Jose Leandro Mateos

Current

Board Member at Classes for Causes
Managing Director at Valley Advisors

Past

Business Development Manager at Kyte
Product Manager, Internet & Mobile at Razz, Inc
Principal at JM Consulting

Scout, technological antenna at Telefonica Spain
Open O.S. Devices Expert at Telefonica Moviles Spain TME
Partners Manager at Telefonica Moviles Spain TME
Cooperation with External Companies at Telefonica Moviles Spain TME
Technological Alliances at Telefonica Moviles Spain TME

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Education

Universidad de Deusto
Universidad de Deusto
ESIC: Business & Marketing School

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Jose Leandro Mateos’s Summary

Workaholic, sleep-deprived and under caffeinated. My professional goal is never stop thinking of new ways to combine standalone/individual technological ideas to produce a market moving combined powerful idea

The common denominator in my experience is simple: connect the right people at the right time- tangible and sustainable results.

Jose Leandro Mateos’s Specialties:

• In-depth experience covering Consulting, International Business Development, Product Management, Technological Alliances.
• Successful track record designing and launching products for a big corporation, start up and as advisor.
• Agile starter with large record of business development in new and established markets
• Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with business judgment and ability to communicate with highly technical team and C level management.

Jose Leandro Mateos’s Experience

Board Member

Classes for Causes

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)

Classes for Causes' mission is connecting people to raise money and awareness for causes through teaching and learning.
We facilitate fund raising for a variety of causes through teaching and learning. Anyone can sign up to teach a class and the money raised from the tuition for the class goes to the charity or cause of the instructor’s choice. It's about sharing knowledge, having fun and giving all at the same time.
Managing Director

Valley Advisors

(International Trade and Development industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

US/European advisory boutique dedicated to providing US high-tech startups with pan-European business development and sales services
- Strategy, Analytics, Business & Market Expansion
Business Development Manager

Kyte

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2008 — October 2008 (10 months)

The Kyte social communications platform enables partners - including media companies, social networks and mobile operators - to offer their users an easy way to create embedded interactive channels and produce multimedia shows in real-time from their mobile phones or the web that are broadcast to multiple destinations including social networks, blogs and other mobile phones. Using the hosted platform and developer API, Kyte partners provide their users with an exciting way to stay connected through a next-generation social communications experience

Activities:

Managing the transition from round B investment to close projects with lead partners, NTT DoCoMo in Japan, Terra Networks in Latin America, Telefonica O2 in Europe, ABSCBN in Philippines, Verizon and T-mobile in US among others.
Open leads, definition of projects and deployment management.
Innovative business models creation and negotiation.
Product Manager, Internet & Mobile

Razz, Inc

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 7 months)

RAZZ, inc the new next category in mobile content " in-call entertainment", an emerging growth company developing cutting edge consumer services for mobile and social network users

Product Manager for Mobile and Internet
Definition and management of the new products to support the Razz experience leveraged in putting together the three platforms: a carrier network platform, social communities widgets and mobile applications.

Business Development Manager
Development of distribution channels and management of clients and partners
Competence analysis and business forecasting.
Definition and management of the new products to support the Razz experience leveraged in putting together the three platforms: a carrier network platform, social networks' widgets and mobile applications
Principal

JM Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Strategy and Sales Consulting helping high tech companies get in European Carriers.

Opera Software (Norway)
/Opera is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology for the desktop and Internet wireless devices markets/
Worked as sales agent and strategy advisor for VP of Sales EMEA to create market pull for Opera Mobile products and focusing on product adaptation for tier 1 operators needs.

Sonim Technologies (USA)
/Mobile VoIP platform carrier-grade and rugged phones vendor/
Project Manager & Sales agent managing 4 teams in 3 continents ensuring the launch of its first phone on a mobile carrier, and helping the VP of Sales EMEA to close the deal with Telefonica

A la Mobile, Inc (USA)
/Open Linux System Platform & Open Source Technology Provider for Mobile Handsets/
Worked as advisor for VP sales in positioning the product
Scout, technological antenna

Telefonica Spain

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)

As independent consultant I work as Scout for Innovation Division at Telefonica Spain, acting as a radar for new trends, services and technologies to be implemented at Telefonica.
Open O.S. Devices Expert

Telefonica Moviles Spain TME

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; TEF; Telecommunications industry)

January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)

With responsibility over the Spanish market, the department co-operates in the deployment of the Telefonica Moviles Group strategy acting as Competence Center for the rest of operations.
Assists the market with the newest devices exploring their entire possibilities, including both apps (prospective, testing and final launch) and devices features (defining handset specifications), as the result of implementing an open OS.
Delegate for ORB Operator Review Board (Symbian), this dept participates actively in other international forums like OMTP Open Mobile Terminal Platform and OMA Open Mobile Alliance with other operators, OS developers, technology suppliers, devices manufactures, etc.
Also I defined requirements and specifications to OEMs and application providers.
Partners Manager

Telefonica Moviles Spain TME

(Telecommunications industry)

June 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Defining strategic alliances with IT partners for mobile business applications.
Achiving agreements with ISV, developers and integrators to integrate the Telefonica Moviles VAS with ISV applications, defining also GTM initiatives to promote both products.
Cooperation with External Companies

Telefonica Moviles Spain TME

(Telecommunications industry)

April 2001 — June 2003 (2 years 3 months)

Responsable of multi-technologies Joint Solutions with companies like Microsoft, Siemens, Sap, Sun, Internet Systems, Future Space, Intel, Motorola.
Position as internal technical consultant taking care of new technologies & advanced services dealing with technicalities, marketing and strategy
Technological Alliances

Telefonica Moviles Spain TME

(Telecommunications industry)

March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)

Developed strong business relations with partners, defining and executing the business plan to stablish Joint-Ventures
Identification of companies for a technological alliance start-up and negotiation of terms in the agreements.

Jose Leandro Mateos’s Education

Universidad de Deusto

Masters , Mobile Telecomunications , 1999 — 2000
Universidad de Deusto

System Engineering , Computer Science , 1994 — 1999
ESIC: Business & Marketing School

2005 Product Manager
2004 Tactics of General Negotiation
2004 Successful International Negotiation
2001 Project Management

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eOffice
Hispanic Net
Azules
Executive Suite
Link Silicon Valley, LLC
Mobile Insiders
FountainBlue
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
MobileMonday
Telecom Professionals
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
Spaniards.es
Success Networking
Wireless Telecommunications
Deusto
Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...5,300+ members & growing!
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Contactos en español
Startup Specialists
Spanish Connection
Red de Contactos en España
Mobile Product Management
Latin America Mobile Network (+1000)
Mobile Telecoms industry group
Latin America Telecom Specialists
Telecom Business Daily
O'chutney.cz initiative
Deusto Alumni
Mobile industry investors group
Mobile start-ups - 5000+ members and growing!
Profesionales Vascos /Basque Professionals
Dealmaker Media
Telefónica - Current and Former Employees
Spanish in the USA
GSMA Mobile World Congress (The Official Networking Group)
Spanish professionals working abroad
Guiri Group : Professional network for Foreigners / Expats in Spain 500+ members
European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Silicon Valley
VC TASKFORCE
StepOne Ventures