Carlos Sagi-Vela, an experienced CEO, entrepreneur, and managing director, has a diverse professional background in the technology sector, with exceptional competencies in strategic and global vision, team leadership, communication, and negotiation. He has proven his excellence in project management, generating new market opportunities, and optimizing business figures for large teams of professionals.

Carlos's most noteworthy professional achievements include being the first responsible of the proposal team for the maintenance bundles of Telefónica Spain and Latam at Indra, where he earned a total business of more than €180 MM, and participating in the launch, management, and development of the automotive internet portal www.motorflash.com, tripling the traffic over 250,000 visits and increasing turnover by 50%, reaching €1 mm. He has also created three companies — Nexus People, Nexus4Trader and Altare Professional, dedicated to training and recruitment, the provision of financial services, and development of systems projects, respectively.

Carlos's education is impressive, with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from ThePowerMBA, a Superior degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and graduate Diplomado in Economic Sciences from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.

Carlos is also an Agile Coach Certified from the Agile Coach Alliance and has been a visiting professor at Universidad Antonio de Nebrija and MBA and EMBA (Executive) Professor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas - ICADE Business School. He has also authored books and blogs, co-authored LinkedIn 400 millions: Monetize in the economic graph, and taught trading systems at CEF Centro de Estudios Financieros.

In addition to being the CEO and Founder of Social Smart Trading, Carlos has held several positions such as Digital and CEOs Expert 4.0 at European Leadership, Professor Master Digital Business at EAE Business School, and Professor and students mentor at The Valley Digital Business School, among others.