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Carlos Cantu

CMO at Freepik Company

Carlos Cantu has extensive work experience in marketing and communications. Carlos is currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer at Freepik Company, where they lead the marketing and communications teams to increase brand awareness and business penetration in strategic markets. Prior to that, they held various positions at Twitter, including Director of Marketing at Twitter EMEA and Head of Brand Strategy at Twitter Spanish LATAM. Carlos also has experience as an Executive Creative Director at Cheil Worldwide Inc., where they managed a department of talented creatives and worked with brands such as Samsung. Additionally, they have taught digital marketing at Universidad Anáhuac and Neurona Digital. Carlos began their career as a Copywriter at Ammirati Puris Lintas (Lowe) and has held creative director positions at Young & Rubicam and Grey Advertising.

Carlos Cantu's education history can be summarized as follows:

- In 1992, they completed their high school education at Colegio Merici.

- From 1992 to 1998, they attended Universidad Iberoamericana in Ciudad de México, where they obtained a Licenciado en Comunicación degree with a focus on Communication & Advertising.

- In 2011, they participated in Master Classes at Hyper Island.

- In 2012, they earned a certificate from The Wharton School through their Global Executive Program.

- In 2019, they received a certificate in Leading & Managing Globally from the Yale School of Management.

- In 2019, they also obtained a certificate from The Wharton School through their Twitter-Wharton Business Academy.

- In 2020, they completed a Leading Strategic Growth course at Columbia Business School and received a completion certificate.

- In the same year, they also completed a Disruptive Strategy course at Harvard Business School Online and received a completion certificate.

Additionally, Carlos Cantu has obtained the following certifications:

- In April 2019, they obtained a certification in Leading & Managing Globally from the Yale School of Management.

- In March 2020, they obtained a certification in Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School Online.

- In June 2020, they obtained a certification in Leading Strategic Growth from Columbia Business School.

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