Tomás Pueyo

Co-Founder

France19 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Influenced global coronavirus policies with extensive analysis.
  • Led rapid growth in multiple tech startups.
  • Published bestselling books and delivered impactful TEDx talks.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Tech Executive with expertise in scaling startups and driving product growth.

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EntrepreneurshipAnalyticsStrategyPhilanthropyPsychologyUser AcquisitionGame DesignGamificationManagement ConsultingProduct ManagementMonetizationStart-upsMobile DevicesMobile ApplicationsBusiness Development

About

Sign up for Uncharted Territories at tomaspueyo.com Follow on Twitter @tomaspueyo Tomas Pueyo is a Creator and a Tech Executive As a creator, he became world-renowned for his coronavirus analysis, with hundreds of millions of reads, he influenced the policies of dozens of countries. He's now the author of Uncharted Territories, a newsletter that explores the big challenges of our time, from automation to remote work, the fertility crisis, inequality, sovereign individuals, blockchain, climate change, and how to solve them. He's also published books and given a TEDx. As a tech executive, he works with diverse hypergrowth companies that need help scaling up. His most recent achievements include: - Wrote articles about the coronavirus read by over 100 million people, including the famous "The Hammer and the Dance" - Created a policy framework to fight the coronavirus, which influenced the policy of dozens of countries around the world, including Costa Rica, Peru, US states, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and more. - Discussed the coronavirus and be quoted in media like CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, the New York Times, Forbes, The Verge, Slate, TVE, Antena 3, RAI, and many others. - Led the growth of the product and tech teams at Ankorstore from ~12 to >250 & raised a Series C at a $2B valuation - Led all the Student business at Course Hero, an online education technology unicorn, managing the a P&L with over $100M in contribution margin - Led all Product, Marketing, Design, and Sales for SigFig, which went from Series C to Series E, raising $100M, growing the company by 10x headcount and 100x revenue - Grew a team from 3 to 65 to launch ~20 games in Zynga's Marketing Department - Managed a 40-people team to launch a 4.6 star mobile cross-platform game that gathered 5 million users - Created 3 Facebook and Mobile apps, gathering over 20 million viral installs and 8 million Monthly Active Users - Wrote a book and gave a TEDx Talk about Storytelling Structure Tomas has two MSc in Engineering from top European schools and an MBA from Stanford University.

Experience

Ankorstore

Chief Product Officer / Advisor

Jul 2021Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Europe · Remote

  • CPO of Ankorstore
  • Managing product management, product design, user experience research data analytics, and product marketing.
  • Built up the team from ~20 to ~240 while the company raised $300M at a $2B valuation.

Course hero

VP Product and Growth

Sep 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Built and managed the strategy, execution and team at the helm of 95% of Course Hero, an EdTech unicorn with >$100M in revenue
  • Oversaw SEO, Onboarding, Conversion Rate Optimization, Supply, Core Product, Search, Recommendations, Seeding, Internationalization, and others
  • Built multi-disciplinary teams including Product, Design, Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science and Analysis

Uncharted territories

Creator

Apr 2017Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

  • Author of Uncharted Territories, a newsletter about the biggest problems of our time, from automation to inequality, remote work, cryptocurrencies, sovereign individuals, the end of nation-states... and how to solve them.
  • https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/
  • Author of "Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance" and many other articles with over 60 million views, shaping the global conversation on Coronavirus.
  • Author of pre-pub: Evidence-Based, Cost-Effective Interventions To Suppress The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
  • Author of Amazon best-seller: The Star Wars Rings
  • Author of TEDx: Why Stories Captivate
  • https://www.ted.com/talks/tomas_pueyo_why_stories_captivate?language=en

Sigfig

VP Growth (Product and Marketing)

Dec 2014Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco

  • During my time at SigFig, we have raised ~$100M in Series D and E rounds, grown the company by 10x headcount and revenue by 100x. We did that by pivoting our Growth strategy, focusing on partnerships with the biggest financial institutions in the world—companies like UBS and Wells Fargo.
  • As a member of the Leadership Team, I've owned Product, Design, Growth, Marketing, and Sales.
  • My main focus has been Growth across Product, Marketing and Sales, both online and offline: Qual & Quant User Research, Positioning, Digital Features, Branch Enablement, Call Center Enablement, Email Campaigns, Deep Partner Integrations, Product Bundling, Advertising.

Zynga

4 roles

Marketing Chief of Staff

Promoted

Mar 2014Dec 2014 · 9 mos

  • Coordinated a team of 65 people to market ~20 games: Strategy, Consumer Insights, Product Marketing, Finance, HR, Modeling, Agencies Management, Asset Production, Studio Relations, Go to Market, Growth, Paid Acquisition, Cross-Promotion, and Social Media.

Head of Product Management, Marketing

Sep 2013Feb 2014 · 5 mos

  • Direct Zynga Marketing Product Managers: Market and Competition Analysis, Consumer Insights, Growth Features, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, UX Design, and Go to Market.

General Manager, Battlestone

Mar 2013Sep 2013 · 6 mos

  • Led a team of 40 to create Battlestone, a 4.6 star mobile cross-platform game with 5 million downloads.

