Welcome, my name is
Martin Moscosa
Leader and connector in the tech and startup scene
See a quick version of my resume as NPM package
by running the following in your terminal
(NPM required)$ npx mmoscosa-cv
About Martin
Quick Bio
I’m a global tech, education, and community leader and speaker, who builds culture and community to drive change and engagement. I specialize in developing strategies and programs to create opportunity and leverage customers to achieve business goals. A connector with a passion for helping, inspiring and educating others to thrive.
Demonstrable track record providing technical solutions with business goals in mind; trained as AWS Cloud Practitioner
Social Media
You can also follow me on social media to rapidly know what I am up to...
Martin Moscosa
awesome article about nudge vs FIFO written by @foxteck #Engineering https://t.co/biuIcgiQUu
My Life Story
Martin Moscosa is a product and community leader with a background in tech and education. He was the director of the Academy at Wizeline, Mexico's leading startup, where he developed tech programs and partnerships to create advanced generations of technologists in the emerging markets in Mexico, Vietnam, Thailand.
At Tec de Monterrey -LatAm's leading technical University and among the best 160 in the world and ranked as top 5 in LinkedIns Top Attractors list- Martin was able to inspire younger generations to aim for greater opportunities by rekindling the relationship with top tech companies such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook among others and increasing by over 200% the number of students applying and landing a job in such companies. Also inspired students to pursue their dreams through entrepreneurship.
Prior to his corporate life, Martin was an entrepreneur with startup Epicnest one of the first tech coworking spaces in Guadalajara, going from 178sqmt (583sqft) to over 1,000sqmt (3,300sqft) in less than a year. A thriving space that has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and startups in the past years to kickstart their projects.
In his free time, he runs Startup Grind in Guadalajara one of the biggest startup communities in the world -with prescence in over 600 cities and 125 countries - supported by Google for Startups. Martin has connected and inspired over 4,000 members locally; through his network, he has invited and made connections with key members in the ecosystem such as Santiago Zavala (500 Startups), Gabriel Charles (Wayra), Jose Rodriguez (Bitso) and others.
Hobbies
Photography and Video editing are some of his hobbies, he is a cat person who is always up for a cup of coffee or tea looking to help others.
Currently video editing is one of Martin's main hobbies, you can see his more recent work below:
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Experience
As the director of engineering, I lead the development and improvement of our
engineering culture, structure, and processes. Working closely with the CEO,
Group PM to build great user experiences, highly performant, scalable systems,
whilst developing state of the art software to power ADPList's...
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I am leader to the Startup Grind community in guadalajara, in my time as
Director I have been able to shape the local startup ecosystem.
With a network of over 4,000 members in Guadalajara; I have invited over 30
founders and directors of successful companies in Guadalajara and Mexico. Kueski...
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As Sr Engineering Manager (Tech Guru) I am responsible for execution and maintenance of our software roadmap. As part of the growth squad, you will also contribute to the experiments roadmap by coming up with new solutions and ideas that address our company’s strategic priorities.
As we scale our teams and products we need to make sure culture, engagement,
productivity, accountability and innovation scale as well. This requires a whole
set of skills, tools and techniques that enable engineers to thrive in ever
larger groups just as when they do in early stage startups...
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Wizeline provides end-to-end software development for Fortune 500 companies.
Mexico's leading startup, and through Wizeline Academy, we are able to offer
local courses that teach today’s most high-value skills in tech. We empower the
community with knowledge and the power to innovate...
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Tecnologico de Monterrey is the #1 Univertisy in Mexico, among the best 160
worldiwde and ranked among top 5 in LinkedIn Top Attractor in 2016.
Provided the resources for a quality learning experience to the students by
ensuring coherence in the discipline and relevance to the practice....
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What people say
February 25th 2020Martin has been running events with us at startup grind for a few years now and has not only become a treasured colleague I always look forward to seeing but a great friend along the way. He has always been reliable and excelled at everything I have seen him do and always an interesting person to talk to in Education, Technology and Product.
Daniel Reilly
Developer | Community | Freelancer
February 20th 2020Martin is someone that I want to keep working with, and anyone would be lucky to. He is amazing at networking and making things happen. Very few people are so personable and relatable. If you are considering working with Martin, please do not hesitate: he will be a great connector and make your business and network grow.
Hector Padilla
Senior Director of Engineering - Certified Ontological Coach
July 21st 2019Martin has been a great ally for the entrepreneurship ecosystem, always willing to find ways to generate value.
