AXIALENT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Behavioral Risk Management Team
- Partner
- Managing Partner at Raisethebar.Tech
Alex has 17 years of experience in the field of Business and around 8 in B2B Sales Management consulting. Alex's approach involves crafting a strategy grounded in the company's mission. He excels at translating overarching visions into actionable plans to meet organizational objectives.
Starting his career, Alex worked primarily with multinationals from various sectors, including Biofuels, Oils, Engineering, and Software (Tech). He also has experience with SMBs and has taken on roles as an entrepreneur.
Along with joining Axialent, Alex is a Managing Partner at Raisethebar.tech, a hybrid consultancy and training company helping founders, owners, and executive teams grow. The focus is always on the individual, developing their position, and aligning the team to hyper-grow your company.
Previously, Alex set up two different entrepreneurial ventures and is involved in several startups and SMBs as a mentor and minority shareholder. As an Executive Director, Alex showcased exceptional leadership qualities, demonstrating a remarkable talent for crafting and executing visionary strategies that propel organizations to new heights. Under Alex's leadership, CTAIMA Group not only met but consistently exceeded expectations, establishing industry benchmarks and earning accolades for excellence. This success culminated in a purchase by a PE group.
Alongside his vast Sales experience in the B2B space for consultative sales, Alex possesses a deep understanding of people and their development. He finds it intrinsically rewarding to aid in their growth.
Alex holds a degree in chemistry from URV in Tarragona, located in one of the most significant chemical hubs in Southern Europe. He also pursued an MBA from the same university. More recently, he completed an Executive Program on General Management (PDD) at IESE Business School.
Based in Barcelona, Spain, where he was born and raised, Alex brings to the table extensive work experience from across Europe - including Spain, Germany, Italy, and Belgium - as well as Southeast Asia, with stints in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Outside his professional commitments, Alex is passionate about sports, with a particular love for fitness and marathon running. He's also keen on exploring facets of business, leadership, and talent management.
Anabel has over 20 years of experience in the field of human capital consulting. Her focus has always been on the human aspects of business transformation and how they foster or hinder effective execution of a company's strategy. She has worked primarily with multinationals from a variety of sectors, ranging from Technology, Pharma, Chemical to Financial Services and FMCG.
Prior to joining Axialent, Anabel was director of compensation and talent consulting at Aon Hewitt Spain. She joined the former Hewitt Associates in 2004 after contributing for seven years as a management training consultant at Ernst & Young. Alongside her generalist human resources consulting experience, she project managed human resources due diligence and post-merger integration projects for more than 20 corporate transactions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Currently she is Partner at Axialent, and in this role she manages the end-to-end relationship with some of our largest clients and ensures we seamlessly deliver on our promises when a company engages our services.
Anabel holds a double degree in law and business economics from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3), Spain.
Based in Madrid, Spain, Anabel has working experience in Europe, Latin America and China. She was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. Besides her work, she is passionate about creating handmade greeting cards for family and friends.
Borja is a dynamic and experienced leader in the field of innovation, renowned for his expertise in guiding organizations towards groundbreaking creativity and sustainable innovation. With over 20 years of experience, Borja has been instrumental in shaping the innovation landscapes of various leading organizations globally.
As an author, Borja has enriched the field of innovation with his literary contributions, sharing his insights and methodologies. His role as an educator is equally notable, with a 15-year tenure as an awarded professor at IE Business School and Headspring, a joint venture between the Financial Times and IE Business School.
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For more than 25 years, Carlos held the positions of managing director and chief executive officer at diverse family enterprises, having the opportunity to meet all sorts of challenges and specific issues related to family businesses. He currently serves on the board of directors of some family-owned companies.
During 2009 and 2010, Carlos was president of AEI CONTRACT, an innovative group of economic interest consisting of 20 companies. They jointly participated in projects related to construction, interior design and decoration.
Along with other Asturian entrepreneurs, he prompted the creation of the Asturian Association of Family Enterprise, and he was a member of the first board of directors for a period of four years.
Carlos has studied engineering and has a degree in systems management. He has also studied sociology at the UNED and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from IEDE. He also participated in the leadership and management of International Trade course dictated by EUROFORUM El Escorial.
