Bio
Luis Barros has over 19 years of experience, with expertise in venture
development of brands and companies. He hosts several blogs, including CreditUnion2zero.
Since 2002, he has served
as an elected Director at Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union, a financial cooperative
with ~48,000 members and ~$420M in assets and is on the Technology and Web 2.0
Committee. MVFCU is a member of the MA Credit Union League, which represents 267 credit unions in states
of MA, RI, and NH totaling ~$20B in Assets and ~2.2M members.
Mr. Barros has expertise in the Net sector via his entrepreneurial,
regulatory, and academic experience in venture capital & capital markets, with roles as President, Vice President, Director, and Manager of marketing
and business development at several high tech start-ups.
This includes four that were acquired by Microsoft , TIBCO; McKesson and Thompson, respectively; and one that went public via Nasdaq; and consulted with companies that were respectively acquired by ProACT Technologies, Terra Networks, and BMG Entertainment. Mr. Barros extensive educational and work pedigree in the Internet sector also includes an MBA from MIT-Sloan, serving as an Adjunct Professor of Internet and eBusiness, and roles with co's that pioneered search, visualization and business intelligence analytics, virtualization, eHealth,
Peer-2-Peer Education & Health 2.0.