…and sales, Alvaro had the chance to collaborate with colleagues who were developing and deploying data science models, outperforming traditional consultants with outstanding results. It was at that point when Alvaro realized the need to shift his career towards data. Since then, Alvaro has worked at international consulting and fast-growing startup companies, consistently seeking to expand his skill set and contribute to building data products and solutions that enhance organizational efficiency…

…transform complex concepts into compelling narratives that resonate with investors, partners, and the media. Through this work, Wallace has developed a practical framework for storytelling that connects strategy, vision, and persuasion. Earlier in his career, Wallace held senior strategy roles advising C-suite leaders at major European telecommunications companies across The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Czechia, Belgium, and Denmark. In those roles he saw firsthand that the success of strategic…

…Fadejeva acquired a Master's degree in Economics (Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets program) from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Spain) in 2011 and Master's degree in Management from the University of Latvia in 2005. She started her career at the Bank of Latvia in 2006 as an econometrician in the Monetary Policy Department, later she was promoted to the senior econometrician position in the Monetary Research and Forecasting Division. Ludmila Fadejeva's responsibilities include developing…

…alone. Since 2024, Hans is also an industrial PhD student at CTF Service Research Center, Karlstad University, where he is researching risk and value in servitized business models; questions he has been grappling with in practice for much of his career. His dual role gives him an unusual vantage point: someone who has lived the challenges of servitization from the inside, and is now trying to make sense of them from the outside. He is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is a visiting fellow at SSE…

…position to actually roll out this initiative,” Lauma recounts. With a class size of 130, mostly, but not exclusively from the Baltic countries, SSE Riga also puts students into a network of contacts that will be useful throughout their future careers. “The first thing SSE Riga gave me was a sense of belonging, being part of a supercool network. Whenever you meet someone from SSE, you have a feeling that you already sort of know each other. And the best part is that there is someone from SSE Riga…