Ibon is a Venture Capital & Business Analyst at CEMEX Ventures team, in which he is in charge of looking for and analyzing promising new business solutions for the Contech ecosystem and has participated in the management of the Construction Startup Competition in the last 3 years. Previously, he worked as a consultant in Shenzhen, China, supporting international companies based in China. Ibon holds a Business Administration & Management degree from Deusto Business School.
Laura Millán is an Industrial Design Engineer from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She holds a master degree in international leadership and her main research is about design methodologies applied to business models. She currently manages Xiji Incubator, an incubator for foreign companies based in Tongji, Shanghai.
Juan Nieto is the Asia Representative for the Investment Team at CEMEX Ventures, based out in Shanghai, and covering China and APAC regions. Juan holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Technical University of Madrid. He also has experience in alternative investments, both in the Private Equity and Venture Capital segments and, prior to that, he worked as consultant for different financial and industrial customers in Chicago, USA.
Dr. Santos-Sopena holds a B.A., and M.A., in Foreign Languages and Literatures (English) from Universidad Complutense (Spain), a M.A., in Spanish Language and Literature from The Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), a Ph.D., Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture - Comparative and Cultural Studies from University of Maryland - College Park, and a Certificate in Arts Administration from New York University (NYU).
He organizes international and educational programs, coordinates cultural events, and designs communication, social media and digital marketing strategies to promote several international students' services and arts management initiatives.
As an educator, he holds a very active research agenda in using technology in language, culture, history, film, and literature higher education courses and Applied Linguistics. He is interested in Online, Blended-Hybrid, and e-Learning courses.