
Student at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
Argentina

Student at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
Argentina
My e-mail is pfahnle (at) gmail dot com.
I have been working in the Online Business since the age of 14, where I have participated of different initiatives with Microsoft Argentina, some advertising agencies in Buenos Aires and own startups as well.
In 2008 I got a venture capital investment for my startup (a social network in Argentina), where I worked as Product Manager.
During 2009, I have completed an internship in Redmond, WA as Program Manager for MSN Video at Microsoft Corporation.
I am willing to pursue an international career in a leading company.
# Technical knowledge
* Software & web development: Visual Basic.net, ASP.net, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML and UML.
* Databases: SQL Server, T-SQL, Access, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence and OLAP.
* Other: Peoplesoft, IBM WebSphere, Business Process Modeling Notation, SOA.
# Areas of knowledge & skills
* Web 2.0, social networks, eCommerce
* Online advertising and Search Engine Marketing
* Sales and marketing
* Management and human resources
* Basic accountancy and ABC costing
* Entrepreneurship & Business planning
* Project Management
* Leadership and team working
# Interviews in media:
Having created successful businesses on the web since the age of 14 and leaded a project together with Microsoft when I was 16, I was interviewed by several media (CNN, Clarín, Canal 7, etc.). Links to interviews (Spanish): http://www.fahnle.com/prensa
# Web 2.0, social networks, eCommerce
# Online advertising and Search Engine Marketing
# Entrepreneurship & Business planning
# Project Management
# Leadership and team working
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Professor Assistant at Information Systems for engineering class.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Emprear is a Non Profit Organization backed by ITBA University that supports entrepreneurs to carry out their endeavors by providing professional coaching and educational services.
My current role consists of getting strategic alliances with technological companies to leverage IT & web start ups.
I also assist the Entrepreneurs Club as a consultant within the technology industry.
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — March 2009 (3 months)
Internship in Redmond, WA as a Program Manager in the MSN Video Platform team.
During my internship I completed the following trainings:
- Project Management course
- Program Management at Microsoft
- Planning and Analysis of Online Experiments
I have managed the following projects:
- Dashboard for MSN partners within a backend tool
- A/B test on MSN Video website (including 3 markets), in order to maximize users' activity on several metrics
- Research on portals integration, features and usability
(Internet industry)
March 2008 — July 2008 (5 months)
I created xmensaje as an own venture on July 2007. Due its exponential growth, I received a venture capital investment from Roberto Cibrian Campoy (ex CEO and Founder of ElSitio.com).
Since then, I was employed by CCD2 (Roberto's consulting company) as the Product Manager of xmensaje.
My responsibilities in this position include:
- Managing the product team (developers, designers, mktng manager)
- Develop the product commercially
- Planning product features strategically and integrations with popular services in Latin America
- Getting alliances and prospect advertisers
At CCD2, I also worked as a consultant for a references program website we made for SAP Latin America.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Microsoft Student Partners is an annual award recognizing college students in the Latin America who have demonstrated strong technical knowledge of Microsoft developer technologies, and who willingly share that knowledge with fellow students through campus groups, clubs, and online communities.
I was also:
- Project advisor for theSpoke.net (Microsoft Corp.).
- Project advisor for "Eureka" project (Microsoft Argentina).
- Windows Vista Official Launcher (Microsoft Argentina).
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 1 month)
As the Project Leader, I built this project from the beginning. I selected and managed the community staff for Buenos Aires (Argentina), Córdoba (Argentina), several locations in Peru and Bolivia.
I was in charge of marketing operations and events coordination, as well as the regionalization project.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 1 month)
I was involved in several projects concerning strategic web advertising. I was hired as a consultant by an advertising agency in Buenos Aires to develop a strategic advertising plan in the Internet for important customers. A couple of months later, I presented several advertising ideas to other agencies for their international customers.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)
Software developer in Microsoft Platforms.
Business Administration and Information Technologies , Business, Computer science, IT , 2006 — 2009
Degree on Business Administration and Information Technologies.
Academic performance: 8.13 (out of 10).
Other certifications I achieved:
- First Certificate of English (Grade B).
- “CLE 1” Portuguese language certification, Government’s Education Office, October 2004.
- Business English BEC course
- Advanced English CAE course
Web business, Web 2.0, On line advertising, marketing, e-commerce, Project management, software for business, sharing knowledge, education, entrepreneurship, Strategic planning, Sustainability, Social Responsibility.
Ineta, ITBA, Microsoft, AdWords, AdSense, Dow, Solotuweb, CCD2
- Certificate of Advanced Macromedia Dreamweaver, UTN university of Argentina (“Magna Cum Laude” award for obtaining the highest mark), October 2004.
- Winner of Ineta Contest 2004 for the most developed Microsoft Users Group in Latin America (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)