Nikolas Neira Poveda
Calle 88 #61-59 Casa 230
E-mail:-Website: www.facebook.com/nikoneira
Phone: -
PROFILE
Young Industrial engineer with experience in business, growth and product
development, with interests in technology, languages and social projects. Independent,
responsable, fast learner and data driven.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Universidad De Los Andes
Jan 2010 — Jun 2010
High School Maths Teacher
I was a teacher of Maths for high school students struggling with the subject, i'd teach
during the weekends, i was working on an exchange agreement that my university had
with Costa Azul Public High School Of Bogota.
AIESEC COLOMBIA
Jul 2010 — Dec 2011
Incoming Exchange Account Manager
During this year and a half working in the Incoming Exchange department, i was doing
several tasks, as a team member i was on charge of making cold calls to possible
clients and setting up meetings to sell the portafolio of AIESEC. Later i move onto the rol
of team leader, my team was creating the comercial strategies, making the sales and
recruiting the best candidates abroad for our available interships.
Metalcomer LTDA.
Jan 2011 — May 2011
Intern Product Development Deparment
This was a mandatory Intership from my university, this is a company that makes steel
parts for heavy industries like drillers, mixers and other heavy work steel parts, my main
tasks included analyzing the market and the viability of new products, making reports on
the times, costs and resources for new products production, and creating new methods
for process optimization.
AIESEC COLOMBIA
Jan 2011 — Apr 2011
Key Account Manager
Due the good results of my work in the Incoming Exchange Department, i was elected
the Key Account Manager for the biggest account of the organization at that time, SABMiller account, main tasks included direct communication with the HR manager of
SAB.Miller, strategies for delivering the best service experience, selecting the top
candidates to fill the positions required for the company.
INTERLINGUA
Jun 2012 — Aug 2012
Intership at the "Sunshine Project"
This was a Volunteer program that i did in Voronezh, Russia. I was teaching at a camp
for socially vulnerable kids, about culture, languages and life planing. My main tasks
included the preparation and execution of activities, lessons and events orientated to
estimularte the kids learning process. My intership was ranked with 24 points out 25 by
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my contractor.
AIESEC ARMENIA
Aug 2012 — Dec 2012
Ceeder On Incoming Exchange
I was invited to the National Committee of Armenia to serve as a trainer for their
organization, my main task included training the members on how to sell, recruit people,
manage a budget and plan an event, i was part of the team that launched the first Youth
To business Forum in Armenia, as well as i personally trained and mentored the current
president of AIESEC ARMENIA.
Eurasia International University
Sep 2012 — Dec 2012
Project Management Teacher
This was a 42 hour course, design, prepare and delivered by me, due the experience in
conferences and my academic background, i was offer a job as a project management
teacher at Eurasia International University in YEREVAN, ARMENIA.
www.i2istudy.com
jan 2014 — 2015
Coustumer service representant/translator Of i2istudy
This was a language learning start up based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, as the
company was small by the time i was invited to join, my JD was large, but my main
tasks included:
- Verification and approval of the Spanish lessons
- Recording the video lessons for our users
- Translating the content of the platform into Spanish
- Answering questions and requirements form the Spanish speaker users
- Managing the social media for hispanic audiences
- Promoting the use of the platform in hispanic countries
- Creating the content for marketing and promotion of the site in Spanish
- Recruiting spanish speakers for recording lessons and translating
Lingustic Academy Nizhny
Novgord
Aug 2015 — Feb 2016
Teacher Of Spanish
I was a teacher of Spanish in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, main tasks included designing
and delivering proper courses for advance students, also i was on charge of the
academy's Spanish Club, setting up every week new activities and topics.
NEVAL TEAM S.A.S
Aug 2016 — Dec 2016
Business Developer
I worked for NEVAL TEAM a company that sells and distributes parts, accessories and
products for motorcycles, my main tasks included the search, analysis, developing and
introduction of new products for the company's portafolio, as well as the negotiations
and roll out of the product.
The Jodel Venture GmbH
Jan 2017 — Jun 2017
Country Manager Colombia
I worked in Jodel as the Country manger for Colombia, a Berlin based start up, this job
was 1 month on site for the training and planing and 5 months remotely, my main tasks
included:
- Market research
- Launch Strategy
- Hiring and training launching teams in 6 different cities
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- Marketing and media strategy
- Coustomer analysis
- Data analysis
- Content management
Main goals achieved: ranked Jodel as the 11th most used social network, and got over
50k downloads in 4 months and 15k DAU around the country.
The Jodel Venture GmbH
Jul 2017 — Dec 2017
Country Manager Spain
Due the success in Colombia i moved to work as the Country manger for Spain, this job
was mostly on site based in Berlin but made several trips to Spain to lead the launch,
my main tasks included:
- Market research
- Launch Strategy
- Hiring and training brand ambassadors for the launched cities
- Marketing and media strategy
- PR
- Coustomer analysis
- Data analysis
- Content management
- Localization of the app
As this launch was a bit slower due a bad image of the App on previous launches, i
focus on gathering and analyzing effectively customer feedback to pass onto the growth
and product teams.
StreetBees
Feb 2018
Comunity Leader Colombia
As a Community Leader, my responsibilities include:
- Acting as the main point of contact in Colombia for the Streetbees user community.
- Designing and implementing a country wide social media strategy, working to
predefined targets.
- Actively growing the Streetbees in Colombia through creating and managing a user
acquisition strategy.
- Providing project management support and delivery to London HQ teams.
Our community shares insights from all six continents every single day – covering
everything from local habits to global issues.
EDUCATION
High School Diploma With
Emphasis in Business and
Entrepreneurship
— 2009
Gimnasio San Angelo
Bogotá-Colombia
Bachelors Degree in Industrial
Engineering
2009 — 2014
Universidad de los andes
Bogotá-Colombia
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Russian As A Second Language
20014 — 2015
Lobachevsky State University Of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod-Russia
Russian As A Second Language
Advanced Course
2015 — 2016
Minin Pedagogical University Of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod-Russia
CS 50
Jul 2017 — On Going
Harvard University (Online)
Currently i'm takin the Harvard Computer Science Course CS50 on line, my university in
Colombia told me about this opportunity, i applied and currently i'm waiting for the
certificated of completion issued by my university.
LANGUAGES
Spanish - Native
English - C1
Russian - Level 3
Portuguese - Basic
QUALIFICATIONS
Besides my formal academic qualifications, i have attended to a large number of
seminars, congresses and forums mostly focused on Leadership, Businesses and
Technology, samples of this forums are:
- Youth Leadership Congress (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Colombia 3.0 digital forum (Medellín, Colombia)
- Youth to Business Forum (Yerevan, Armenia)
As well as i've been invited as a speaker to somel events such as:
- YouLead Forum (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
- Youth to Business Forum (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Motivation Aspiration Seminar (Yerevan, Armenia)
REFERENCES
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References available upon request.
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