{"id":24855,"date":"2018-07-04T07:46:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T07:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happinessplay.com\/blog\/?p=24855"},"modified":"2021-04-02T21:41:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T21:41:58","slug":"our-happiness-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happinessplay.com\/blog\/our-happiness-team","title":{"rendered":"Our team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our dedicated core team is made up of talented individuals who live and breathe the happiness. It is their passion for creativity and innovation which lies at the heart of everything we do at Happiness Play. Get to know us better.<\/p>\n

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More than 10 years promoting happiness, involving hundreds of people.<\/strong> From our E-Client development team in Spain to the collaborations of people like Javier Arteaga (Executive Sales), Pablo \u00c1lvarez (Service Manager), Xabi V\u00e1zquez (Systems architect), Juan Jos\u00e9 Garc\u00eda (Content Management) or Alejandro Falc\u00f3n (Trademark Lawyer). There are specific collaborations of people such as Sandra Flores (Design), Miguel Buzeta (Coaching Services), Luc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez (Consultant), Blanca Hern\u00e1ndez (Design), Olga Galindo (Photography) and other testing resources in more than 14 countries…<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pedro Amador: founder, technopreneur and happiness expert. +20 yrs. strong software experience (Baan, Infor, Microsoft). Based in Dubai.
\n\u2022 April Grace: Chief Excitement Officer, Industrial Engineer and MBA, +7 yrs. working with challenging assignments.
\n\u2022 Antonio Canales: CFO formed in Business Administration from ICADE, has +40 yrs. experience in advising to large company and investors.
\n\u2022 Santiago \u00c1lvarez: Computer Engineering, Master in Applied Artificial Intelligence University of Aberdeen with +20 yrs. software experience.<\/p>\n

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\"PedroPedro Amador<\/h4>\n
Founder Director<\/div>\n
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Computer Engineer with strong knowledge of Business Intelligence. Executive MBA Esade with honors in the final project. Core competencies in project management, business analysis, communication, coaching, marketing and sales operations. Originally from Spain, I have lived and worked in Holland, Uruguay, UAE, and Spain & Portugal and traveled to 40 countries across the globe. I am used to working with requirement analysis, managing multidisciplinary teams and sustaining positive change.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Considered in Spain and Latin America to be a pioneer in personal growth (happiness and coaching) and communication. Blogger in www.pedroamador.com and also a professional conference speaker<\/a>. Frequently appears in the press, radio and television (media@autocoaching.es). Coaching and Leadership for CTI, OSRC, Executive coaching by AECOP, NLP, and certified in Spiral Dynamics.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Founder and Managing Partner of a coaching services firm. Creator of a new happiness technology (Autocoaching) and web tools (HappinessPlay) that help and support management changes. Companies like Nivea used this tool for customer motivation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Author of \u201cAutocoaching: How to get the best from yourself\u201d published in seven languages (Gran Aldea Ed.), “Autocoaching para despertar” (Ed. LID), and \u201cConseguirLaFelicidad.com\u201d available as book-blog on Internet. New book: Zero Stress.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Strong experience leading different types of projects in several countries: 20+ year experience at software firms (Microsoft, Baan-Infor-SSA Global, Software AG) holding different positions: Business Developer, Project Manager, Area Manager, Applications Presales and Key Account Manager. Working in customers like Efacec (BI), Indra (SRM), Fagor Industrial (SCM&PLM), Nycomed (RRHH), Nivea (Mkt), Abengoa (ERP), ITP (BI), Otis (ERP), Fujitsu (ERP), UDE (Web 3.0) to improve different areas.<\/p>\n

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\"AprilApril Grace R. Manguerra<\/h4>\n
Chief Excitement Officer<\/div>\n
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7 years of experience in different functions in multinational companies. April is used to working with challenging assignments, continuous improvement and learning, motivated with the drive for excellence in making better things happen as a leader, a team player or an individual. Focused on getting results for functional and individual objectives. With advanced skills in MS Project, Excel, Visio, X-mind, Word, Powerpoint, SAP, CRM and other eBusiness tools.<\/p>\n

Core competencies in the Business Process and Systems Analysis and Improvement of ERP, CRM and SCM, Project Management, Customer Centric, Operations Management, Sales and Marketing, Safety Management and Strategic Planning and Management.<\/p>\n

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\"SantiagoSantiago \u00c1lvarez<\/h4>\n
CTO<\/div>\n
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Santiago holds a Computer Science degree from the University of the Basque Country and a Master in Applied Artificial Intelligence from the University of Aberdeen (UK) and Executive M.B.A. By ESADE Business School. He has +20 yrs. software experience.<\/p>\n

Belonged to the founder team of EresMas (one of the first internet providers (isp) in Spain that became number one in web traffic) where he managed a group that develop the services for the marketing area (single user registration, mail-marketing, loyalty points program, measurement and web analytics) and the commercial area (online stores).
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\"AitorAitor Canales<\/h4>\n
Partner<\/div>\n
Lawyer with +20 years of experience and who collaborates as general administrator.<\/div>\n
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