Carlos lives in Asturias, Spain. He is married and has two children. In his spare time, he enjoys his family, friends, traveling and playing sports, especially tennis.
Carlos has been related to Axialent since the beginning, supporting its growth and expansion in the different countries where Axialent is present through its subsidiaries. As a chief financial officer and director, he is responsible for all the accounting, financial, legal, tax, planning, management control and compliance processes, including all Axialent shareholder-related issues.
He graduated as an accountant and has a bachelor's degree in administration from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He started his working career and professional training at Price Waterhouse Audit Department. Before joining Axialent, he was in charge of strategic planning at Banco Bansud. Afterward, he served as administrative manager at Heller Financial Bank.
Carlos lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and enjoys traveling and cooking for his friends.
Constanza currently works as client engagement director the region of Argentina.
In her daily work, she combines her extensive experience in management and administration with her new passion as a consultant for organizational culture change and coach.
With more than 15 years of experience in multinational companies and telecommunications technology, she served as a leader in various positions: manager of business analysis, market manager of product, special projects manager and investor relations.
Job Titles:
- Advisor in Conscious Capital
- Advisory Board
Dr. Rajendra S. Sisodia is Axialent's advisor in Conscious Capitalism. Author of "Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose," co-founder and co-Chairman of the Conscious Capitalism Institute, Raj has devoted his work to the dissemination of the conscious capitalism principles and philosophy through his academic, writing, speaking and consulting endeavors. He is now focused on expanding the movement globally with chapters in Europe, Australia, Brazil, Singapore and India.
In 2003, he was named to the "Guru Gallery" by the Chartered Institute of Marketing and was described as one of "50 Leading Marketing Thinkers". Four years later he received the "Excellence in Scholarship" award and in 2008 the "Innovation in Teaching" award from Bentley University. He was also named one of ten "Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010" by Good Business International, and one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior" by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. As a leading figure in the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj is an expert in corporate strategy and leadership, globalization, stakeholder management, marketing strategy, marketing ethics, relationship marketing and marketing productivity.
He has consulted with and taught executive programs for numerous companies, including AT&T, Nokia, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Siemens, Sprint, MCI, Volvo, IBM, Ernst & Young, Walmart, McDonald's and Southern California Edison. He has led programs in North and South America, Europe, and Asia and is also a frequent and well-admired keynote speaker. Raj held over 500 presentations on Conscious Capitalism at leading universities, corporations and other organizations around the world. He was Trustee Professor of Marketing and founding director of the Center for Marketing Technology at Bentley University and is now F.W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College.
Extensive experience leading negotiations to form partnerships with global companies in various countries such as the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Belgium, and Russia. Negotiation of long-term sales contracts with international companies.
Management and leadership of cultural transformation and change processes in multinational companies. Design and implementation of strategies and action plans to improve the results of companies in a situation of operational and financial crisis. Successful development and implementation of investment projects.
Profound skills in managing a wide variety of leadership, innovation, and expansion situations successfully. Skillful experience in change management structure and leading processes across borders and cultures.
Effective application of innovation and modernization procedures focused on operational functionality across regions.
With more than 40 years of experience as a management consultant first and CEO later in companies like PWC, EY, Tata Consulting Services and Getronics for Iberia and other European countries, Jose joined Altran Technologies in 2006 as CEO for Spain and Portugal. He was a member of the global Excom and mentor of the leaders of other geographies during different periods (US, Sweden, Italy,, Middle East).
When he joined Altran his main objective was to integrate in Spain 20 operating companies, create and develop a high performing management team and boost growth and profitability.
In 2019 when he retired, Atran in Spain was recognized as o leading company in R&D and engineering consulting,
Jose Ramon is an effective communicator and pragmatic leader of highly educated professionals. From January 2019 he has joined several advisory boards, including non-profit organizations, and is mentoring several young CEO's .
Jose Ramon holds a degree in Business Administration from the Complutense University of Madrid and has participated in several leadership and executive programs including the Harvard Negotiation Project and Disney Business Model at Disney University.
