Jesus Rodriguez is a technology expert, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of IntoTheBlock, a platform focused on enabling market intelligence and quant trading for crypto markets. He is also the Co-Founder and President of Faktory, a generative AI platform for business and consumer apps. Rodriguez’s technical career includes stints building cloud systems at Microsoft and quantitative trading platforms for several Wall Street hedge funds. He serves as an active investor in over 50 startups in areas such as Web3, AI and is an active speaker and writer in subjects related to deep tech. He is also a Guest Lecturer at Columbia University and Wharton Business School.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Co-Founder and CEO, IntoTheBlock
Co-Founder and President, LayerLens
Co-Founder and President, Faktory
Co-Founder and President, NeuralFabric
Co-Founder and Editor, The Sequence
Chief Scientist and Managing Partner, Invector Labs
Guest Lecturer, Columbia University
Guest Lecturer, The Wharton School
Investor, Snickerdoodle Labs
Investor, Mnemonic
Investor, Tres.finance
Investor, Enhanced Digital Group
COMPANIES FOUNDED
Invector Labs: A development studio focused on leveraging deep technology trends such as artificial intelligence or blockchain technologies in real world applications.
Tellago: An award-winning software development agency focused on the latest technology trends.
KidoZen: An enterprise mobile app platform company that was founded around a simple yet powerful goal: to enable the mobile-first enterprise.
CAREER
Under his leadership, Tellago has been recognized as an enterprise software innovator earning Inc. 500 and Stevie Awards for American and international business.
He has been the recipient of several industry awards including the Inc. 500 and Stevie Awards for American and international business
He serves as a board member in several enterprise software companies and is an investor in over a dozen of startups.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Rodriguez is an internationally recognized speaker and author.
He is also a prolific blogger on software technology and entrepreneurship.
He is a regular speaker at tech conferences and a contributor to tech publications such as CIO.com, ComputerWorld, InfoQ and many others.