Silvina Moschini (born 1972) is an
Argentine
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entrepreneur
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. As a businesswoman, she is the founder of Yandiki, SheWorks!, and
Intuic and the president of
KMGi Group. As an analyst of Internet trends, she appears on networks including
CNN en Español
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History CNN en Español before 1997
In 1988, CNN began produ ...
and
Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas
NTN24 (acronym for Nuestra Tele Noticias 24) is a Colombian cable television news channel, owned by Grupo RCN and operated by RCN Televisión
RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN (''Radio Cadena Nacional'') is a Colombian free-to-air telev ...
.
Early life and education
Moschini was born in
Azul
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Azul'' (Los Piojos album), 1998
* ''Azul'' (Cristian Castro album), 2001
* Azul Azul, a Bolivian pop-dance music group
** "Azul" (song), the title song
* " ...
,
Argentina
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.
She holds a BA in Public Relations
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa
Argentine University of Enterprise ( es, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, UADE) is a private university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded by the Argentine Chamber of Corporations.
UADE is an institution which is conceived, born and ...
(
Buenos Aires, Argentina), a degree in Marketing from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, ...
, and a Masters in Public Relations from the
University of Houston
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,
Texas
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. She had further studies were in Management and Social Networking Web Communications at the Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione and at the
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Bocconi University ( it, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, ) is a private university in Milan, Italy. Bocconi provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, management, political science, public administration and comput ...
, both in
Milan, Italy
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.
Business career
Intuic
Moschini then obtained a position to lead the Latin American Public Relations department of
Compaq
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, which was later acquired by
Hewlett-Packard. She held positions at Patagon.com and Grupo Santander Central Hispano before becoming vice president of corporate communications for
Visa International
Visa Inc. (; stylized as ''VISA'') is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded cred ...
. She left to found her own company in 2003,
a public relations firm focusing on brand visibility called
Intuic.
Her clientele included companies like
Microsoft
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,
Google
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,
Energizer
Energizer Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer and one of the world's largest manufacturers of batteries, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It produces batteries under the Energizer, Ray-O-Vac, Varta, and Eveready brand names, and f ...
, the
New York Post
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It was established ...
, and
Siemens, among others. Moschini is the CEO of Intuic.
In 2020 the company was relaunched in order to specifically focus on women employees in digital work.
KMGi Group
Moschini is also president of
KMGi Group,
president of
WikiExperts.us,
and president of TransparentBusiness.
In 2020, because of Moschini’s direction, the company became referred to as a “pink unicorn” as it was given a billion dollar valuation.
Yandiki
In 2014 Moschini founded the employment platform Yandiki, which provides a pool of workers in various fields for companies to select for freelance work. Early clients for the company included the
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Cari ...
,
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
, and
Cable & Wireless. The initial target of the platform was millennial workers seeking to work online, and in 2015 it became a partner of the Facebook Start platform, adding other employers to the platform including
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...
and
Google
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. The Yandiki platform includes filtering features for things like skills, cost, and past work ratings, in addition to functions for online tests that are customizable for different skills and video interviews. That year Moschini joined Endeavor.org through Endeavor Miami.
SheWorks!
In 2017 Moschini founded SheWorks!,
a platform for connecting women to employers online in order to provide flexible job opportunities for women, including those on the fringes of the job market or those looking to re-enter the workforce. It utilizes the cloud in order to provide remote work. The platform is free for women and includes educational tools for entrepreneurs as well as digital skills improvement. Originally serving mostly Eastern Europe and Latin America with fewer users in other parts of the world, as of 2019 there were twenty thousand women registered for SheWorks! living in 65 different countries.
In 2018 Moschini was invited to be a part of the W20 Summit in Argentina for her work with the platform.
She has also founded local versions of the site, including EllasTrabajan! Argentina. In 2019 she was named to ''City & Statess Women of New York Business list.
Media
Moschini has worked as an advocate for economic empowerment of women through technology and has commentated and written on the subject of the digital transition for work. She was named a LinkedIn Influencer in 2019 by LinkedIn.
Commentating
She has appeared on
CNN en Español
CNN en Español is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Global, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on pay television, on 17 March 1997.
History CNN en Español before 1997
In 1988, CNN began produ ...
and
Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas
NTN24 (acronym for Nuestra Tele Noticias 24) is a Colombian cable television news channel, owned by Grupo RCN and operated by RCN Televisión
RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN (''Radio Cadena Nacional'') is a Colombian free-to-air telev ...
(NTN24) as an expert in online trends,
including
Pinterest
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,
Facebook
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, and
Wikipedia
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.
She has been consulted about issues such as "Cyber Monday" in the U.S., using Blackberry during the London riots of August 2011, growth of the social network Twitter, and the social impact that meant the death of
Steve Jobs
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. She has appeared on the programs ''Dinero'', ''Clix'', and ''
Directo USA'' where she hosts the weekly segment ''Directo a la Tecnologia''.
Writing
She is also a
columnist
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for the Spanish newspaper ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...
'', where she writes about marketing and publicity on the Internet,
as well as for ''
Voxxi
Voxxi, stylized as VOXXI, was a website that was launched by Spaniard journalist Emilio Sánchez (former EFE staff) and investor Salomon Melgen in 2011 but was shut down in 2015 amidst Melgen being charged for fraud by the US Justice Department an ...
'', ''
El Universal'', and ''Thrive Global''. Moschini has stated that the
Wikimedia Foundation
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should sell advertising on Wikipedia, saying "They should think of advertising not as intrusion but as a way of funding not only
servers but also improved academic content."
Speaking
Moschini has also spoken at conferences, such as the 6th GINxti National Congress, Facebook F8, and
500 Startups
500 Global (previously 500 Startups) is an early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator founded in 2010 by Dave McClure and Christine Tsai. The fund admitted a first "class" of twelve startups to its incubator office in Mountain View, Califor ...
Unity + Inclusion Summit. In 2019, Moschini was invited by the
US State Department
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to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Unicorn Hunters
In April 2021, she became a panelist for the new TV series ''Unicorn Hunters'', a business investment show from the makers of the series ''
The Masked Singer
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''.
Personal life
Moschini is married to fellow web entrepreneur
Alex Konanykhin
Alex Konanykhin (born Alexander Pavlovich Konanykhin (russian: Александр Павлович Конаныхин) September 25, 1966) is an entrepreneur and former banker. He started his career by founding a private bank in Russia towards th ...
. In 2019 she received the Equals in Tech Award, and in 2020 she received the Women in Tech Lifetime Achievement Award.
References
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1972 births
Living people
Argentine business writers
Argentine business theorists
Business speakers
Marketing speakers
Marketing women
Argentine women in business
Women business writers