Primary Job Title CEO and Founder Primary Organization 
Metal Toad
Location San Diego, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Joaquin is a 20+ year technology veteran helping to make the Cloud easy for the Media & Entertainment industry. He frequently speaks on panels about the future of tech ranging from IoT and Machine Learning to the latest innovation in the entertainment industry. He has helped to modernize software for industry leaders like Sony, Daimler, Intel,
the Golden Globes, Siemens Wind Power, ABC, NBC, DC Comics, Warner Brothers & the Linux Foundation.
As the CEO and Founder of Metal Toad - the only M&A specialized AWS cloud consulting partner on the planet - his primary job is to "get the right people in the room". This one responsibility is cross-functional and includes both external business development functions as well as internal delegation and leadership development.
A UCLA alumni, he also serves in the community as a Board Member for the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Tech Committee, and Stand for Children Oregon - a public education political advocacy group. As an outspoken advocate for entry-level job creation in tech he helped found the non-profit, P4TH, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of entry-level jobs in the tech industry, and is the Chair of the Advisory Council for the Bixel Exchange, a Los Angeles non-profit that provides hundreds of tech internships every year.
