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Mayra Soto

Senior Associate at Building Ventures | Passionate about the contech industry

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Senior Associate

    2023

  • Associate

    2022 - 2023

  • Regional lead in San Francisco City of Women in Construction Tech

    2023

    Women in Construction Tech is a community dedicated to creating opportunities and developing relationships for women driving innovation in the construction industry. We envision a construction industry where women are well networked, support each other’s efforts to improve and advance in the space, and otherwise thrive. If you are a founder, investor, or adopter of construction technology who believes in this future… please join our community!

  • Member

    2021

  • Product Strategy Lead

    2021 - 2022

    -Partner with executive and business leaders of different units to execute on investment strategy. -Partner with external experts and internal business leaders to develop contech strategy in order to achieve business objectives. Prepared presentation on analysis of contech space, steps for execution and recommendations. -Responsible for bringing a new product to market from cero to 1. Including conceptualization, strategic fit to the company vision, requirements in the market, design, headcount forecast and commercialization

2016 - 2021

  • Head of Product

    2019 - 2021

    -Transform the product vision and strategy into tangible items in our roadmap and work across multiple teams to ensure the execution and success of the plan. -Analyze user behavior and industry trends to provide insight to different teams including Sales, UX/UI, Development, Customer Success, and Support in order to increase our market value and ensure continued ARR growth. -Establish our product development process with a focus on innovation, iteration, and impactful releases. This includes working alongside partners to create meaningful integration with important technologies in the fields of Robotics, Machine learning, and Computer vision

  • Construction Product Manager & Head of Data

    2016 - 2021

    -In charge of business analytics for HoloBuilder using different tools like SQL, Tableau, Klipfolio, BigQuery and GA in order to find trends and insights about sales, product performance and customer behavior. -Responsible for the launch of new features and products related to computer vision and augmented reality software focusing on the construction industry. -Conduct regular tests to identify case deficiencies and propose improvements in our software, working closely with our team base in Germany in order to provide the necessary reports for the release and fix of new versions. -Work closely with clients on site in order to identify use cases and keep constant track of product performance.

  • Head of Control Project Management department

    2015 - 2015

    Coordinated with 8 project teams to track and document project updates. Analyzed productivity indicators to forecast timing and budget results on 8 construction projects. Calculated productivity of 200+ employees, using Excel macros and pivot tables, reducing resources by approx. 2,000 man-hours

  • Project Engineer

    2014 - 2014

    Led a team of 11 engineers in charge of tracking progress on a mining project. Coordinated weekly progress meetings with client and their consulting team. Prepared project execution plan, project schedule and project status. Analyzed productivity ratios on 150 pieces of heavy equipment.

  • Assistant Project Manager

    2012 - 2014

    Conducted training on productivity, forecasting, scheduling, cost analysis, and lean construction tools. Prepared the SWOT analysis for construction contracts. Developed manual for use of Revit structure. Developed 1 BIM model for a building project.

Prisma Ingenieros, Asesores, Consultores, S.A.C.

2012 - 2012

  • Trainee structural engineer

    2012 - 2012

Capitulo Peruano Lean Construction institute

2011 - 2012

  • Executive assistant of the Peruvian Chapter of Lean Construction

    2011 - 2012

INVEB S.A.C.

2010 - 2011

  • Trainee

    2010 - 2011