- VC/PE
- Networking
- General Management
Languages
- Spanish, native
- English, native
Languages
Spanish
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Associate professor
Geneva Business School
03.2020 - 06.2025
Curator
Startup Digest
07.2019 - 12.2022
Head of Building
Sonar Ventures
01.2017 - 05.2017
Organizer
Rockstart
05.2016 - 03.2017
Chapter-director
Startup Grind
10.2015 - 08.2023
Founder
TestrBox.com
08.2015 - Current
Co-organizer & Curator
TEDxIEMadrid
05.2015 - 03.2017
Co-founder
TheStartupBeacon.com
11.2014 - 06.2015
Co-founder
Executive Rentals - Madrid
10.2013 - 07.2014
Project Advisor
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
07.2010 - 09.2011
Planning Consultant
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
10.2008 - 07.2010
Senior Engineer
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
04.2007 - 10.2008
Junior Engineer
Movilnet - Former Verizon Company
04.2006 - 04.2007
Master of Business Administration -
IE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Bachelor of Electronic Engineering -
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR UNIVERSITY
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