Alex Papadopoulos

Alex Papadopoulos has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Alex is the CEO and Co-founder of Velada, a startup focused on restaurant discovery in the Spanish-speaking world. Alex has also served as the Head of Strategy and Operations and Co-founder of Velada.

Prior to Velada, Alex worked at Uber as the Head of Taxi Product for Southwest Europe. In this role, they led the launch of the taxi product across Spain and Italy, developed product strategies, executed revenue growth strategies, and managed commercial partnerships and negotiations.

Before Uber, Alex worked at Xtreamr, a video solution company owned by Telefonica, where they served as the Head of Commercial. Alex was responsible for business development, marketing strategies, sales, account management, pricing, and revenue projection. Alex also managed a business development team.

Alex started their career at Telefonica as a Commercial Manager for Product Innovation, where they commercialized early stage products. Alex also worked as a Business Strategy Manager for Global Advertising at Telefonica.

During their career, Alex had the opportunity to work at Google as an MBA Intern in Large Customer Sales, and at Neo@Ogilvy as a Digital Media Planner and Assistant Digital Media Planner.

Before that, Alex worked at Ambata Capital Partners as an Associate and at TVM Capital as an Analyst.

Overall, Alex Papadopoulos has had a diverse range of experiences in leadership, strategy, business development, and product innovation across various industries.

Alex Papadopoulos completed their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a concentration in Strategy from London Business School between the years 2013 and 2015. Prior to this, they obtained a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a focus on Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Economics from Duke University, where they studied from 2004 to 2008.