Laura Alhelí Segarra
Directora Zona Emprendimiento Innovador Región Centro en Tecnológico de Monterrey
August 10th 2018Martín has a clear vision of the industry's needs and future trends. Particularly when turning his attention towards young high school students that have great potential and, despite their age, can demonstrate professionalism and competitiveness. As we worked together at Tec de Monterrey, Martín proved to be flexible, dynamic, balanced and trustworthy. My best wishes of success now that he...
Jean-Marc Wintgens
Director de Programa Multicultural en ITESM Campus Guadalajara
June 18th 2018Martín is a genuine innovative person and an entrepreneur. He is constantly looking for new ways to solve common problems. He is strong in people skills and has the ability to become empathetic in short time. He has been improving his management skills for some years now, and I am sure that He will become an excellent leader in the right environment. He has a strong desire for disruption and...
Enrique Javier Aguayo-Lara
Software Project Lead - Assignment from Hisland Solutions at Volvo Group
September 8th 2017True creative mind with high capacity in project management
Stéphane FLORES
Senior Executive - IB Teacher
June 15th 2017As one of the first clients in Epicnest, I saw Martin create a place of work with a great atmosphere, build a true community of people working together, helping each other and improving their abilities. Martin was really the architect of this movement. He is a listener, very patient and creative. I totally recommend him for a work related with relationship or building a project.
Pierre Antoine Moulin
Chief business officer at Advercity
September 21st 2014I've worked with Martin on several projects. He's very reliable and well versed in Software Development and Web Technologies, specially working with distributed/remote teams and clients. He's always very creative, bringing interesting ideas to the table.
Eduardo Romero
Software Engineer @ Amazon
January 17th 2013Martin made a major contribution to some high profile projects in a short time with work of a very high standard. His knowledge is excellent and he brought many creative ideas to the table. He worked very well as part of the team and is highly recommended.
Alan Whisker
Director of Client Solutions at Ascensos
December 21st 2012I regard Martin work to be top quality, he is very knowledgeable of several topics on the software development process AND he uses his common sense a lot. Very deductive, he finds how to be successful and deliver on time his assigned work items.
Juan Pablo Andrade
Associate Executive Director/Executive Board Member at Promotora de Colores, S.A.
February 21st 2012Martin Moscosa joined the Stirling Council Webteam in October 2011 to help with development that was deemed necessary for the launch of the new Website due in December 2011. Martin was initially taken on for a 3 month period and this time was extended to 6 months. With Martin’s previous experience using Cake PHP as a development platform he was able to hit the floor running, so to speak, as...
Yvonne Dickson
Web Services Team Leader at Stirling Council
December 28th 2009Martin has helped Eduardo and I to begin the Linux User Group in the ITESM Campus Guadalajara which became very important and strong in the campus. He was key on continuing with the LUG on the ITESM after Eduardo and I left when we graduated. He is committed to his work and likes to help on whatever he can. Very skilled on PHP and as a consultant, I really enjoy working with him.
Gustavo Diaz
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
October 20th 2009Martin is a very dedicated person, he is not afraid to look for help when needed and I believe he has potential and will to learn and do what ever he propose to do.
Edgar Velazquez Mar
Software Engineer at Tacit Knowledge
April 29th 2009Martin is a great manager and software developer. He keeps excellent track of all of his projects, and mantains constant communication with his colleagues and clients.
Lorena Palacio
DevOps Enabler/Evangelist at DXC Technology
April 7th 2009Martin worked with me in Freescale Semiconductor, where we both shared opinions and helped each other on the software development team.
Juan Octavio Palazuelos Cervantes
Software Engineer at Amazon.com
April 29th 2020While I was a Teacher at ITESM GDA, Martin was involved into an strategic alliance between the school and Wizeline, he was an excellent bridge between the students, the computer department and the IT industry, he was able to connect with students and work with upper management to make the project succeed. He was always supporting me in what I needed.
Zabdiel Jaramillo Roman
Software Developer at Atlassian
Best mentor at HackTheChallengeMx!!!!!
Carlos Saucedo
CEO at Labgo & Student President of CEI
March 31st 2021Martin is great at building relationships with other people, a key skill for his role. He is also very skillful at telling people he disagrees with them and providing alternative views. And one more: he is a great master of ceremonies. Perhaps not key for his role, but had to mention it because he is probably the best at it. Martín has grit. He has helped in keeping the sanity of a team of...
Joel Salazar
Vice President Of Engineering at Bitso
August 26th 2021As an engineering management coach it has been a pleasure to work with him. He has a lot of great ideas and really tries to work toward getting things working and management engaged in making things happen in the right ways! I really enjoy our chats when we have them and I can tell he really puts his passion into his work.
