Iñaki Berenguer
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Iñaki Berenguer is co-founder and CEO of the start-up Pixable
, a web-based content sharing and printing service based in New York City
. Berenguer, originally from Muro, Spain
, holds Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering
from Cambridge University, UK and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management
. He also holds an M.A. as a two-year Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University
. He has received British Council
, La Caixa
, Cambridge-MIT Institute
, Rafael del Pino
, and Leonardo Da Vinci
fellowships throughout his studies.
Before Pixable
, Berenguer worked for Hewlett Packard in Brussels
, STMicroelectronics
in San Diego, Pentium group of Intel in New York
and NEC Laboratories America in Princeton
, New Jersey
. From 2005-2007 he worked as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company
and in 2008 he was a Manager in the Corporate Strategy Group at Microsoft
. Berenguer is the author of over 25 research publications in international journals and proceedings. He is also a 4-time patented inventor.
Iñaki Berenguer has been quoted endorsing entrepreneurship, saying that he supports the emergence of the business model as a way of generating economic wealth and innovation. In fact, his current company, Pixable was a finalist in the Global Entrepreneurship Competition at the World Innovation Summit by HIT Barcelona. The company was also accepted into New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
's startup incubator program in the SoHo
district of New York City
.
Pixable
Pixable is a photo discovery application and company headquartered in New York City. The application aggregates and ranks photos across different online photo repositories allowing users to search, browse, edit, and access all the photos connected to them in one location.-History:Pixable was...
, a web-based content sharing and printing service based in New York City
New York City
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. Berenguer, originally from Muro, Spain
Spain
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, holds Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering
Engineering
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from Cambridge University, UK and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
. He also holds an M.A. as a two-year Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He has received British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
, La Caixa
La Caixa
La Caixa , formally Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona , is currently Europe’s leading savings bank and Spain's third largest financial institution, with a network of over 5,500 branches, more than 8,100 ATMs, a workforce in excess of 27,000 and more than 10.7 million...
, Cambridge-MIT Institute
Cambridge-MIT Institute
The Cambridge–MIT Institute, or CMI, is a partnership between the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
, Rafael del Pino
Rafael del Pino
Rafael del Pino y Moreno was one of the wealthiest men in Europe. He had a net worth of approximately 8.6 billion US dollars in 2007. Del Pino founded the construction company Ferrovial in 1952, which became one of Spain's largest builders...
, and Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
fellowships throughout his studies.
Before Pixable
Pixable
Pixable is a photo discovery application and company headquartered in New York City. The application aggregates and ranks photos across different online photo repositories allowing users to search, browse, edit, and access all the photos connected to them in one location.-History:Pixable was...
, Berenguer worked for Hewlett Packard in Brussels
Brussels
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, STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics
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in San Diego, Pentium group of Intel in New York
New York
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and NEC Laboratories America in Princeton
Princeton, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
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. From 2005-2007 he worked as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
and in 2008 he was a Manager in the Corporate Strategy Group at Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
. Berenguer is the author of over 25 research publications in international journals and proceedings. He is also a 4-time patented inventor.
Iñaki Berenguer has been quoted endorsing entrepreneurship, saying that he supports the emergence of the business model as a way of generating economic wealth and innovation. In fact, his current company, Pixable was a finalist in the Global Entrepreneurship Competition at the World Innovation Summit by HIT Barcelona. The company was also accepted into New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
's startup incubator program in the SoHo
SoHo
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district of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.