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Rafael

Rafael brings a wealth of experience in strategic marketing, product & software development and operations gained over nearly twenty years.

Rafael founder and partner of Resurge Partners. He brings a wealth of experience in strategic marketing, product & software development and operations gained over nearly twenty years.

He is the COO and co-founder of Braidio a collaborative learning platform. Rafael led product development from a simple idea to launch, to landing enterprise clients such as BBVA Compass, Xcel Energy, Toyota Financial Services, among many others. He was responsible for all marketing, produc development, sales and operations including engineering.

Prior to Braidio he led all corporate and product marketing as Vice President of Marketing at LicenseStream (acquired by Wright’s Media). He previously served as Vice President of Online at MVNO Amp'd Mobile where he managed online marketing and indirect channel distribution. As Marketing Director at Napster, he transformed marketing efforts resulting in a four-fold increase in paid subscribers.

His previous experience includes marketing roles at Edmunds.com where he led the formation of the marketing department to drive growth and before that he was at Walt Disney in Home Entertainment Group leading the market launches of many of our favorite DVD releases.

Rafael has been featured and quoted in many publications including Chief Information Officer, Mashable, Inc. Magazine, Chief Learning Officer among others. He is also frequently a panelist at conferences including Digital Hollywood, Distributed Computing Industry and more.

He holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Portland State University and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

A native of Portlandia, Rafael can be found cruising San Francisco in his Xtracycle cargo bike with his wife, two daughters and their sheltie Lola.

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