#NuevaYork to Latin America: Building Bridges for Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Companies

Aldo Alvarez is co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Aporta, a website that promotes online donations for non-profit organizations in Mexico. As CEO, he is responsible of the company’s vision, leadership, operations, and strategic development. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Alvarez was part...

Lisa Besserman, founder and CEO of Startup Buenos Aires, has been named as Business Insider’s Top 100 Most Influential Women in Tech, and the Business Innovator of Latin America by the Council of the Americas. Besserman moved to Buenos Aires from New York City to create Startup...

Andres Blank is the founder & CEO of Caliber, a platform that helps you connect with professionals you'd want to work with. Before Caliber, he founded Pixable in 2009. Pixable became one of the biggest photo apps in the mobile space with almost 10 million downloads before selling...

Patrick McGinnis is the managing partner of Dirigo Advisors. He is an active angel investor in Latin America and the United States, with investments including NXTP Labs, ipsy, WeHostels, Bunny Inc., and Bluesmart. Prior to founding Dirigo, he was a vice president of PineBridge...

Laura Pastrana is co-Founder and COO of Qvit.com, the first online boutique with a virtual fitting room. As an online shopper herself, she truly appreciates accuracy convenience and novelty. Having this in mind Laura and her partners built Qvit, a unique and outstanding online...

Diego Saez-Gil is a technology entrepreneur originally from Argentina. He co-founded WeHostels, a mobile technology travel company for the youth market that was acquired by StudentUniverse where he is currently a vice president. Mr. Saez-Gil is also an advisor and consultant to...