Alberto Levy Macedo

Alberto Levy is considered an “Innovation Evangelist” by the Harvard Business Review Summit and the The GlobalShapers program of the World Economic Forum. International lecturer, technology and marketing consultant, executive strategist and creative soul with the ability to continuously break paradigms with new proposals for an effective and memorable dialogue cross-platform between organizations, governments, brands and consumers. With a successful career bringing innovation to various industries, he has worked in more than 15 countries, 1,500 projects and 300 clients including many Fortune 500 companies.

Levy is an award-winning computer engineer who mixes art with technology to tell stories in non-traditional ways. He is co-founded many startups, holds a Master’s degree from New York University in Interactive Telecommunications and has been a featured speaker for the World Economic Forum, Singularity University, TEDx, Indian Institute of Technology, University of California, WoBI, Harvard Business Review Summit, MIT EmTech, Oracle Leaders Circle, among others.

An Aspen Institute Alumni and International MBA Professor at IE Business School, in the past years Levy has helped high impact startups and corporations in 4 continents to change the world, in roles such as mentor, advisor and board member. His active presence is seen not only in corporations and universities, but also in prisons and active war zones.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Co-Founder and CEO Poly Crypto Rewards

• Board of Advisors Royal Commission of AlUla, Saudi Arabia

• Board of Advisors and Mentor of Founder Institute Madrid, Founder Institute Yerevan

• Board of Advisors of Digital Culture in Telefónica Foundation

• Board of Advisors IE Entrepreneurship Club

• Mentor of startups in 4 continents

• Experiential Marketing Designer (Theme Parks, Events, Brand Activations), Global

• Interactive Installation Artist, Global

• Collaborator of the World Economic Forum in Technology and Innovation, Global

• Program Director of WAY, Wisdom Accelerator for Youth, Davos, Switzerland

• Aspen Institute Alumni, Spain

• Clients have included: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, General Motors, Toyota, COACH, ExxonMobil, Financeiro/Bloomberg, Televisa, TV Azteca, Ogilvy, Asics, Sony,  FlyEmirates, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Sealy, Santander, Sigma Alimentos, Bimbo, Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, Unilever, World Box Council, Cemex, Bacardi, Grupo Modelo, BMW, Volkswagen, Nissan, Intel, Telcel, Nextel, Telmex, HP, LG, ScotiaBank, American Express, Banamex, Mastercard, Yahoo!, Prodigy/MSN, Kellogg’s, Nestlé, P&G, Behr, Hasbro among others in the private initiative, as well as different levels in governments mainly in Latin America.

• Independent Consultant, Global

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, International MBA, IE University, Spain, 2018 – Present

• Adjunct Professor, InnovAD Executive Education, IPADE, Mexico, 2015 – Present

• Guest Professor, MBA, EAE Business School, Spain, 2018 – Present

• Guest Professor, Master in Strategic Design, Deusto University, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Guest Professor, Comilla Pontifical University, Spain, 2017 – 2019

• Guest Lecturer, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, 2019

• Guest Lecturer, XSEED, India, 2019

• Guest Lecturer, Pontifical Javeriana University, Colombia, 2018

• Guest Lecturer, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2015 – 2018

• Guest Lecturer, Unisinos University, Brazil, 2017

• Guest Lecturer, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, Colombia, 2016

• Guest Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India, 2014

• Guest Lecturer, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2010

• Guest Lecturer, Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005 – 2006

• Guest Lecturer, UC Riverside, USA, 2005

• Guest Lecturer, New York University, USA, 2002 – 2003

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• MPS in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University, New York, USA, 2001

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996