Ryan Denniston
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
November 14th 2022During his tenure, Martin Moscosa has contributed to a great working culture within the engineering team and implemented processes that focuses on performance; he also led our engineering team to launch on time our home redesign and talent collective for our biggest event #BeMore2022 which impacted hundreds of thousands of users.
Felix Lee
Founder and CEO
November 1st 2022Martin excells at having clear communication, begin a good listener and consistently sharing information about your expectations of the team. He is humble and cares and protect his team members.
Lucas Gurgel
Sr Backend Engineer
February 25th 2020Martin has been running events with us at startup grind for a few years now and has not only become a treasured colleague I always look forward to seeing but a great friend along the way. He has always been reliable and excelled at everything I have seen him do and always an interesting person to talk to in Education, Technology and Product.
Daniel Reilly
Developer | Community | Freelancer
February 20th 2020Martin is someone that I want to keep working with, and anyone would be lucky to. He is amazing at networking and making things happen. Very few people are so personable and relatable. If you are considering working with Martin, please do not hesitate: he will be a great connector and make your business and network grow.
Hector Padilla
Senior Director of Engineering - Certified Ontological Coach
July 21st 2019Martin has been a great ally for the entrepreneurship ecosystem, always willing to find ways to generate value.
Laura Alhelí Segarra
Directora Zona Emprendimiento Innovador Región Centro en Tecnológico de Monterrey
August 10th 2018Martín has a clear vision of the industry's needs and future trends. Particularly when turning his attention towards young high school students that have great potential and, despite their age, can demonstrate professionalism and competitiveness. As we worked together at Tec de Monterrey, Martín proved to be flexible, dynamic, balanced and trustworthy. My best wishes of success now that he...
Jean-Marc Wintgens
Director de Programa Multicultural en ITESM Campus Guadalajara
June 18th 2018Martín is a genuine innovative person and an entrepreneur. He is constantly looking for new ways to solve common problems. He is strong in people skills and has the ability to become empathetic in short time. He has been improving his management skills for some years now, and I am sure that He will become an excellent leader in the right environment. He has a strong desire for disruption and...
Enrique Javier Aguayo-Lara
Software Project Lead - Assignment from Hisland Solutions at Volvo Group
September 8th 2017True creative mind with high capacity in project management
Stéphane FLORES
Senior Executive - IB Teacher
June 15th 2017As one of the first clients in Epicnest, I saw Martin create a place of work with a great atmosphere, build a true community of people working together, helping each other and improving their abilities. Martin was really the architect of this movement. He is a listener, very patient and creative. I totally recommend him for a work related with relationship or building a project.
Pierre Antoine Moulin
Chief business officer at Advercity
September 21st 2014I've worked with Martin on several projects. He's very reliable and well versed in Software Development and Web Technologies, specially working with distributed/remote teams and clients. He's always very creative, bringing interesting ideas to the table.
Eduardo Romero
Software Engineer @ Amazon
January 17th 2013Martin made a major contribution to some high profile projects in a short time with work of a very high standard. His knowledge is excellent and he brought many creative ideas to the table. He worked very well as part of the team and is highly recommended.
Alan Whisker
Director of Client Solutions at Ascensos
December 21st 2012I regard Martin work to be top quality, he is very knowledgeable of several topics on the software development process AND he uses his common sense a lot. Very deductive, he finds how to be successful and deliver on time his assigned work items.
Juan Pablo Andrade
Associate Executive Director/Executive Board Member at Promotora de Colores, S.A.
February 21st 2012Martin Moscosa joined the Stirling Council Webteam in October 2011 to help with development that was deemed necessary for the launch of the new Website due in December 2011. Martin was initially taken on for a 3 month period and this time was extended to 6 months. With Martin’s previous experience using Cake PHP as a development platform he was able to hit the floor running, so to speak, as...
Yvonne Dickson
Web Services Team Leader at Stirling Council
December 28th 2009Martin has helped Eduardo and I to begin the Linux User Group in the ITESM Campus Guadalajara which became very important and strong in the campus. He was key on continuing with the LUG on the ITESM after Eduardo and I left when we graduated. He is committed to his work and likes to help on whatever he can. Very skilled on PHP and as a consultant, I really enjoy working with him.
Gustavo Diaz
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
October 20th 2009Martin is a very dedicated person, he is not afraid to look for help when needed and I believe he has potential and will to learn and do what ever he propose to do.
Edgar Velazquez Mar
Software Engineer at Tacit Knowledge
April 29th 2009Martin is a great manager and software developer. He keeps excellent track of all of his projects, and mantains constant communication with his colleagues and clients.
