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Jose M. Rodríguez Oliveira

Founder

Dubai, United Arab Emirates7 yrs 4 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Founder of Meridian Ventures in Dubai.
  • Expert in venture building across multiple countries.
  • Strong analytical skills with a focus on digital ventures.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a venture building expert with a focus on digital transformation in emerging markets.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementVenture Building

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsBusiness AnalysisBusiness DesignBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyChineseCorporate FinanceCustomer ServiceData AnalysisDesign of Experiments (DOE)EconomicsEmerging MarketsEnglishEntrepreneurshipEvent Planning

About

Experienced in venture building, working with multidisciplinary teams to incubate, launch, and scale digital ventures from scratch. I’ve spent time living and working in the U.S., China, Colombia, and Brazil. Founder at Meridian Ventures. Based in Dubai.

Experience

7 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 8 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Opus

Member

Aug 2025Present · 10 mos · United Arab Emirates

Meridian ventures

Founder & CEO

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · United Arab Emirates

  • The AI Operating Partner for Human-Centered Systems
  • We build agentic infrastructure and user experiences that amplify human capacity by replacing bottlenecks in high-friction workflows
  • We operate at the convergence of visionary strategy and technical execution; identifying
  • opportunities not visible to the naked eye, then rapidly materializing them through our
  • proprietary agentic infrastructure, company-building methodology and fast-paced engineering muscle.
  • Come build with us!

Accenture

Venture Building Manager

Dec 2021Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · São Paulo, Brazil

  • Part of the Growth & Product Innovation (GPI) team at Accenture.
  • Focused on corporate venture building, working with brilliant multidisciplinary teams to incubate, launch, and scale digital ventures from scratch.
Product ManagementBusiness DesignDesign of Experiments (DOE)Growth HackingAnalytical SkillsVenture Building

Founders intelligence

2 roles

Venture Building Manager

May 2021Dec 2021 · 7 mos

  • Founders Intelligence was acquired by Accenture Nov. 2021
  • Projects included:
  • Building a subscription-based car rental business.
  • Developing a Lawyer on demand solution
  • Designing CPG’s China go-to-market strategy

Venture Building Consultant

Apr 2020May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Founders Intelligence is an entrepreneur-powered strategy consultancy accelerating the reinvention of businesses and industries through technology. We are the strategy arm of Founders Forum, one of tech’s most long-standing ecosystems uniting unicorn founders, leading VCs and thought-leaders.
  • In addition to structuring large corporation's innovation strategy, we execute through our portfolio of solutions that include venture design and launch, technology investments and M&A, joint ventures and commercial partnerships with digital businesses.
  • Clients include Facebook, Unilever, BP, ITV, Lloyds Banking Group, Shell, Sky, Puig, Diageo, Visa Europe, Fannie Mae, Rightmove and Silver Lake.

Polymath ventures

2 roles

Senior Strategy Associate, China-Latin America Technology Group

Promoted

Oct 2019May 2020 · 7 mos

  • Co-developed a Polymath Ventures group focused on giving Latin American tech startups access to Chinese venture capital and digital business model expertise. Analyzed businesses in the Education, Social Commerce, Insurance, Payment Processing, Media, and Mobility industries.
Analytical SkillsVenture Building

Strategy Associate

Jan 2019Sep 2019 · 8 mos

  • Focused on developing tech capabilities and propelling social impact in emerging markets. Currently involved in developing a strategy to bridge knowledge and capital gaps between China and the Latin American & Caribbean region.
  • Polymath is a company builder focused on having an impact on the middle class in emerging markets. It uses a proprietary method for designing, testing and launching new companies from scratch. Polymath has offices in Colombia, Mexico, and China and has launched companies across industries including transportation, financial services, education, and the labor market.

Kearney

2 roles

Business Analyst

Promoted

Jan 2018Jan 2018 · 0 mo · Colombia

  • Spent over half a year in Medellin working with a conglomerate of public hospitals, schools, and construction businesses. I learned how to work with demanding clients and to meet tight deadlines, and was introduced to the underappreciated world of strategic procurement.
  • I learned how to become an Excel and Powerpoint ninja, and how to use these tools to analyze large sets of data and tell compelling stories.
  • I was challenged to problem solve using classic consulting skills, breaking down problems into key hypotheses and areas of analysis. I practiced logical reasoning, and learned to pay attention to detail.
Analytical Skills

Business Analyst

May 2017Aug 2017 · 3 mos · Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Analytical Skills

Embassy of peru

International Trade Analyst

Jan 2016Jan 2016 · 0 mo · Los Angeles, California

  • The experience taught me the power of perseverance and effective cold calling. I spent most of my time understanding Peru's most exportable products and identifying potential buyers in the U.S. I looked at everything, from textiles to copper, and cold called wholesale buyers to pitch why they should be looking at Peru as a supplier alternative. I learned about the power of effective communication and the importance of constantly refining a sales pitch

Bee up capital

Private Equity Analyst

Jan 2014Jan 2014 · 0 mo · Paris Area, France

  • First internship and introduction into "the real world". I learned how to read and put together investment memos. I focused on shadowing people with more experience - and absorbed the way they ran meetings and discussed investment theses. I was introduced to LBO and valuation models and learned how to apply the 80/20 rule to market/industry research. The experience also allowed me to put my French to the test.

Education

USC Marshall School of Business

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA

Mandarin House

Chinese Language and Literature

The Hill School

High School Degree - High Honors

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science (BS) — Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

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