Meet the Panel

Alberto Betella

Alberto Betella

CTO | Badi

For the past two decades Alberto has been working in and speaking about tech, innovation and science. He holds a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies with a specialization in Affective Computing and Empathic Systems. Currently, he is CTO at Badi, where he crafted the tech and the team that built it from the ground up.

Jordi Miro

Jordi Miro

Co-Founder | Lernin Games

Jordi Miró is Cofounder of Lernin Games. Lernin Games creates educational games for kids between 2 and 5 years old. Previously he served as CTO at Wuaki.tv (Rakuten.tv today). He has founded companies in America and Europe, and has also worked in IT Consulting several years. He has a Bachelor in Applied Physics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a Master in Information Technologies from Universidad de Deusto. Married to Mariela and father of Lucia, Leon and Laia, his best startup.

David Garcia

David Garcia

VP of Engineering | TravelPerk

David is the VP of Engineering at TravelPerk. Previously he worked as CTO at a Fintech company that brought the real paperless instant credit to Spain, that is combining A.I., Big Data, Mathematical models and the best technology to build an awesome product.

He also directed tech from a hi-tech startup, applying his knowledge about digital signature in the building process of a platform allowing people and companies to manage contracts all across Europe. During the last 8 years he has been focused on helping to create solid and creative startup companies with small but versatile teams and with a very strong culture.


Panel Moderator

Pete Soderling

Pete Soderling

Founder | Hakka Labs & DataEngConf

Pete is a software engineer, 3x founder and angel investor. As the founder of Hakka Labs and DataEngConf he loves to build community for software engineers and has some bumps and bruises to prove it. Previously, he was the founder of Stratus Security (a cloud-based API platform) and mechanikal (a software development agency in NYC). Pete has spoken across the globe at conferences like RSA Security and O'Reilly Strata, been an organizer of the QCon conference series, and had his moment of fame as a TEDx speaker. He's currently a mentor at 500 Startups in San Francisco, even though he lives in Jackson Hole, WY, where the snow is far better.