Lead Product Manager

Oct 2012Mar 2013 · 5 mos

Rockyou

3 roles

Director of Player Network

Promoted

Aug 2011Aug 2012 · 1 yr

  • Created and led 3 applications for Facebook Desktop and Facebook Mobile that went viral, acquiring 20 million users and growing from 0 to 9M MAU in 9 months
  • Managed a team of 8 in Facebook and Mobile Applications
  • Created a trading desk for optimized user acquisition
  • Managed all User Acquisition and Re-engagement for RockYou through internet ads, emails and virals.
  • Reduced cost of user acquisition
  • Analyzed user profitability
  • Drove new game features to increase virality, retention and monetization

Facebook Games Executive Producer

Feb 2011Jul 2011 · 5 mos

  • Produced an unpublished Facebook online social game.
  • Led and managed a team of 20 designers, product managers, artists and engineers
  • Ensured game quality: performance, fun, aesthetic, virality, monetization

Product Manager

Aug 2010Feb 2011 · 6 mos

  • Product Manager for the Zoo World game, with 50 million installs and 6 million Monthly Active Users.
  • Analyzed live data to deduce the demographic and behavior of our audience
  • Designed new features to increase fun and monetization of the game, achieving over 30% ARPU increase
  • Defined and monitored AB tests to improve game performance
  • Helped other PMs in the design of engagement, virality and monetization flows.

Diverse startups

Product and Growth Advisor to Tech Companies

Aug 2009Present · 16 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area / Europe / Remote

  • Advising diverse startups in Product, Marketing, Growth, and Monetization:
  • Streamloots: streaming monetization
  • True&Co: e-commerce fashion startup, successful exit
  • Elation: DFJ-funded Electronic Medical Records startup
  • Piazza: Sequoia-funded education startup
  • Evaway: Travel app on facebook, successful exit

Ide myanmar

Summer Intern

Jul 2009Aug 2009 · 1 mo

  • IDE (now Proximity Designs) is a non-profit that helps thousands of farmers to increase the productivity of their farms in Myanmar.
  • Analyzed the farmers' conditions by visiting them in their farms and talking with them
  • Designed Financial Services prototypes on the road to investigate how to help farmers acquire our products
  • Defined a strategy to improve the sales of water pumps through a variant of microfinance
  • As a result, IDE created a microfinance institution with over 10,000 clients in the first quarter of its operations.

Finca international

External Consultant

May 2008Jan 2009 · 8 mos

  • Led a team of 15 consultants in 4 continents to assist FINCA in the management of its lowest-performing countries.
  • Led 15 partners, consultants, accountants, lawyers and staff members in 8 countries for 6 months
  • Presented the findings to FINCA International HeadQuarters in Washington, resulting in their withdrawing from some countries and changing processes in 6 countries.
  • Led the on-site study of FINCA's operations in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia
  • Individually studied all aspects of FINCA's Zambian operations, including financial position, competitive analysis, processes and leadership

Pricewaterhousecoopers transaction services

Management Consultant

Dec 2006Apr 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Consultant in Market and Commercial Due Dilligences for Corporations and Private Equity firms.
  • Managed teams of up to 5 consultants
  • Participated in over 10 projects, including the following industries:
  • Wineries (business plan for Marques de Riscal)
  • Bus Transport (Acquisition of a $1 billion dollar company)
  • Online Education (Sale of a $50 million company)
  • Betting (creation of the Spanish branch of a UK betting
  • company)
  • Funeral Services (Market analysis and Acquisition of Spain's main player)
  • Led the recruiting effort, driving the Strategy M&A Consulting Department from 4 to 25 people. Included sourcing and reviewing CVs, interviewing over 100 people and managing induction.

Arthur d. little

Business Analyst

Sep 2005Dec 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Management Consultant for Arthur D. Little, management consulting company focused on innovation. I worked in 10 different projects across several industries, carrying out quantitative analysis to help companies in their strategy.
  • Re-structured Orange's mobile apps division. Orange is one of the world's top telecom companies.
  • Segmented Orange's client base to focus efforts on top clients
  • Carried out a nuclear energy company's business plan, including market study, competitive analysis, internal managerial accounting and NPVs of new businesses.
  • Madrid innovation strategy: studied the environment and suggested industry themes for a new incubator and a new Innovation Park

Siemens

Business Development Assistant

Oct 2004Jun 2005 · 8 mos

  • Assistant of Services Business' Development Director. Final thesis of my MSc in Engineering
  • Analyzed competition's websites and public accounts to deduce their Services Strategy
  • 10/10 grade in Final Thesis

L'oréal

Sales Assistant

Jan 2004Jan 2004 · 0 mo

  • Assistant of Luxury Products' Sales Director at L'Oréal Milano
  • Analyzed sales data and regressed against shop parameters to learn which ones were underperforming. This allowed the entire Sales Department to focus their Sales efforts by focusing on high-yield sales points and dropping low-yield sales points, earning me the Best Practice of the year.

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2008Jan 2010

Universidad Pontificia Comillas

MSc

Jan 2000Jan 2005

CentraleSupélec

Master of Science (MSc) — General Engineering

Jan 2002Jan 2004

General Assembly

Front-End Development

Jan 2013Jan 2013

Lycee Francais de Madrid

High School — Science

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