Pau Sabria

Co-Founder and CEO

Pau Sabria and his co-founders created the world’s first earned content platform to help brands curate, activate, and analyze consumer photos and videos across all marketing and e-Commerce channels. Based in the company’s New York headquarters, Sabria oversees the company strategy and direction in the marketplace.  He is a graduate of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona with a degree in Telecommunications Engineering, and conducted his thesis in distributed video coding at Purdue University in Indiana. He then joined The Boston Consulting Group, where he worked for three years and co-founded Olapic while completing his MBA at Columbia University in New York City. Sabria is extensively quoted in the media about visual social platforms such as Instagram, the future of e-commerce and how consumer-generated images will impact the way brands interact with customers.

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Naveen Akunuri

VP of Product

Based in Olapic’s NYC headquarters, Naveen Akunuri oversees the Product Management team including the UX, research, and product marketing departments. He has 18 years of product development experience, most recently as the co-founder and CTO of Piqora, which was acquired by Olapic in 2016. Prior to his time at Piqora, Naveen co-founded Sheyna, a startup that enabled anyone to design jewelry on the web. Previous to founding his own companies, Naveen was the Director of Architecture for SendMe Mobile. An innovator in the finance space, Naveen also led the bill payments and funds transfer teams at Yodlee. Naveen has a Masters Degree from North Carolina State University, and a BS from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai.

Sebastián Alvarez

VP of Engineering

Based in Olapic’s Argentinean office in Córdoba, Sebastián (Sebas) Alvarez leads the Engineering Team and overall operations in Argentina. Prior to his time at Olapic, Sebas worked as a freelancer for several Marketing companies and universities in Córdoba. A lifelong tech lover, Sebas has been writing code for as long as he can remember and is proud to say he was one of Olapic’s first employees.