7 years of experience

10,000 people trained in innovation

He is a partner and one of the main consultants of 10X Thinking. With more than 7 years of experience as a consultant in innovation and entrepreneurship, he has led and accompanied the development of regional programs and the implementation of multiple interventions, in recognized companies in Colombia, on topics of corporate entrepreneurship, intelligence, business modeling and management of the innovation.

During his career, he has carried out innovation consultancies in companies of different industrial sectors and sizes such as: Colcafé, ARL Sura, Grupo Familia, Postobón, among others. Currently, he leads the implementation of the innovation system in a recognized local construction firm, managing to generate four new business options with expected revenues of more than 100 billion pesos.

From 2015 to 2017, he led the “Innovation for All” and “Ruta N Community Seminars” programs, managing to train more than 10,000 people in Medellín and Latin America. The “Innovation for All” program is a project, by Ruta N, on export and sale to the world, with a goal of training more than 50,000 citizens by 2020.

Additionally, he has accompanied special projects, with Daniel Ángel and Felipe Restrepo, such as the creation of a technological development center (CDT) between the Eafit University and the Bancolombia Group, installation of the continuous improvement system in Cueros Vélez, development of the business model of the product today known in the market as Bénet de Grupo Nutresa, implementation of the Business Intelligence system in Brinsa and the design of the growth strategy of the institutional plans of the company Protección for the year 2020.

It has also achieved, through the formulation and administration of science, technology and innovation projects, the traction of more than 5,000 million pesos from the ecosystem for companies such as: Cueros Vélez, Brinsa, Grupo Afín, Grupo Bancolombia, Hermeco, among others.

Christian is an industrial engineer from the EIA University and has a master's degree in Business Innovation Management from the University of Barcelona.