Lorena Palacio
DevOps Enabler/Evangelist at DXC Technology
April 7th 2009Martin worked with me in Freescale Semiconductor, where we both shared opinions and helped each other on the software development team.
Juan Octavio Palazuelos Cervantes
Software Engineer at Amazon.com
April 29th 2020While I was a Teacher at ITESM GDA, Martin was involved into an strategic alliance between the school and Wizeline, he was an excellent bridge between the students, the computer department and the IT industry, he was able to connect with students and work with upper management to make the project succeed. He was always supporting me in what I needed.
Zabdiel Jaramillo Roman
Software Developer at Atlassian
Best mentor at HackTheChallengeMx!!!!!
Carlos Saucedo
CEO at Labgo & Student President of CEI
March 31st 2021Martin is great at building relationships with other people, a key skill for his role. He is also very skillful at telling people he disagrees with them and providing alternative views. And one more: he is a great master of ceremonies. Perhaps not key for his role, but had to mention it because he is probably the best at it. Martín has grit. He has helped in keeping the sanity of a team of...
Joel Salazar
Vice President Of Engineering at Bitso
August 26th 2021As an engineering management coach it has been a pleasure to work with him. He has a lot of great ideas and really tries to work toward getting things working and management engaged in making things happen in the right ways! I really enjoy our chats when we have them and I can tell he really puts his passion into his work.
Ryan Denniston
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
November 14th 2022During his tenure, Martin Moscosa has contributed to a great working culture within the engineering team and implemented processes that focuses on performance; he also led our engineering team to launch on time our home redesign and talent collective for our biggest event #BeMore2022 which impacted hundreds of thousands of users.
Felix Lee
Founder and CEO
November 1st 2022Martin excells at having clear communication, begin a good listener and consistently sharing information about your expectations of the team. He is humble and cares and protect his team members.
Lucas Gurgel
Sr Backend Engineer
February 25th 2020Martin has been running events with us at startup grind for a few years now and has not only become a treasured colleague I always look forward to seeing but a great friend along the way. He has always been reliable and excelled at everything I have seen him do and always an interesting person to talk to in Education, Technology and Product.
Daniel Reilly
Developer | Community | Freelancer
February 20th 2020Martin is someone that I want to keep working with, and anyone would be lucky to. He is amazing at networking and making things happen. Very few people are so personable and relatable. If you are considering working with Martin, please do not hesitate: he will be a great connector and make your business and network grow.
Hector Padilla
Senior Director of Engineering - Certified Ontological Coach
July 21st 2019Martin has been a great ally for the entrepreneurship ecosystem, always willing to find ways to generate value.
Laura Alhelí Segarra
Directora Zona Emprendimiento Innovador Región Centro en Tecnológico de Monterrey
August 10th 2018Martín has a clear vision of the industry's needs and future trends. Particularly when turning his attention towards young high school students that have great potential and, despite their age, can demonstrate professionalism and competitiveness. As we worked together at Tec de Monterrey, Martín proved to be flexible, dynamic, balanced and trustworthy. My best wishes of success now that he...
Jean-Marc Wintgens
Director de Programa Multicultural en ITESM Campus Guadalajara
June 18th 2018Martín is a genuine innovative person and an entrepreneur. He is constantly looking for new ways to solve common problems. He is strong in people skills and has the ability to become empathetic in short time. He has been improving his management skills for some years now, and I am sure that He will become an excellent leader in the right environment. He has a strong desire for disruption and...
Enrique Javier Aguayo-Lara
Software Project Lead - Assignment from Hisland Solutions at Volvo Group
September 8th 2017True creative mind with high capacity in project management
Stéphane FLORES
Senior Executive - IB Teacher
June 15th 2017As one of the first clients in Epicnest, I saw Martin create a place of work with a great atmosphere, build a true community of people working together, helping each other and improving their abilities. Martin was really the architect of this movement. He is a listener, very patient and creative. I totally recommend him for a work related with relationship or building a project.
Pierre Antoine Moulin
Chief business officer at Advercity
September 21st 2014I've worked with Martin on several projects. He's very reliable and well versed in Software Development and Web Technologies, specially working with distributed/remote teams and clients. He's always very creative, bringing interesting ideas to the table.
Eduardo Romero
Software Engineer @ Amazon
January 17th 2013Martin made a major contribution to some high profile projects in a short time with work of a very high standard. His knowledge is excellent and he brought many creative ideas to the table. He worked very well as part of the team and is highly recommended.
Alan Whisker
Director of Client Solutions at Ascensos
December 21st 2012I regard Martin work to be top quality, he is very knowledgeable of several topics on the software development process AND he uses his common sense a lot. Very deductive, he finds how to be successful and deliver on time his assigned work items.
