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Maria Fernanda Juarez

Innovation Portfolio Manager at National Grid Partners

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Innovation Portfolio Manager - National Grid Partners

    2023

    - Responsible of creating and optimizing an efficient end-to-end innovation process to ensure the innovation projects drive growth and deliver value. - In charge of overseeing the portfolio of innovation campaigns and projects to align the innovation resources, capabilities and initiatives with the company's overall strategy.

  • Innovation Manager - National Grid Partners

    2021 - 2023

    - Conceptualized solutions within the topics of carbon capture and abatement, decarbonization of heat, residential energy efficiency, and management of distributed energy resources. - Lead next generation energy storage and risk management for renewable energy generation projects through discovery stage. - Supported the validation and scale-up of an insurtech for offshore cables solution to improve resiliency and safety of interconnector operations.

ExpeditionApp

2018 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2021

  • Co Founder & CFO

    2018 - 2019

    Created and managed the platform's business and revenue model for Expedition App, a local marketplace and social network designed to connect expeditioners with local tour guides and a variety of touristic experiences in Guatemala.

  • Senior Innovation Analyst

    2019 - 2021

    - Lead multidisciplinary teams to explore and implement incremental innovation projects by facilitating Design Sprints, Open Innovation Challenges and Innovation Workshops. - Created an Innovation as a Service Program, were we offered clients and allies support to solve their strategic challenges through innovation strategies and methodologies. - Co-created an internal Innovation Hub that has generated +$350,000.00 in savings. - Launched BAM's Innovation Network, a program with the purpose to descentralize the innovation efforts across the entire organization and spread the innovation culture.

  • Digital Innovation Coordinator

    2018 - 2019

    - Increased the amount of users of the bank's digital platforms by implementing new features based on users needs, pain points and digital banking trends. - Coordinated prompt solutions to malfunctions and system failures.

  • Assistant Professor

    2019 - 2019

    Quarterly Course: Business Environment and Foreign Trade in Asia Pacific

2017 - 2017

  • Intern

    2017 - 2017