Authored publications on innovation, entrepreneurship and telecom featured with World Economic Forum, INSEAD, IBC, Informa, OECD and UN. Regular invited speaker to international telecom, digital and entrepreneurship conferences.
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Al finalizar sus estudios de posgrado, el año 2008, se incorporó a Booz & Company en Dubai y dos años más tarde entró a trabajar a Etisalat como director de estrategia, a cargo de 10 países en África. Luego fue promovido a vicepresidente de marketing de la misma empresa, en la que trabajó hasta este año.
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His drive and expertise has led to him to hold senior positions with global multinationals including IBM, Orange, TeliaSonera, Etisalat and Booz&Company. In line with this and by creating and successfully trading three start-ups, invested in 14 companies and mentored more than a 100 companies., J.J. combines a unique blend of corporate, consulting and entrepreneurial experience. He has also advised the UN and OECD in mobility and innovation.
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Juan Jose is always a bet on the sure thing. I specially appreciate his ability to work under very tight deadlines. His expertise, focus, and creativity under pressure make him a tremendous asset to any team.
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SPI Group is a well known publishing house in the Middle Eastern region. The group possesses three premium publications: Intelligent SME, Robust RAK and Apps Middle East. The group also conducts the Emirates NBD Global Business Series, The SME World Summit and The Global App Summit.
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Throughout his career, Juan Jose has been awarded with a number of recognitions including: INSEAD-Eli Lilly Innovation Award, President of the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Club, France Telecom’s Andre Cloud Excellence Award, Fundacion Carolina / Spanish Government Excellence Scholarship, Mercator Foundation’s 500 new young Chilean leaders. One of the 3 ambassadors for HP for middle east.
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J.J. has more than 15 years of experience in Management Consulting, Telecom Operators, Ventures and Start-ups, with senior positions held at TeliaSonera, Booz&Company, Orange Group and Etisalat Group.
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Moreover, J.J. is an INSEAD MBA, Masters in Project Management from La Salle and Industrial Civil Engineer from Adolfo Ibanez. He has been an advisor for the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, on Mobile Telecom Ecosystem and Digital Enablers.
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Expansion has always been in the plan, but we are really focusing on Saudi Arabia because of the reach that we have there and the size of the market. As we move forwards, we are selectively expanding into other markets where it might have a positive effect on our financials and aligned with our ambitions. Most of the content we have we have the rights for the Middle East but it is sometimes not economically feasible to deploy in some countries that are too small. We are working hard to find the right business models to work in those countries.
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Juan Jose de la Torre, Vice President Strategy & Corporate Development at Intigral, discusses the launch of Afkar.me and explains how it all works.
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The modern mobile customer is influenced by a “connected culture” brought upon by growth of smart devices and availability of high-speed mobile broadband. Consumers’ need to remain connected, informed and entertained continually, changing consumer consumption patterns and increasing demand of digital content has proven to be insatiable, thus creating a whole new set of VAS consumption behaviours – leading to the rise of digital mobile services both regionally and globally
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Juan Jose De la Torre, Group Strategy project director, Etisalat
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