Santi Elia

About

Digital Media Executive with more than 15 years of experience in creating consumer centric digital strategies, communication campaigns, initiatives, and products. With a proven track record of working with creatives, marketing and communications, sales teams and developers to conceive digital ideas and bring them to life.

He has a deep expertise in both innovation and strategic foresight.

Professionally is Currently working as head and Director of Strategic and Consulting services at Avatar, an independent digital native agency with +20 years of experience and a permanent staff of 180 professionals in 4 offices located in Buenos Aires, Mexico, Santiago and Miami.

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Academically is a Full Professor in charge of the innovation and change management post graduate course and Secretary of the Neuroscience Applied to Economics Sciences Observatory at the School of Economics Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires.

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Additionally He is a keynote speaker in diverse congresses and conferences with focus on innovation, strategy, management, technology and digital media; and he es regularly invited to different universities to deliver presentations of the organisational changes generated by the raise of the digital culture

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He co owns Alta Gerencia International. A startup that fosters an international community of professors, researchers, consultants, executives, entrepreneurs and students of Latin America. The main goal is to spread and share knowledge related to innovation in organizations related to specific areas like Management, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Human Resources, Economy, Education and their relationship with horizontal variables that impact them as a whole, such as Interactive, Technology and Neurosciences. 

Previously he served as the Production and Operations Manager for Disney Interactive at The Walt Disney Company Latin America and also led the Latin America Strategic Foresight team alongside with being part of the International Disney Futurists team helping train futurists in Buenos Aires, Sao Pablo, Shanghai, London and Milan.

Areas of Expertise: Innovation, Digital Media, Content Development, Product Management, Business Development, Digital Strategy, Digital Marketing, E-commerce, Marketplaces, market research and consumer analysis, Futures Thinking, Strategic Foresight, Emerging Trends, Technology and Social Innovation