Our team has broad experience
across different disciplines in Latin America
- we have the skills to make quipu happen!
Mercedes Bidart
CEO | co-Founder
Argentina
MIT Master in City Planning
Public policy, informal economy & social entrepreneurship
Before MIT, she worked for five years in the Cities Program of a Latin American Think Tank (CIPPEC) where she did research and knowledge exchange among local governments.
Francisco Susmel
CXO | co-Founder
Argentina
Puerto RicoMaster in Urban Economics of basic rights and social justice.
Currently working in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria focused on participatory community recovery projects, rebuilding infrastructure and houses.
Juan Constain
COO | co-Founder
Colombia
MIT Master in City Planning
Operations & strategy
Juan has worked tat MIT CoLab designing and implementing capacity building and leadership development programs in the Colombian Pacific. Before, he worked in developing community engagement strategies for public-private innovation agencies.
Gonzalo Ortega
Design & Communications | co-Founder
Spain / Brazil
MIT Master in City Planning
Urban planning, spatial analysis &
infrastructure
Gonzalo is an architect and urban planner from Madrid, with experience in Brazil, Italy, and China - passionate about making cities more livable for all. At Quipu, he leads design and communications and oversees urban analytics.
Tech & Finance
Matías Williams
Argentina
MIT Master in City Planning
A computer science engineer, entrepreneur and public servant, Matías cofounded ASEA, the Argentinean Entrepreneurs Association and Wolox, a software development company. He has been the Subsecretary to Modernization, Innovation and Technology of the Buenos Aires City Government.
Business Strategy
Sawyer Levy
United States
Davidson College B.A. in Political Economy
At Davidson, Sawyer studied alternative economic development plans for informal markets. He also has experience in community banking and financial technology and brings all that experience to Quipu.