Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside Paris, France, I am half-Brazilian, half-Finnish and speak five languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Finnish. My father was a Brazilian diplomat and I spent my youth hopping from continent to continent. This taught me to keep an open mind about culture, ethnicities and nationalities and I love to discover new places and learn from different points of view.
I am the Community Guy at Scrapblog.com. With Scrapblog, you can easily create stunning multimedia scrapbooks featuring your photos, videos, audio and a bunch of creative elements. If you love sharing photos like we do, you'll love Scrapblog.
Prior to Scrapblog, I served as Vice-President at the The Middlebrook Group, a US-based marketing, advertising and public relations firm, where I advised clients on developing market presence in the United States, identifying key channel partners and creating new distribution channels.
I also helped European start-ups develop their business, as a company founder and as the initiator of new business lines. I advised online and mobile startups get their footing through early-stage business planning, seed and venture capital fundraising and local and international business development.
Previously, I helped a major promotional marketing company redefine its marketing and sales strategy in France. I also helped a mobile content company develop new services and distribution channels for the French market.
Prior to that, I directed business development efforts at online media and mobile content companies. I set up the opt-in marketing business in France, Germany, Austria, Spain and the UK for Buongiorno-Vitaminic. I also co-founded E-Mail Vision, the first European ASP (application services provider) for online permission-based direct marketing programs in France, the UK and Germany.
While at Towers Perrin, I advised leading companies on strategy and organization, including Chevron Oil, General Motors, Corning Saint-Gobain / Eurokera, British Airways, Repsol, VISA, Borealis, Nortel Networks, Le Parisien and Air France.
Overall, I have acquired over 16 years of strategic planning, marketing and business development experience in the United States, Europe and South America. I completed an Insead MBA, December 1994 promotion, and have a double major in Economics and International Finance and Marketing from the University of Miami in 1990. I have lived in the USA, UK, France, Brazil, Finland, Russia and Portugal.
I can be reached through Skype at adecarvalho or by email: alex at decarvalho dot net
