Juan Carlos Hernandez

As Managing Director, my role was pivotal in driving the success of the accelerator program, acting as a key facilitator for the founders' achievements within the initiative. My responsibilities encompassed mentoring and guiding the founder cohort, fostering connections, and carefully curating resources and opportunities to optimize their growth and development. Additionally, I served as a thought leader and a representative of our brand, actively engaging with and influencing the wider global market. My contribution significantly shaped the program's direction and impact, aligning with our overarching mission to cultivate innovative and successful entrepreneurial ventures.

• Lead and manage the incubator program at Catapult, overseeing the development and growth of early-stage startups.
• Design and implement strategic initiatives to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable business practices.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts to create a dynamic and supportive ecosystem.
• Spearheading a key initiative where I secured $100,000 in AWS credits for each participating startup. This effort not only provided valuable resources to burgeoning companies but also solidified our relationship with Amazon Web Services, demonstrating our commitment to supporting the technological advancement and scalability of our startups.
• Organize and host workshops, mentoring sessions, and networking events, contributing to the professional growth of startup founders.
• Oversee the selection and evaluation process of new startups, ensuring alignment with Catapult's vision and objectives.
• Monitor and analyze performance metrics of incubated startups, providing guidance and resources to aid their progression and success.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to secure funding, resources, and support for the incubator program.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning and adaptation, staying abreast of emerging trends and technologies in the startup landscape.

Selected to participate as a co-founder of Official in the first inaugural class of companies joining Techstars Miami powered by J.P. Morgan, the first ever Techstars class in Miami.

Parallel18 is an international startup program that provides grants, mentorship, business connections, and investment to underrepresented founders around the globe.

• Defined the strategic direction and investment thesis for the program
• Partner with program teams to create a holistic strategy and delivery plan and then own overall responsibility for the successful execution of the program
• Sourced, recruited, and made the initial investments decisions in all companies selected.
• Spearheading a key initiative where I secured $100,000 in AWS credits for each participating startup. This effort not only provided valuable resources to burgeoning companies but also solidified our relationship with Amazon Web Services, demonstrating our commitment to supporting the technological advancement and scalability of our startups.
• Establishing over 200 SMB partnerships with corporate partners, playing a crucial role in facilitating deal closures with startups participating in the program. This initiative directly contributed to generating more than $20 million in sales revenue, highlighting my capability in driving significant business growth and market expansion.
• Create and nurture a strong network of mentors, sponsors, investors, and corporate partners
• Source, diligence, and recommend venture capital investments. Present key risks and merits of opportunities to the PR Science trust.
• Actively monitor and evaluate portfolio post-investment through frequent interaction with managers, reviewing investment data.
• Review and negotiate legal contracts, amendments, and term sheets in conjunction with operational due diligence team and external counsel.
• Partner with internal Parallel18 teams to create and drive the pipeline and recruitment of new companies.
• Represent parallel18 in the local community, both actively and passively

MOBD is a venture fund that founds companies. We believe that disruptive innovation is most successfully achieved by pairing innovative ideas with business discipline and that building those ideas into businesses is not something that can be outsourced.

We are MARKETERS, OPERATORS, BUILDERS, and DESIGNERS working together with founders to turn their ideas into world-changing, venture-scale companies that customers love.

Investments include:

• Mayk, Formulate, Ruth Health, Open Bionics, Evercoast, Sole Savy, Celevity,Fluent Forever
  
  

Location-based marketing platform that helps businesses unlock geosocial data to acquire and engage high-value customers. A Techstars/Disney Accelerator Alum.

• Recruited and mentored the founding team of product managers, designers, and engineers to design and build the HYP3R platform
• Led the successful launch of an MVP in under 2 months growing to $1.2M ARR in under 12 months
• Doubled new subscriptions and drove over $500K in incremental ARR in under 6 months through a revamped customer journey
• Increased main key action by 300% YOY through the introduction of an AI-driven workflow to surface the best engagement opportunities in real-time.
• Orchestrated organizational transformation to adopt a data-driven methodology to drive team decision making across the organization
• Launched an engineering-as-marketing initiative that captured +10K MQLs in under 12 months
• Spearheaded efforts to launch a social and BI visualization tool in under 12 months
• Led successful product initiatives that increased ARR to $3.8M, including our highest-earning quarter ($1.5M)
• Oversaw the creation of a design system and launch of a platform redesign in under 12 months
• Coordinated partnership with Adobe and Salesforce and Ticketmaster to build platform integrations with HYP3R, managing stakeholders across internal and external teams
• Oversaw a joint initiative with Marriott International that won two Cannes Lions
• Responsible for the customer experience across products, customer services, marketing channels, and all other customer touchpoints
• Managed a rebranding and repositioning effort to refresh our bran voice and visual, as well as strengthen our position in the Travel and Hospitality space

Clients: Marriott International, Disney Parks & Resorts, Red Bull, Live Nation, 24 Hour Fitness, Norwegian Cruise Line, Caesars Entertainment,

Was privileged to be selected as one of 10 teams to participate in Techstars/Disney Accelerator Class of 2015. Techstars is the world's leading startup accelerator, accepting fewer that 1% of applicants.

The Disney Accelerator is helping today's technology innovators turn their dreams for new media and entertainment experiences into reality
I was privileged to be selected as one of 10 teams to participate in Disney Accelerator Class of 2015.

Nobox is a Creative Agency and Venture Studio focused on Strategic Content and Social Engagement. Building and creating memorable experiences, helping brands grow and connect with consumers wherever they are.

• Evaluated potential investment in early-stage companies through financial due diligence, market research, and competitive analysis
• Assist in the preparation of fundraising documents, valuation memos, and investor updates
• Create new products and services, and build teams to scale them as independent businesses