Damian Voltes

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Mr. Damian Voltes serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Aleph Holding. He serves as a Board Member at Pixowl. He serves as a Board Member & Advisor at Octopus Cloud. He also serves as a Partner, in Latin America at GroupArgent. He served as a Board Member at Natural Tech. He is a partner and former client with GroupArgent who brings significant experience with companies in the Digital Economy as an operator, senior executive, and investor. He has compiled one of the most successful track records for an entrepreneur and investor in Latin America. He exited multiple businesses that he either founded or co-founded, three of which GroupArgent acted as sole financial advisor. He continues to stay abreast of activity in the Digital Economy throughout Latin America through Patagonia Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm he founded. He co-founded EmergingCast, in conjunction with GroupArgent which was a company dedicated to producing, aggregating, and syndicating short-form videos through online, television, and mobile devices. He and GroupArgent sold that business to Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) in July of 2011 and he continues to serve as that company's Head of Latin America. Before that, He founded Digital Ventures (aka Directa Networks) and InZearch and grew those businesses into one of the most preeminent ad networks in Latin America. These businesses were acquired by FOX/News Corporation in July 2007 in a transaction led by GroupArgent. Following the acquisition, he served as FOX's Vice-President - Global Business Development and Co-Managing Director for International Media Channels and led the international expansion to Latin America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific, the coordination of 21 offices, the launch of new product lines and worked on the acquisition and integration of additional ad networks. As a serial entrepreneur, he founded CuponesOnline.com Inc. (Online Sweepstakes), Netkiosk S.A. (Internet Public Kiosk), and InterMarketing Group (Direct Marketing Agency). He also worked in managerial positions at Global Mind (An online media planning agency), Datatrak (Automatic Vehicle Locations), and Unisys Sudamericana (IT). He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration (Universidad de Belgrano), a Master in Business Administration (Universidad de Belgrano) and a Postgraduate in Telecommunications (Universidad de San Andres & ITBA).