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Arturo's passion is connecting people.
Arturo has over 10 years experience in projects that encompass Design Strategy, Consulting for Education, Transportation Infrastructure and Ocean initiatives.
Arturo has a Master of Science in Instructional Design and has worked with CEOs and top executives in the USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Mexico and New Zealand in the areas of design and content strategy, disruptive technology consulting, design education and workforce development.
With stamina, curiosity and quick integration into multicultural departments and executive teams, Arturo uncovers hidden synergy and alchemy.
Specialties: training and development, branding, social media, education, design, international education, corporate identity, exponential technologies, innovation, manufacturing, CAD, user interface design, user experience, open innovation, participatory design, open source, creative commons.
In September 2013 I participated in the TelecomOne Innovation Unconference.
I am a core organizer for TEDxAuckland. The independently organized TED event took place on 03 August 2013 in Aotea Square.
In June 2013, I was invited by IBM to be part of a panel for applications of IBM Watson in Australasia.
The first week of June 2013, I had the honor of traveling to Sydney, Australia for the AMP Amplify Ideas Festival.
The internal event at AMP focuses on bringing innovation and insights into the latest global trends in finance, markets and thought leadership.
Eoghan Macguire interviewed me for CNN’s The Gateway blog: Going off-road used to mean tearing up dirt tracks in a powerful four-by-four or gigantic monster truck….
[:en]Between 2013 & 2014, I worked as a Learning & Design Strategy Consultant for the Culture and Capability Team of ASB in Auckland, New Zealand.[:es]I am working as a Learning & Design Strategy Consultant for the Culture and Capability Team of ASB in Auckland, New Zealand.[:]
I am participating at TEDActive 2013. It is my first TED after ten years of following the conference!
“We are already securing air space in many countries to enable developers to test autonomous open-source systems of their own.”
“[ARIA believes] the matternet should be free, open and based on standardised protocols, just like the internet”
I worked at e-Blended Learning Solutions from October 2012 to March 2013. I led strategic initiatives in workforce training programs at the intersection of mobile learning and social media including gamification of training for companies in the financial, banking, energy, transportation and infrastructure sectors of New Zealand.
“Pelayo imagines all sorts of uses for the open-source drone network once it gets up and running.”
I am in a project with ARIA in collaboration with Reallocate to build an ope source Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
With ARIA, Arturo sets his sights even higher this year, working towards the development of a new roadless transport system, which will be a revolution in logistics and will provide a more democratic way to gain equal access to isolated regions all around the world.
The BBC recently interviewed me about our plans for building the internet of atoms. Matternet will make our vision of a roadless world a reality.
I participated in the Falling Walls Lab 2011 and presented MATTERNET as part of the 2011 Falling Walls Conference in Berlin, Germany.
Think of it as the Jetsons meets Mother Theresa: “We want to shift the paradigm and say, do you really need roads?” explains Matternet team member Arturo Pelayo
I participated in Autodesk’s IDEAS, an exclusive gathering of thought leaders for the purpose of exploring design—as a systematic approach to problem-solving and innovation, encompassing form, function, and performance—and its impact on corporate and societal success.
I am Co-Founder of Matternet, a Singularity University company that will alleviate poverty and accelerate economic growth for the rising billion through a roadless transportation network.
I have applied for the TED Fellows 2012 Program. It is my goal to take Ocean (www.OceanUniversity.org) closer to reality.
I was a program participant with a full scholarship. The aim is to positively benefit a billion people within 10 years.
Read my essay, recommendation letter and view a video for my application and more.
As a result of being the Communications Officer for the 2011 E-Base Mission in Antarctica, we were able to host over a dozen Skype calls. One…
I was part of the Renewable Energy Expedition 2011 which was organized by ACORE (the American Council of Renewable Energy and 2041).