Rafael Rodríguez

Rafael Rodríguez has a wealth of experience in the telecommunications industry. Rafael began their career in 1998 as a Professor at Univesidad Central de Venezuela. In 2008, they joined IAMBOX Telecomm as the Marketing Director. During their time at IAMBOX Telecomm, they were a Marketing Consultant for the Caribbean and Central America Market, a Telecomm specialist for mass product-public fixed and mobile operators, and they developed a comprehensive business model for IoT. Rafael also defined the SaaS business model through the Dailybox, increasing ARPU by 240% and generating 15% of monthly invoicing in two years. In 2009, they became the CEO and Marketing Director of IAMBOX Telecomm. In 2016, they were the Regional Sales Manager at Productive Business Solutions. Rafael then joined UNIVISA as the General Manager in 2019. In 2021, they were an Account Executive SMB & Regional IoT Sales Specialist at Celeritech. Currently, they are a Lead Business Developer at UpLink, a position they have held since 2022.

Rafael Rodríguez has a Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician from Universidad Central de Venezuela, obtained between 1984 and 1995. Rafael then obtained a Msc in Data and Transmission from Universidad Central de Venezuela between 1998 and 2001. In 2015, they obtained an Industrial Instrumentation degree from Universidad Central de Venezuela in Electronics. Additionally, they also attended La salle La colina. Rafael has obtained several certifications from Coursera and LinkedIn, such as 5G for Everyone, Introduction to 5G, What Is Web3?, Fundamentos de data science: Conceptos básicos, Azure Sphere esencial, Azure: Internet de las cosas esencial, Diseño de interfaz (UI) esencial, and Fundamentos de internet de las cosas.