Pete Pizarro is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SALT Venture Partners, an independent sponsor focused on enabling partners through a unique combination of strategic capital, growth acceleration and digital enablement support.

Pete's lifelong mission is to support the improvement and democratization of higher education everywhere. He is passionate about how technology can serve as the enabler of new education models for providing greater access to quality education through innovative teaching and learning businesses, and the impact these organizations can have on people's lives and society. Pete has served as President and Chairman of companies such as Telefónica USA, eLandia, and most recently Ilumno. He considers his greatest business achievement has been the privilege of creating the Ilumno Network and leading a team of top education professionals who passionately transformed Ilumno into the largest multi-market accredited university network in the Latin American region.

Additionally, he has volunteered with several organizations over the years, including his 2007 designation as Founding President of Florida Opportunity Fund, Florida's official private equity and venture fund program, and he served as president of Miami-Dade Beacon Counsel, Miami-Dade public / private economic development organization.

2017 - E&Y recognized Pete as SE Entrepreneur of the year for his EdTech area innovations.

2014 - Shafner award, highest recognition a Northwestern University Kellogg graduate can receive.

2004 - Inducted into the Miami-Dade Community College Hall of Fame.

Kellogg School of Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA). Evanston, IL

University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude - Neuroscience. Philadelphia, PA

Board of Directors, Double Wood Supplements

Board of Directors, Civicom

Board of Directors, NeighborMD

As a Chief Technology Officer with over 20 years of experience, his mission is to provide disruptive high-impact solutions for businesses through strategic thinking and effective use of technology. He has extensive expertise and knowledge in technology, operations, and research at both the managerial and technical levels. He has the ability to restructure technology and operations areas, design, plan, and implement strategic and tactical plans, as well as implement innovative solutions that enable scaling and creating new business lines. In addition, he positively influences teams by creating a culture of continuous improvement and resolving conflicts to remove impediments, generating definitive solutions through technology. His great passion is to "create" products, services, processes, solutions, strategies, and proposals, and he achieves this by creating and transforming teams with a high sense of loyalty and commitment. He keeps up-to-date with the latest technologies and is curious and creative in solving big challenges. He has experience in agile software development, business process management, robotic process automation, cloud infrastructure, databases, and more. He has worked in various sectors, such as health and life insurance, finance, pensions, technology services, education, research, and ONG's.

SCIENCES PO PARIS - Political Sciences School of Paris - Paris, France, 2001-2003
Degree: Master Degree in Political Sciences, Major in Marketing and Strategic Communications.

PARIS II UNIVERSITY - PANTHÉON ASSAS - Paris, France, 1997-2001
Degree: Master Degree in Social Law.

He has hosted the "Transformation" chapter of the Executive World Magazine. He has given more than 100 conferences in scenarios such as EXMA and Nikken Master Days on various topics such as: Digital Transformation & Business Growth, Digital - Innovation - Marketing - Creativity - Communication, Management, Organization & Culture Design, Transformational Leadership, Agile & News Ways of Work, Innovation Methodologies, startup, etc.

Diana is a highly experienced general counsel with over 16 years of legal and international business experience who has demonstrated consistent achievements in the legal profession. Her career in law began in the corporate department and M&A department of Carlton Fields law firm, where she worked on corporate transactions with large multinational public and private clients.

Diana transitioned to a General Counsel role of a mid-sized, publicly traded technology and telecommunications company, where she made the transition to internal general counsel in additito other international companies has served as general counsel for the past 12 years.

Diana later became the founder of Abril Law, PLLC and focusing on general legal, corporate and international transactitons.

Designated Legal 500 GC Powerlist as Latin America specialist in 2017 and 2019.

2018 - She was honored in Outside Counsel Management by the Daily Business Review Florida Legal Awards.

Mónica Gutiérrez joined SALT Venture Parnters in 2020 assuming the role of Finance Director. She is responsible for maximizing the data available for corporate management and optimizing the return on financial assets by establishing financial analysis, forecasting, budgets, policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems. Before joining SALT Venture Partners, Monica served as the Financial Planning Manager at Ilumno. Improving the budgeting process of partner Higher Education Institutions, through the development of models to increase the focus on the integration of financial planning through the implementation and use of an analytical tool. She has served as Quality Manager and Administrative and Financial Manager; Using her vision and leadership of the company to determine the optimal financial investment strategies to ensure its growth both in the short and long term, he was also responsible for monitoring the budget across the company and meeting with members of the steering committees to determine the feasibility and cost of the different projects.

Monica has a Business Administration professional degree enhancing her knowledge by finishing a Master's degree in Financial Management from OBS Business School.

Master in Education, specialist in didactics in virtual teaching and graduate in technological design. Martha has more than 20 years of experience in different areas.

She has led teams of teachers and professionals in virtual and distance learning, which has allowed her to manage virtualization projects, digital content and curricula

She has led inter-institutional projects with the Ministry of National Education of Colombia and participated in presentations and events on pedagogy, curriculum and virtual training.

Pontifical Javeriana University
Specialist, Financial Accounting
2019 - 20202

University of Magdalena
Public Accounting
2011 - 2016

Monica has a Business Administration professional degree enhancing her knowledge by finishing a Master's degree in Financial Management from OBS Business School.

Tharim is a dedicated professional who possesses a strong enthusiasm for learning and maximizing opportunities in every professional environment. With a diverse job history, she has gained valuable insights into multiple industries, honing expertise in areas such as Management Consulting, Project Management, Processes Improvement, Strategy, and Business Planning. Thriving on the opportunity to contribute to business transformations, Tharim is driven to create positive impacts wherever she goes

Master in Technological Innovation. EOI, Spain.

BA in Managerial Sciences. Unitec, Venezuela.

CEO & Founder at Namika / Benchlab.

SVP Business Transformation and Chief Product Officer

Director of Business Transformation at eLandia.

Partner & Manager for Central America at Magna Consult.

BA in Marketing, Florida International University

Robert Bonds has been involved in higher education for over 15 years, boasting a proven track record of building teams to scale higher education programs and enrollments. Robert is a transformational leader who creates supportive and motivating cultures within organizations to ensure organizational health. He has successfully turned around multiple struggling organizations by engaging team members, providing structure, and creating brand awareness both internally and externally.

An experienced Chief Operating Officer, Robert has a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. He possesses skills in negotiation, Microsoft, sales, management, and marketing strategy. With an MBA specialized in entrepreneurship from South University in Savannah, Georgia, he is a highly competent operations professional.

Robert currently serves as the Co-Owner and CEO at CMVC and also acts as an advisor to SAL

South University
Master, Business Administration; Entrepreneurship and Small Business
2009-2011

Universidad de West Virginia
Bachelors Degree, Advertising and Communications
2003-2008