ABOUT ME
Bonjour!
I am Andrés A. Engels, a bicultural, Swiss-Mexican entrepreneur and Industrial and Systems engineer with a mindset and passion for continuous improvement, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
I have worked across small, medium, and large teams and enterprises within multiple industries including Advertising Tech/Marketing Tech, food and beverage, digital marketing, supply chain management, venture capital, construction management, renewable energies. As a polyvalent, life-long learner, I have been responsible for different roles and functions encompassing business development, sales and marketing, procurement, project management, customer service, and human resources.
Namaste!
WORK EXPERIENCE
Nov 2020 - Current
1plusX - A TripleLift Company 🇨🇭
Manager, Data Enablement
(Apr 2022 - Present)
Customer Success Engineer (Nov 2020 - Mar 2022)
Feb 2020 - Oct 2021
Mexicana Lausanne 🇨🇭
COO, Partner
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021
Interactive Media Partner 🇨🇭
Project Manager, Account Manager
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
GenLots 🇨🇭
Project Manager Intern
and Master Thesis
Summer 2019
IGNIA Partners 🇲🇽
Investment Analyst
Summer Intern
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
AECOM 🇺🇸
Estimator, Project Engineer on CIRCA project
(Two 35-story residential high-rises)
Jul 2016 - Dec 2017
MATT Construction 🇺🇸
Project Engineer on
UDR Wilshire Crescent Heights
(20-story residential high-rise)
Summer 2015
US Topco Energy 🇺🇸
Project Development Specialist Intern
Summer 2015
USC Enrollment Services / Academic Technology 🇺🇸
Data Modeler Intern
Nov 2012 - May 2015
USC Merit Research Scholar 🇺🇸
Various USC research labs:
USC Innovation in Integrated Informatics Lab
USC Interaction Lab (Robotics Lab)
USC Center for Rapid Automation and Fabrication Technologies
EDUCATION
Sep 2018 - Sep 2020
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
M.Sc. Management, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Minor: Systems Engineering
Master Thesis: Incorporating carbon emissions as an optimization criterion in order planning: Developing the business case for a B2B SaaS, machine learning, supply chain startup
Aug 2012 - May 2016
University of Southern California (USC)
B.Sc. Industrial and Systems Engineering
Minor: Entrepreneurship
Magna Cum Laude, Presidential Scholar
WVT Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Fall 2014
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 🇭🇰
Bachelor exchange semester
Sep 2009 - Jun 2012
American School Foundation of Monterrey 🇲🇽
Mexico and US High School Diploma
CERTIFICATIONS
Nebula by Nova
Product Management Fellowship (Feb 2023 - May 2023)
B2B Tech Sales Fellowship (Apr 2022 - Jul 2022)
The Startup CFO
Startup Finance (Sep 2021 - Dec 2021)
Kurios
Digital Product Management (Jun 2021)
Growth 101 (Dec 2020)
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
TEDxEcublens 🇨🇭
Head of Speaker Relations/Head Curator
Dec 2018 - Dec 2019
Society of Managerial Engineers 🇨🇭
VP of Communication
Feb 2019
Selected to participate in a 2 week-long program in Bangalore to tackle local social innovation challenges on the field with SELCO Foundation and Swissnex India
Oct - Nov 2018
Design Thinking Olympics 🇬🇧
Prototyped and pitched an up-skilling platform solution for reducing the digital talent gap by applying the Design Thinking methodology.
Feb 2017 - Jun 2018
Toastmasters International 🇺🇸
Club Secretary. Competent Communicator Diploma.
1st place International Speech Area Contest
2013, 2014, 2019
Startup Weekend
Participated in 3 editions: Monterrey, HK, LA
1st Place in LA (2019)
Aug 2015 - Sep 2017
AEM Jóvenes Los Angeles 🇺🇸
Founder and President of young Mexican Entrepreneur Association LA chapter. Advised and mentored the incoming leadership team.
LANGUAGES
Spanish
Native speaker
English
Bilingual proficiency
French
B2/C1 competency
German
B1/B2 competency
Italian
A2 competency
PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGES
VBA
Python / PySpark
SQL
C++
SALES & MARKETING
CRM: Salesforce, HubSpot, PipeDrive
Google: Analytics, Search Console, My Business
Web: Wix, WordPress
Email Marketing: MailChimp
Facebook/Instagram Ads
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Content Marketing
Marketing Automation: Zapier
GROWTH AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Customer Development, User Stories, Knowledge Management, Scaling Processes
TECHNICAL S SKILLS
Data: Databricks, Data Studio, Looker, Tableau, Grafana, AWS S3, Github
Project Management: Monday.com, Trello, Jira, Notion
Databases: MS Visio, Data Modeling, Oracle 11g
Design: Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator
3D: Solidworks, CATIA, AutoCAD
Construction: Procore, Bluebeam Revu, Primavera P6
SKILLS
AWARDS
Dec 2020
7th Annual Deloitte OES Prize 🇨🇭
Nov 2016
Marco Antonio Vargas Bello Award
Awarded by the
Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior
In recognition for the leadership and commitment with the Mexican student community
Mexico Science & Technology Council (CONACYT) Scholar 🇨🇭
Full Master Scholarship
USC Presidential Scholar
Half-tuition merit scholarship
