PEER BOARD LEADERS
Cesar Castro
Founder | Managing Partner | Board Director
Cesar is a purpose-driven founder and board director with 20 years of experience as a successful senior corporate executive. He developed his career as President and CEO of Nokia Colombia, head of Nokia Mobile Phones for the Americas, and Director at Microsoft Latin America, among other senior executive positions. His purpose is to help people and companies realize their potential.
As Managing Partner at Escalate Group, he provides advice and solutions for business transformation, digital innovation, growth strategies, and Web3; he has unlocked digital value for dozens of customer organizations with great success. He is an active participant in the blockchain ecosystem and Co-Founder and Board Director at Fluid Chains, a company focused on making distributed ledger applications a reality.
Cesar is currently on the board of the Technology Network at YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), a member of the yWhales advisory board, peer board leader at Leading Peers, investor, and board member in several early-stage technology and blockchain businesses. He studied engineering at Pontifical Bolivarian University and completed his International Marketing Master's Degree at EAFIT University in Colombia. Since 2015, he has attended the YPO President's Program at Harvard Business School. Cesar is committed to lifelong learning and leadership development.
He is a frequent speaker on business transformation, blockchain business models, NFT tokenization, and Web3.
David Goodman
Founder | CEO | Managing Director
David has extensive experience serving as a third-generation business leader in his family-owned automotive, farming, and construction company. He has worked for the largest ad agencies in the world, supporting clients such as Pillsbury, Heinz, Keebler, Kimberly-Clark, Salada Tea, and Kraft, before running new product development for Beecham Cosmetics.
As a partner in the world’s largest commercial real estate company, David was responsible for 21 offices, 5,000 employees, and 40 million square feet of commercial real estate across multiple countries.
For the past 25 years, David served as a corporate enhancement executive, stepping in as CEO to help private equity, VCs and corporate owners of underperforming companies improve growth and profitability. He has also been involved with 33 fundraisings and two IPOs.
In addition to David’s third-party work, he built and owns Edenark Group, a 25-year-old company providing the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program for SMEs. David owns two other organizations, A Better World Starts With Me and Best You Can Be, which address the people side of sustainability: workplace violence, depression, insomnia, stress, anxiety, focus, mental acuity, and pain. Finally, David co-owns Gym For The Brain, a high-altitude EWOT (exercise with oxygen therapy) facility.
Fabio Marques
Leadership Expert, Author and Speaker
Fabio Marques is an authority on Magna Influence Communication applied to motivation, leadership, sales and service excellence.
Author of "Fabulous Management Simplified" and several other books & training programs, Fabio Marques is an Inspirational Keynote Speaker with more than 20,000 hours on stage, serving 300+ organizations - small, medium and large (Fortune 500). Since 1996, Fabio has helped business owners and executives to double, triple, and even 10X their Profits while improving Customer Loyalty & Talent Retention.
Fabio is a Certified Professional Member of the National Speakers Association and the Global Speakers Federation. Companies like Apple, Audi, BASF, Merck, Microsoft, Motorola, Dow, DuPont, Citibank, Cisco, JLL, Oracle, Puratos, Red Bull, Schneider Electric, Siemens, VOLVO, and many others of same caliber, have trusted Fabio to inspire and develop their teams in more than 20 countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, United States, UK, Hungary, Japan, Australia, and other locations.
David Sanderson
Founder | President | Business Consultant
David has more than 25 years of international management experience with Global 1000 companies in consumer products, technology, and consulting.
Since 2003, David has leveraged his unique experience in training, people development and change management as an advisor to global technology leaders. He has worked with hardware and capital equipment clients (Fortune 500) including Nokia, Siemens, GE Healthcare and Lam Research and software/IT companies including Akamai/Software AG. He has also worked with several technology VC-backed start-ups.
A former lecturer at Boston University, David has delivered advanced learning programs to thousands of leaders worldwide, covering topics related to marketing, customer service, value selling and leadership engagement.
Based in Fort Lauderdale, he is fluent in English and Spanish.
Leo Popik
Founder and CEO of Leading Peers
Leo is a servant leader passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve personal and professional goals within a supportive peer-to-peer environment. In 2020, he founded Leading Peers and became its CEO, with a vision of transforming the organization into the most prominent global CEO community for professional connection, collaboration, and growth.
Leo’s entrepreneurial journey began in 2003 when he co-founded a travel company. Under his leadership, the company became a leader in inbound travel into Argentina. In 2004, he co-founded an agricultural company. In 2008, he exited those two companies to launch a company dedicated entirely to organizing international business events within Latin America. He led the company from its inception until it became the industry leader in Latin America.
In his 20s, Leo earned a Master’s degree from Harvard University in International Political Economy. He also worked in the modernization of the Argentinean government. He is the author of a book on international economics and several articles on business leadership and CEO professional development.
Leo’s mission is to live a principle-centered life, to love his family deeply, and to help a million servant leaders reach their full potential.
Marco Carrizosa
Entrepreneur | CEO | Investor
Marco is a natural leader with a passion for entrepreneurship. In 2019, he founded Macarei with the vision of becoming a key player in the transformation of the Little River district in Miami, Florida.
Marco’s professional career began in Spain in 2001 when he launched his first tech/internet startup, and he has since been involved in various companies. Serving in different roles within small companies to large corporations has given Marco the knowledge and expertise to understand the different decision-making perspectives of every stakeholder.
Marco earned an economics degree from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and spent one year at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland where he earned a degree in international business. During his 30s, Marco graduated with an MBA from Hult International Business School in Boston, MA.
Marco enjoys spending time with his son and being outdoors, and he currently lives in Miami, Florida, which allows him to travel frequently to visit family and friends.
Pablo Perez Barreiro
Board Director | Consultant | Executive Coach
Pablo Pérez Barreiro is a specialist in transformation consulting, with extensive experience in family business consulting, family governance, and family protocol. Throughout his career, he has shown a deep commitment to helping family businesses consolidate their structures, promote intergenerational cohesion, and ensure the continuity of the family legacy.
With a comprehensive and personalized approach, Pablo has guided business families through complex transformation processes, helping them adapt to current challenges without losing sight of their roots and core values. His expertise not only encompasses the implementation of family governance and protocol strategies but also the training and development of emerging leaders within families.
In addition to his expertise in family business consulting, Pablo brings valuable international experience in Corporate Finance, having served as a Partner at Arthur Andersen & Co in Venezuela. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of Citgo Holding Inc., one of the most important companies in the refinery industry in the United States, and Director of the Board of several non-for profits in the United States.
As an Executive Coach, Pablo has stood out for his ability to inspire and motivate business leaders, facilitating the development of their competencies and enhancing their capacity to make strategic decisions that positively impact the future of their organizations.
