Technology Magazine May 2021 | Page 275

TUENTI ECUADOR
GERARDO SUAREZ NAPOLITANO TITLE : CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION : ECUADOR
standards . With flexible schedules , international relations , optional WFH days , and family fridays , we learned to collaborate in a semi-remote environment from early on . This made the new normal not seem so new to us , as we were able to quickly adapt and maintain operations at all times .” So effective has the company ’ s response to the pandemic been , that it plans to maintain some of the changes COVID-19 has forced . “ One of our biggest

“ WE STRIVE TO BECOME THE LEADING TELCO BRAND FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ”

GERARDO SUAREZ NAPOLITANO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER , TUENTI ECUADOR

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Gerardo Suárez Napolitano is an executive with over 25 years experience in several commercial assignments in Latin America . He worked in massive consumer product companies like Procter & Gamble in Venezuela , Argentina and Empresas Polar in Venezuela . Over the last 15 years , he has been working in the telecommunications business with Telefónica where he was Commercial Director in Venezuela , Sales Director of Telesp in Brazil and Commercial VP in Ecuador . In October 2014 , he was appointed as Ecuador Tuenti CEO launching the brand in June 2015 as a separate business unit of Telefónica . Gerardo is an Industrial Engineer by UCAB - Venezuela , Finance Magister by Unimet - Venezuela and Telecom Business Master by Catalunya University in Spain .