Eriz Zárate

CEO @ZIZLE

💰 Investor & VC🔥 Startup Founder💸 Marketing✔️ ITBusiness Owner💼 C-level Executive🧨 ConsultingAngel✨ Business OwnerGeneral PartnerData ScientistExecutive CoachPartnerCPOCEOCTOCSOAdvisorFounderProduct Consultant

Eriz Zarate is a dedicated and accomplished business leader, currently serving as the CEO of ZIZLE Company. With a proven track record in strategic planning and business development, he has been instrumental in steering the company towards sustainable growth and success. Prior to his role at ZIZLE, Zarate gained extensive experience in various leadership roles across different industries, honing his expertise in operations management, team leadership, and project management. His strong business acumen and visionary leadership have been pivotal in establishing ZIZLE as a reputable name in its industry. Zarate holds a degree in Business Management, further solidifying his credentials as a competent and effective business leader.

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Work Background

ZizleCo-Founder

Apr. 2022Delaware, United StatesResponsible for: - Directly managing internal operations team (10+). - Overseeing the development done by the tech team (20+) and CTO. - Led and applied executive decisions on tech/executive roadmap to accomplish objectives. - Defined the product's main core functionalities together with the vision. - Led investment rounds pitching, roadmap and follow-up. - Handling relationships with vendors and partners. Accomplished objectives: - Created proprietary process and methodology to deliver tech products by cutting 50% of the needed time from design to deployment. - Launched patent-pending features, cutting-edge technology, and product in less than 5 months. - Created the operations and tech team from scratch in 3 months.

TaxicoinInvestor

May. 2021Madrid, Community of Madrid, SpainResponsible for: - Pre-seed funding the project for product delivery. - Led and applied executive decisions on tech/executive roadmap to accomplish objectives. - Defined the product's main core functionalities together with the vision.

truly.funInvestor

Mar. 2020Responsible for: - Pre-seed funding the project for product delivery. - Overseeing the development done by the tech team (10+). - Led and applied executive decisions on tech/executive roadmap to accomplish objectives. - Defined the product's main core functionalities together with the vision.

Kindai ResearchCo-founder & Strategic Advisor

Jan. 2022 - Jul. 2024Dubai, United Arab EmiratesResponsible for: - Strategically advising from the board on the different verticals and product - Actively overseeing the development of our core proprietary trading methodologies and strategies.

Kindai ResearchManaging Director

Mar. 2021 - Mar. 2022Dubai, United Arab EmiratesResponsible for: - Led the product ownership and strategic/executive decisions. - Defined the product's main core functionalities together with the vision. - Led a team of 8 software engineers and quant researchers. Accomplished objectives: - Created the operations and tech team from scratch in 2 months. - Launched three disruptive projects (B2C, B2B and prop arm) in 1 year. - Onboarded our initial customer base.

Quantum MadsFounding Board Member

Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2024Bilbao-Bilbo, Basque Country, Spain

Quantum MadsCEO and Founder

May. 2020 - Jan. 2021Bilbao-Bilbo, Basque Country, SpainResponsible for: - Led and applied executive decisions on tech/executive roadmap to accomplish objectives. Accomplished objectives: - Applied and manage to get the first Government Grant to kick-start the project. - Onboarded the first partners and projects (Q-allocate for Kutxabank, BBF, InnoLab, Fujitsu, and CryptoPlaza). - Got appearances in leading media outlets such as Risk.net

DarwinexPartnership Manager

Jun. 2021 - Oct. 2021London, England, United KingdomResponsible for: - Contacting, negotiating, and onboarding partners to the Darwinex ecosystem.

DarwinexAlpha Team - Quant Research & Soft Eng

Apr. 2020 - Jun. 2021London, England, United KingdomResponsible for: - Software development and solution architecture of the core modules that were being developed. - Create educational content around quantitative trading and research. - Led and applied executive decisions on tech/executive roadmap to accomplish objectives that were set by the team leader. Accomplished objectives: - Developed open-source software such as dwx-scalability, darwinexapis, mendel-framework, quant-research-env and darwinex-ibkr totalling up to more than 50+ Stars. - Worked and developed products in a wide range of areas: quant research, crypto arbitrage, FX quantitative trading, proprietary trading, quantitative risk management, and artificial intelligence applied to trading. - Created videos for the Darwinex Youtube Channel totaling up to 50k+ views.

Zárate-Mateo Algorithmic SystemsCEO and Founder

Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2021Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, SpainResponsible for: - Software development and solution architecture of all the products in the company. - Development of the core AI models powering the solutions. - Led and applied executive decisions on tech/executive roadmap to accomplish objectives. Accomplished objectives: - Company and technology sold to UAE Family Office. - Worked and developed products in a wide range of areas: quant research, crypto arbitrage, FX quantitative trading, proprietary trading, quantitative risk management, and artificial intelligence applied to trading. - Received award for Best Entrepreneur. - Received grants from Government Authorities to develop the project. - Worked for a top-tier Spanish bank by developing an applied AI quantitative model and infrastructure.