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Domingo Meneses

Director of Payment Partnerships at Upwork

Chicago, Illinois

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2023

  • Director of Payment Partnerships

    2023

    Leading business and commercial payment partnerships at Upwork

2021 - 2024

  • LATAM Venture Partner

    2021 - 2024

    Rally Cap Ventures is a global community of fintech-focused angel investors collaborating with an exclusive portfolio of early-stage emerging market venture funds via direct investment, co-investment and advisory services. My role as a LATAM VP is to discover, build relationships and help back brilliant fintech founders during their pre-seed / seed rounds in LATAM. I’ve led investments and written angel checks into Pomelo, Kontempo, Cucuru and Radar.

2021 - 2023

  • Fintech & Blockchain Partnerships

    2021 - 2023

    Sr. Product Partnerships Manager, leading global commercial partnerships and strategy for: 2021: - Shopify's BNPL product; Shop Pay Installments powered by Affirm - Shopify & Grab Partnership in SEA 2022: - Blockchain Product Partnerships (NFTs and Tokengated Commerce App Ecosystem) - Crypto Payment Gateways; Coinbase, Crypto.com, BitPay, Solana Pay, etc - Web3 Corp Dev; investments in ThirdWeb and WalletConnect 2023 - Present: - Cont. Blockchain Partnerships - Shop Pay Payment Partnerships: Shop Pay Commerce Component, Shop Cash and Sign in with Shop

2016 - 2021

  • Business Development Manager - Financial Products & Payments Partnerships

    2020 - 2021

    Payments BD Manager focused on our largest / strategic financial services partnerships and financial products across the Uber platform (Rides, Uber Eats, Uber Freight and Uber for Business.) A few public projects I managed: - Uber Credit Card - Uber x Visa Local Offers Partnership - Uber Rides & Eats x AMEX Partnership - Uber Eats x Capital One Partnership

  • Business Development Manager - Mexico

    2019 - 2020

    Leading all strategic partnerships related to payments (banks, networks, acquirers, processors, etc), loyalty and brand/entertainment.

  • Sr. Business Developement Associate - Mexico

    2018 - 2020

    In charge of sourcing, negotiating and leading strategic projects which address driver loyalty, payments and vehicle access in one of Uber's top global markets.

  • Sr. Business Development Associate - South Cone (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay)

    2017 - 2018

    Lead negotiations and strategic partnerships in areas such as rider and driver acquisition, unlocking new payment methods and brand / marketing partnerships. Gerente de Alianzas Estrategicas y Desarrollo de Negocios para Chile, Argentina y Uruguay enfocado en campañas de marca, nuevos medios de pago y alianzas de adquisición.

  • Marketing Manager

    2016 - 2017

    Joined Uber Chile as early employee (first 10) and contributed directly to its now large market position within Uber's global markets. As a Marketing Manager I concentrated on our financial services corporate partnerships (banks/networks), new product launches (UberSKI, UberACCESS) as well as our Uber for Business product.

2014 - 2016

  • Business Development Lead

    2014 - 2016

    As the first Sales & BD employee at Earshot I reported directly into the CEO. My role consisted of shaping our sales and pricing strategy, sourcing enterprise / c-level leads, managing a robust pipeline of brands investing in social martech and closing large SaaS software deals. My efforts lead the company to build proprietary features to uniquely service alcohol-beverage CPG enterprise clients - personally bringing on accounts such as Anheuser-Busch, Mikes Hard Lemonade, Miller Coors and more. Other named accounts included Playstation, Hard Rock Cafe and T-Mobile.

2013 - 2014

  • Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member (Non Profit)

    2013 - 2014

    Bringing visibility to the positivity created by Chicago youth.

2011 - 2014

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2011 - 2014

    Crowdnoize helped brands better understand and engage with their consumer before, during and after their experiential activation. We collected, analyzed, and reported the demographic and social reach of a sponsored event, then gave brands the tools to bridge that offline experience with online performance marketing opportunities. Executive position included setting up the corporate structure, financial operations, fundraising, business development and building a stellar team.

2012 - 2014

  • Member

    2012 - 2014

    One of the first 50 companies accepted to 1871, CrowdNoize, LLC, runs out of the shared space area in this energetic co-working technology hub.

  • Program Director : Sports and Entertainment Management

    2011 - 2011

    Overview: Recruited, hired, developed and managed a core team of 6 strategic hires to create a safe, innovative and supportive environment that allowed NSLC students to explore academics and professions while developing leadership skills, essential to success in the field of sports and entertainment management. Prior to conference: - Interview, hire and train 6 teaching staff. - Create daily schedules of activities. - Secure facilities and executive guest speakers. - Prepare program materials, academic simulations, workshops and activities. - Coordinate with other programs on site. During conference: - Oversee the teaching/coordination of our workshops and leadership simulation exercises, chaperoning/leading field trips, coordinate social events, and handling program logistics. - Manage the program’s staff and facilitate nightly meetings. - Work and coordinate with multiple parties. - Assist in operations of the program. After conference: - Implement effective evaluation tools. - Send out appreciation to those who impacted the programs. - Create detailed program outline for following year's class

  • Head Team Advisor: Sports and Entertainment Management

    2010 - 2010

    Summer 2010- (Bronx, New York City) Worked with a team of 4 college students to oversee three sessions of 55 students each. Tasks included following classroom curriculum and crisis management simulation, facilitating high profile guest speakers, organizing and supervising field trips into New York City and assisting students in the living quarters as a Resident Advisor.