Juan Pablo Andrade
Associate Executive Director/Executive Board Member at Promotora de Colores, S.A.
February 21st 2012Martin Moscosa joined the Stirling Council Webteam in October 2011 to help with development that was deemed necessary for the launch of the new Website due in December 2011. Martin was initially taken on for a 3 month period and this time was extended to 6 months. With Martin’s previous experience using Cake PHP as a development platform he was able to hit the floor running, so to speak, as...
Yvonne Dickson
Web Services Team Leader at Stirling Council
December 28th 2009Martin has helped Eduardo and I to begin the Linux User Group in the ITESM Campus Guadalajara which became very important and strong in the campus. He was key on continuing with the LUG on the ITESM after Eduardo and I left when we graduated. He is committed to his work and likes to help on whatever he can. Very skilled on PHP and as a consultant, I really enjoy working with him.
Gustavo Diaz
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
October 20th 2009Martin is a very dedicated person, he is not afraid to look for help when needed and I believe he has potential and will to learn and do what ever he propose to do.
Edgar Velazquez Mar
Software Engineer at Tacit Knowledge
April 29th 2009Martin is a great manager and software developer. He keeps excellent track of all of his projects, and mantains constant communication with his colleagues and clients.
Lorena Palacio
DevOps Enabler/Evangelist at DXC Technology
April 7th 2009Martin worked with me in Freescale Semiconductor, where we both shared opinions and helped each other on the software development team.
Juan Octavio Palazuelos Cervantes
Software Engineer at Amazon.com
April 29th 2020While I was a Teacher at ITESM GDA, Martin was involved into an strategic alliance between the school and Wizeline, he was an excellent bridge between the students, the computer department and the IT industry, he was able to connect with students and work with upper management to make the project succeed. He was always supporting me in what I needed.
Zabdiel Jaramillo Roman
Software Developer at Atlassian
Best mentor at HackTheChallengeMx!!!!!
Carlos Saucedo
CEO at Labgo & Student President of CEI
March 31st 2021Martin is great at building relationships with other people, a key skill for his role. He is also very skillful at telling people he disagrees with them and providing alternative views. And one more: he is a great master of ceremonies. Perhaps not key for his role, but had to mention it because he is probably the best at it. Martín has grit. He has helped in keeping the sanity of a team of...
Joel Salazar
Vice President Of Engineering at Bitso
August 26th 2021As an engineering management coach it has been a pleasure to work with him. He has a lot of great ideas and really tries to work toward getting things working and management engaged in making things happen in the right ways! I really enjoy our chats when we have them and I can tell he really puts his passion into his work.
Ryan Denniston
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
November 14th 2022During his tenure, Martin Moscosa has contributed to a great working culture within the engineering team and implemented processes that focuses on performance; he also led our engineering team to launch on time our home redesign and talent collective for our biggest event #BeMore2022 which impacted hundreds of thousands of users.
Felix Lee
Founder and CEO
November 1st 2022Martin excells at having clear communication, begin a good listener and consistently sharing information about your expectations of the team. He is humble and cares and protect his team members.
Lucas Gurgel
Sr Backend Engineer
Press and Talks
 | ¿Que Rayos es el Blockchain? | (TecReview) | Published: Wednesday, April 21st 2021 |
 | Technology note (Recurrent Participation) | (Radio Metrópoli) | Published: Monday, December 7th 2020 |
 | 3 consejos para crear contactos (networking) en Guadalajara | (Conecta - tec.mx) | Published: Friday, May 15th 2020 |
 | ¿Qué es el modelo de trabajo asíncrono para home office en equipo? | (Conecta - tec.mx) | Published: Monday, March 30th 2020 |
| Aplicaciones de Blockchain | (Juntos - Camara de Comercio GDL) | Published: Tuesday, February 4th 2020 |
Latest Posts
Recently I was applying for a position at one of the fastest growing e-commerce
companies in the world. Unfortunately I did not get the job but the recruitment
process taught me a lot about myself.
As I was preparing for one of the interviews, I...
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Just a few months ago, at the end of 2019, it was predicted that 2020 was going
to be the year of distributed work, remote working. Little did we know that the
world would put us in one of the most complicated social experiments in our
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Don’t know if you knew, although I was born in Guadalajara, I feel myself like
an expat coming back to Guadalajara and building a career from zero. It has been
almost 6 years since I came back after being out for nearly 10 years. The
startup...
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I would dare and say that it was only in mid-2017 when the term blockchain
rumbled in our ears; where thanks to bitcoin and without knowing what was
happening but with a great FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) everyone wanted to be
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