Rodrigo Madriz

Rodrigo has led three technology startups from idea to commercialization. He has negotiated/closed over $200M in service level contracts with publicly listed companies and governments within Canada and Internationally. Rodrigo has also led the development and commercialization of multiple digital initiatives in areas of technology, media, telecommunications and payments at TELUS, Bell Canada and others. Earlier in his career he worked on product management and sales with Husky Injection Moulding Systems and other leading power generation and system automation vendors. Rodrigo holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, (Class Rank 3rd out of 49) from the Central University of Venezuela, Master of Engineering Management (R&D Management track) from the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an M.B.A. (Strategy & Entrepreneurship) from York University’s Schulich School of Business. He is a World Bank Graduate Fellowship Recipient and a Canadian “Top 40 under 40” nominee.

Experience

• Co-Founder, CEO
  TMT LAB Inc.

• Graduate Lecturer
  Ryerson University

• TELUS
  Sr. Product Manager, Mobile Commerce/Sr. Strategy Manager, office of the Chief Commercial Officer

• VP of Business Development
  Upstream S.A.

• Partner
  Omazo Ventures Inc.

• Founder, CEO
  Textalive Media Technologies, Inc.

• Managing Partner - Americas
  Just Landed

• Associate Director - Strategy & Business Planning (IPTV)
  Bell Canada

• Strategy & Innovation Advisor at iMotions
  iMotions - Emotion Technology A/S

• Project Engineer / Product Manager
  Husky Injection Molding Systems

Education

• Schulich School of Business - York University
  MBA, Strategy & Entrepreneurship

• Università Bocconi
  Graduate Exchange program, Innovation Management

• University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
  Strategic Management

• University of Colorado Boulder
  MEng, Engineering Management

• Universidad Central de Venezuela
  BSc, Mechanical Engineering