Alberto Lopez Toledo

Born and raised in Spain, I moved to the United States twenty years ago to pursue my Ph.D. at Columbia University in New York. Since then, I have spent most of my professional career leading technical teams in venture-backed start-ups.

Before joining White Star, I was the Technical Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Freshly, a healthy meal delivery service acquired by Nestlé for over $1 billion. Prior to that, I served as the CTO of Pixable, a media aggregator service acquired by Singapore Telecom. I have led Engineering, Product, Data and IT teams, with strong emphasis in data automation and AI.

A Computer Scientist by training and vocation, I began my career in Research and Innovation. After earning my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, I worked at Microsoft Research, Telefónica Research, and served as an adjunct professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

I am the quintessential definition of a geek. I started coding when I was 7, and since then, I have always been deeply involved with software in some form or another. I read every book and watch every science fiction movie that comes out, especially indulging in the more obscure ones (my favourite movie is Primer). I love music and staying active as much as possible to balance my foodie obsession.