25+ years experience in the Corporate battlefield
15+ years experience as associated professor in Universities and Business Schools
10+ years running my own consultancy business for Corporates, SMEs & Startups
5+ years investing as angel in B2B Early-Stage Startups (Pre-Seed / Seed)
20,000+ linkedin and twitter followers (friends and anyone haters)
In my corporate life, I've successfully transitioned my career from a technical project / product management positions to executive leader roles (CxO), working for several companies with over 1,000+ employees. There, I successfully developed new and innovative B2B / Enterprise digital products, services, and business models from scratch, generated 6-7 figure revenues in less than 12 months, and led the global strategy, expansion and growth initiatives.
In my own business, I coach to executive leaders, innovation teams, startup founders, and investors on how to adopt, implement and scale exponential technologies (AI, ML, LLMs, Data Science, Blockchain, Web3, DeFi, Crypto, Tokenization, etc.) faster while creating, capturing, and delivering meaningful business value.
Teaching about innovation, entrepreneurship and digital economy is my passion. As an associated professor and facilitator, I've helped dozens of students transition into digital business leaders and startup founder’s careers, and I've trained hundreds of professionals in digital innovation, transformation and growth strategies for institutions like Florida International University, ADEN Business School, EOI Business School, INCAE, EGADE, EAFIT, Panamerican Business School, and more.
I'm also write a weekly Substack newsletter called @rafAIgual HUB, which is read by over 1,000+ executive leaders, innovators, founders, builders, investors, and professionals across markets and industries in USA, Latin America, and Europe.
My Approach:
Businesses are jumping on AI – and you need to too, if your business is going to thrive in 2024 and beyond. Cut through the LinkedIn spam, articles & posts fear-mongering about (Generative) AI, and learn a simple, effective strategic framework to apply AI to your strategy, innovation, product development and growth processes. I’ll help you build a strong understanding of today’s AI landscape, teach you where AI can help your business (and where it can’t), and help you create your own Enterprise AI adoption playbook.
AI democratises the cutting-edge, allowing you to plan and create at lightning speed. The impact could be profound; increasing Global GDP by up to 7%. In fact, a 2023 study from McKinsey found that 3 out of 4 C-Level executives believe that if they don’t scale artificial intelligence in the next five years, they risk going out of business entirely.
My Applied AI Innovation & Growth Keynotes, Workshops, Sprints, Bootcamps, Coaching and Fractional Consulting services cut through the hype and help you speed up growth. Immerse your teams in AI and create rapid, responsible prototypes tackling live business challenges in a hands-on two-four weeks Applied AI Strategy, Use Cases, Ideation, Design, Prototyping, Validation, MVP/MVM, Go-To-Market, PMF, DevOps, Marketing, Monetization, Growth, Governance and Scale injection.
