Gabriel Cardenas

Overview

Founder of Quartz Care (B2B payments). 22 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company. Took Quartz Care from zero to $7 million ARR. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Apr 2023 - Present
   Quartz Care · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Santiago, Chile
   • Raised $14 million across 2 rounds.
   • Took Quartz Care from zero to $3 million ARR.
2. Director of Product

   Nov 2019 - Apr 2023
   LATAM Airlines · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Santiago, Chile
   • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
3. Product Manager

   Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
   Despegar · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Santiago, Chile
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
4. Director of Product

   Nov 2015 - Jan 2018
   Banco do Brasil · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Santiago, Chile
   • Grew lending revenue from $1 million to $18 million ARR.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 13 days to 3.
5. Product Manager

   Aug 2014 - Nov 2015
   Embraer · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Santiago, Chile
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 17 days to 1.

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Education

1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia

   Ingeniería, Business Administration
   2000 - 2004