Consulting and Investment Team

OUR VISION
We believe In a partnership, where our goal is to benefit our partners and the clients we help them reach.

This means working with companies to improve and adapt their products and services, their commercial offer and operations, in order to benefit their end client.

OUR VALUES
We aim to become the best possible partner a growing company could have.

OUR TEAM

Antonio Saramago Mendes
Senior Partner, Iberia

António Saramago Mendes
Senior Partner 4Business Iberia

International Business Development Partner in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, in charge of managing different Business units, Security business development, Investor relations and Startup acceleration. Past Experience: President Telefonica Onthespot Brazil where he managed and supervised the company’s subsidiaries and business units in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, México. Businesses ranged from instore Digital Services, outdoor Media DOOH and Digitalization of corporate spaces, as well as TV music channels, for Pay TV operators in Latin America. He also worked as an executive in companies such as, SGC Telecom, Interoute, Teleweb, Océ, Xerox.
Antonio has a Bachelor degree in Advertising, a Master in Marketing from IADE University (Lisbon), and a Master in Business Telecom from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona)

Fran Arbulu Costa-Laurent
Senior Partner, Iberia

Fran Arbulu Costa-Laurent
Senior Partner 4Business Iberia

International Business Development Partner in Iberia, In charge of managing Rede Segura Spain, VoltPartners Spain and Pay TV Content businesses in Spain and Latam.
Past experience: International Development Director at Premium TV Channels, in charge of opening new markets for the company’s pay-tv content portfolio.
Other experience includes Business Development Director at Lekadvisor, International Sales Manager at Telefonica Onthespot, Head of International Development at BMG (Bertelsmann) and Marketing Manager at Sony Music.
Fran has a Bachelor degree in Audiovisual communications from the Universidad Complutense (Madrid), a Master degree in Marketing from ESIC Business School (Madrid) and an Executive MBA from Instituto de Empresa (Madrid)

Joao Vicente
Senior Partner, São Paulo

Joao Vicente
Senior Partner 4Business, head of São Paulo office.

Formação em Matemáticas Aplicadas pela Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, com Programa Avançado em Gestão para Executivos pelo ISCTE/INDEG Business School e pós-graduação em IT Governance pelo Instituto Superior de Gestão.

Com carreira desenvolvida na SAG holding, grupo automotivo português, representante das marcas VW, AUDI, Skoda, ocupou várias posições na área de sistemas de informação. Antes da Vinda para o Brasil em 2008 era Diretor Geral de Organização Tecnologias e sistemas e informação.

CIO/COO na Unidas Rent a Car entre 2008 e 2011, desenvolveu vários projetos inovadores no setor de aluguer de carros e eficiência do negócio. Durante esse período foi Ouvidor e teve sob a sua responsabilidade o Serviço de Atendimento a Clientes.
Entre 2012 e 2015 foi CEO da Qmetrics Brasil, empresa focada na consultoria de avaliação de satisfação e lealdade de clientes. Em conjunto com a ECA/ USP e universidade de Michigam , lancou o BCSI – Índice Brasileiro de satisfação de clientes.
Diretor na Agilis Group, e Sócio na Newsight brasil, tem a representação da Tensator TecnologyCentre para o brasil, sistemas de atendimento focados na eficiência de atendimento e rentabilidade de negócio.

Luis Paulo Silva
Pre-sales and Operations Manager
4Biz Spain

Luis Paulo Silva
Pre-sales and Operations Manager 4Biz Spain

Pre-sales and Operations Manager 4Biz Spain
In charge of pre-sale, installation and operation of NStalker Spain customers.

Past Experience: Technology consultant at Angola Prev.

Other Experiences: Systems analyst in Meta IT, and Programing Analyst at TOTSV

Luis has a bachelor degree from Universidade Luterana do Brasil, and Master degree in Software programming and Computer Software Technology.

Nuno Fialho
Country Manager
4Biz Portugal

Nuno Fialho
Country Manager 4Biz Portugal Business Development Partner in Portugal

Past Experience: Sales Manager in Marship (responsible for new, national and international clients and new business development areas). Sales and General Manager of Telefonica Onthespot in Portugal, where he managed all business areas, Digital Signage, Social, Payment and Loyalty Mobile App’s and in-store Music services, also in charge of opening new markets in Africa.

Other Experiences: Licensing Director at Passmusica; consultant at World Vision; Industry Team Leader at ACNielsen

Nuno has a degree in Management from ISLA University (Lisbon) and a Master degree in Retail Management in ISCTE (Lisbon)

Nuno Santos Proença
Pre-sales and Operations manager
4Biz Portugal

Nuno Santos Proença
Pre-sales and Operations manager 4Biz Portugal

In charge of pre-sale, installation and operation of NStalker Portugal customers.

Past Experience: Access network manager at AR Telecom. Was also in charge of project, deployment and operation of both radio and optical fiber networks of the above mentioned telecom service provider.

Other experiences: System integrator engineer at Alcatel Portugal and service delivery manager at SGC Telecom.

Nuno has a Bachelor degree in Electronics and Computing from IST, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

Ignacio Gromaz
Associate Consultant and Distributor

Ignacio Gromaz
Associate Consultant and Distributor

Ignacio is the head of doIT Simple, a Technological, Strategic and Business Consultancy that was born with the intention of simplifying the relationship of companies and businesses with technology.

Past Experience: CEO for Newpoint Information Technology and Consulting.
Other Experiences: Deputy General Manager for Leca Packaging and Chesapeake Branded Packaging.
Ignacio has a bachelor degree in Business Administration and a Master Degree in International Commerce from the Santiago de Compostela University

www.doitsimple.es

David Nicolás
Associate Consultant and Distributor

David Nicolas Magán
Associate Consultant and Distributor

David is a partner of HEXA Soluciones, a company specialized in offering innovative products and solutions for the insurance sector.

Past experience: Strategy Director for the Insurance Market in Bull, a company of the Atos group.

Other experiences: Director of the Insurance Unit at Altran Spain.

David holds a Degree in Technical Engineering and Business Administration from the School of Computer Systems, and has an MDA, a Master in Insurance Management by ICEA.

www.hexa-soluciones.es

Roisín A Murphy
Partner UK & Ireland

Róisín A Murphy
Partner UK & Ireland

Past experience: Before embarking on the consultancy path with Telefonica Group for Ireland & UK, Róisín served as a Digital Marketing Head at Sony & Bertlesmann Music Group, where business development and digital content roll out were key tasks. Róisín has also successfully launched new products to market during her entrepreneurial tenure with Enterprise Ireland.
Róisín’s education includes BA(hons) from Manchester Metropolitan University in Design & Animation, Business & Marketing from Chartered Institute CIM, Westminister and a Masters Foundation in Anthroposophy. Since 2014, Róisín has been an active volunteer with CoderDojo, mentoring older youth groups in digital processes and App development.

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