Luz Silvestri

Current

• Researcher at IAE Universidad Austral - Argentina

Past

• Consultant at Aventeon - A mobile software venture - Germany
• Consultant at Accenture - LATAM

Education

• Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires
• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
• Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

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Education Management

Luz Silvestri’s Summary

Media & Entertainment Research Center for Latin America.
Currently researching entertainment habits at the bottom of the socioeconomic pyramid, with a regional scope.

Luz Silvestri’s Experience

• Researcher

  IAE Universidad Austral - Argentina

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

  June 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  The Research Center for the Media & Entertainment Industry in Latin America is an initiative backed by IAE Business School in Argentina and 3 multinational companies: Disney, Nokia and Telefonica. The Center addresses strategic issues the industry faces in the region. Current research focuses on the adoption of new technologies and on the effort to make entertainment content and platforms available to bottom of the pyramid consumers.

• Consultant

  Aventeon - A mobile software venture - Germany

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 3 months)

  1. Creation of a corporate Human Resources area: development of corporate culture initiatives linking offices in the USA, Germany, Holland and India; definition of roles, profiles, responsibility areas and competences; design of training material; responsibility for the recruiting process at the Munich office.
  2. Improvement of market offerings: leadership of a team of 4 to investigate new trends in the mobile solutions market; thorough analisys of potential new functionalities for our mobile software; sizable impact on sales and market exposure; improvements to marketing material (brochures, white~papers, demos).

• Consultant

  Accenture - LATAM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

  September 1999 — January 2003 (3 years 5 months)

  1. The Walt Disney Company: member of a team of 5 to create a financial shared services center for Latin America, within a worldwide SAP implementation. Project lead for internal communication; design of training material for 500 employees; design of financial processes and SLAs (service level agreements).
  2. Telecom Argentina, Fiat Germany: design of eLearning content for attitude~ and transaction~based business simulations; sizable impact on organizational cultures by integrating new methodologies, processes and systems.

Luz Silvestri’s Education

• Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

  MBA, Management, 2005 — 2005

  Summa cum laude.

• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

  MBA Exchange 2005 — 2005

• Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

  1993 — 1998

Additional Information

Luz Silvestri’s Interests:

Management strategy, modern art, architecture, travelling, books, languages (spanish english german italian).

Luz Silvestri’s Groups:

IAE Alumni Interest Group - Media & Entertainment

•    MobileMonday Buenos Aires
•    Cross Media Experts
•    Social Scientists

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