Job Titles:
- Board Member and Strategic Partner
With nearly 30 years of experience in management and general administration, José has worked in both the private sector and public administration. He spent the majority of his career in the corporate world. As a consultant, he focuses on strategy, management, and business development.
Until early 2011, José served as a councilor for the City Council of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain. In addition to overseeing the areas of culture, sports, and youth, he also served as president of the Sociedad Ovetense de Festejos, which is responsible for organizing various festivals in the city. Furthermore, he served as vice president of the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias and the Campoamor Theater Lyrical Awards Foundation. Currently, he remains a member of the General Council of CajAstur/LiberBank, a leading bank in Asturias.
Before becoming a councilor for the City Council, José was the director of international business development for the Inmark Group and a member of the company's board of directors, where he led projects in both Europe and Latin America. Previously, he served as the corporate director of Makeateam, a Spanish consulting firm dedicated to executive training that was acquired by the Inmark Group in 2005. Prior to that, José served as a director of Ernst & Young in Spain and Latin America, where he was in charge of overseeing strategic consulting, human resources, and change management areas in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
José earned a bachelor's degree in geography and history from the University of Oviedo and a Master's in Business Administration from the IEDE, Institute for Executive Development. Furthermore, he attended courses on topics such as administration, marketing, service strategies, competitive leadership, and strategies and implementation at the London School of Economics, the Disney Institute, and the University of California-Berkeley, among other institutions.
In addition to his other activities, José has been a press contributor since 1993. He was also awarded the Grand Cross for Humanitarian Merit in Barcelona in 2010.
Although he currently resides in Asturias, Spain, José has also lived in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. He is married, has two children, and enjoys reading and walking.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Advisory Board
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Job Titles:
- CEO
- Managing Director
- Corporate Innovation Expert
Oseas Ramírez Assad is an entrepreneur and corporate innovation expert. He started his career as a CIO for one of Jalisco's largest newspapers at age 18. He then worked as a CTO and eventually obtained his degree as a family counselor. This eclectic background set the stage for him to become the founder of one of Mexico's largest e-learning providers.
Oseas then obtained his MBA, studying in the United States as a Fulbright Scholar. This opened up the opportunity to join Cisco Systems, in the heart of Silicon Valley. While at Cisco, he was in charge of the development of the top 2 percent of senior managers worldwide. While in that position, he led the creation of Startup//Cisco, an internal innovation program that draws from startup innovation best practices - such as Lean Startup and Design Thinking - to help internal Cisco teams accelerate their innovation efforts. Finally, he was in charge of the co-innovation strategy for Cisco's global network of innovation centers.
Oseas works with Fortune 500 corporate senior leaders to accelerate innovation in their organizations. He also sits on the board of his e-learning company, a boutique venture capital fund and an innovation consulting company.
Oseas has been recently announced as Axialent's new CEO. He will be guiding the company to explore and develop new channels and to keep helping companies from new markets and industries connect to their purpose and have a positive impact on more people.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Behavioral Risk Management Team
Based in Madrid, Paloma is a proud mother of three and is married. She is celebrated for her enthusiasm, commitment to diversity, networking prowess, and championing inclusion and equal opportunities. In recognition of her work, she was honored with the "Women Leadership Award" by the Spanish Federation of Women Managers and Entrepreneurs in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Founding Partner of Axialent, Richi is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years in global organizations and extensive experience in leadership development, organizational effectiveness and the corporate world.
During his tenure with Axialent, Richi worked with senior leaders and their teams, coaching and facilitating processes that helped these teams significantly improve their own and their organizations' performance. He is also a culture expert and helps clients develop the behaviors, symbols and systems required to accomplish the desired business strategies.
Richi made career strides during his years of work for EDS, a global IT services enterprise. As a senior vice president for human resources in Latin America, he led a culture transformation effort for the top leaders, personally coaching and mentoring the senior executives of the region. The sales growth and total contract value increase were outstanding, and EDS Latin America became an icon of success in EDS global.
After earning a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Buenos Aires, Richi participated in IDEA's Executive Business Program, an experience that enriched his practical skills in conscious business philosophy related to coaching, teaching and facilitation.
