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Nicolás
COO/Managing Director - Colombia - iCEO #96183
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Nicolás's Profile
- PositionCOO/Managing Director
- NationalityColombia
- Home countryGermany
Experience
Seasoned tech executive with 20 years` experience scaling high-tech infra in Europe, Latam, and Africa. Dual-engineer in Mech. and Electronic fields, excelling in AI/ML, blockchain, and renewable energy. Proven record in strategic capital allocation, combining tech expertise with board-level vision to drive growth, op. excellence, cross-border expansions, and resilience during market downturns
Major Achievements
- Strategic Growth & Execution : Drove 215% CAGR (revenue) and achieved 90% GPU utilization at Genesis Cloud over four years. - International Leadership : Established legal entities and governance in Germany, Iceland, Norway, and Malta; led multicultural teams (working with 26+ nationalities across four continents). - Technical-to-Board Translation : Negotiated €100 M+ GPU and power procurement contracts; bridged engineering roadmaps to business KPIs and defined companies OKRs. - Operational Excellence: delivered 10% margin improvement via $10 M energy procurement; achieved 5-month ROI on 10 MW crypto-mining assets during market downturn (“crypto winter”). - Capital Allocation : Managed multi-million procurement strategies (+€100M accumulated) and infrastructure investments in a volatile and concentrated supply chain environment, including negotiations to terminate high-value contracts when the company was not achieving results - Team size management: 47 FTE (6 direct reports from the executive team) - Budget responsibility: Managed budgets up to 12 million EUR - Procurement contract sizes: Handled individual contracts from proposal to closure, up to €25 million.
Industry Sector Competencies
AI Infrastructure (Professional and Expert)
Energy-Oil-Gas
Engineering
Cloud Services
Management Consulting
Professional Objectives
Function: Portfolio management, CSO, VP Strategy, COO, VP Operations, depending on the company size potential Head roles
Sector: PE, VC, High Tech
Interim Manager: Yes
Permanent Position: Yes
Operational: Yes
Availability: Full time, coaching on demand
Prefered Locations: Munich, Germany
Additional Professional Interests
Operational coaching on demand
Non executive director assignments
Countries Covered
Colombia
Germany
Ghana
Iceland
Sweden
Operational Competencies
AI strategy (Professional)
ESG & sustainability strategy (Professional)
Technologies to market (Professional)
Geographical expansion (Expert)
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