Richi is an intense sportsman and has participated in several international marathons, holding three 05' mark in the 26.2 miles. Among his many outdoor activities, Richi also runs adventure races and eco-challenges in teams, experiencing teamwork to the maximum. One of his accomplishments in outdoor sports has been summiting Aconcagua. Richi works at integrating the physical, cognitive and spiritual realms into a successful and balanced life.
He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife and daughter. He has three older boys living in Europe and Argentina.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Distinguished Consultant and Human Resources Expert
Rogelio Salcedo is a distinguished consultant and Human Resources expert who currently serves as Partner at Axialent Mexico. His extensive experience includes leadership roles in notable consultancies such as OLIVIA, Mercer, Training Lab, The RBL Group, and Alto Partners in Mexico.
Before stepping into the consulting world, Rogelio had a successful career as a Global Human Resources Executive. During this time, he held crucial roles in global leading companies such as PepsiCo, L'Oreal, Santander, CEMEX, Coca-Cola FEMSA, and Mead Johnson Nutrition. Moreover, he held the position of Global CHRO in Grupo AJE, managing 15,000 employees across 24 countries.
Rogelio has dedicated much of his career to the advancement of the Human Resources profession. He stood out as the President of ERIAC Capital Humano A.C. in Monterrey and as a founding member and first President of the Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Recursos Humanos (FEMARH). His commitment led to recognition from GoIntegro, which included him in their ranking of the Top Ten Human Resources Influencers in Mexico.
His impressive academic profile includes a Bachelor's degree in Clinical Psychology from Universidad Iberoamericana, Diplomas in Administration and Finance, and Personnel Management, a Master's degree in Organizational Management and Human Resources Development from Manhattanville College, and an MBA from Adolfo Ibañez Business School and ESADE. Rogelio also holds a Certificate in Creative Leadership and Facilitation for Innovation from the University at Buffalo State, NY, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Administration at Humboldt International University.
Rogelio has also made his mark in the academic world as a professor of Organizational Behavior in the MBA program at UDLAP Jenkins Graduate School and in the Human Resources Diploma course at Universidad Iberoamericana. He is also a certified Executive Coach by the ICC and the ICF.
A native of Mexico, Rogelio currently resides in Mexico City, contributing to the local industry with his profound experience and dedication.
Job Titles:
- Advisory Board
- Professor at Santa Clara University
Shauna is a tenured professor at Santa Clara University's graduate department of counseling psychology (2003 - present) and is the recipient of the American Council of Learned Societies teaching award, acknowledging her outstanding contributions to graduate education. Shauna has also held faculty positions at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (2008 - present) and the Program of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical Center (2000 - 2004).
Job Titles:
- Business Council Member
- Founder of the Global Curiosity Institute
- Founder of the Global Curiosity Institute, Sat Down With Axialent‘S Anabel.
Stefaan is the founder of the Global Curiosity Institute where he and his team are supporting professionals, teams and organisations to foster a mindset of curiosity.
He started his career in investment consulting in China. From there he moved to set up the executive education arm of a major business school in Shanghai, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), which he ran for 5 years. Subsequently, he moved to the corporate side and set up global learning teams and innovative corporate universities for Nokia (China/Finland), Agfa Healthcare (Belgium), Philips (the Netherlands), Flipkart (India), Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) and Cognizant (UK). His last role was that of Chief Learning Officer for Cognizant, where he overlooked the learning and development for over 300k associates across the globe. He has been globally recognized for his innovative approach to learning, people and technology.
Stefaan has a Master's degree in Economics and in Chinese, together with postgraduate degrees in Marxist Economics from China, Cross-Cultural Management from France and an Executive MBA from Rutgers University. He is a certified ACS and NLP coach. A Belgian national, Stefaan has been married for 25 years to Jeltje Peletier: a successful psychotherapist, coach and yoga teacher. Together they have 4 children: Rik, Femke, Koen and Menko. He practices meditation daily, is a marathon runner and is currently pursuing a masters degree in philosophy.
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Job Titles:
- Partner
- Senior Global Human Resources Strategy Consultant
Thierry is a senior global human resources strategy consultant and a coach for C-suite leadership development.