Summary
Daniel Collado-Ruiz is a sustainability-focused CEO and product leader with a decade of experience bridging academia, startups, and corporate innovation. He holds a PhD in Development, Sustainability and Ecodesign and spent ten years researching design for sustainability and life cycle assessment while lecturing and coaching across multiple countries. As co-founder and former Chief Product Officer of Earthster, he led development of next-generation LCA tooling and now drives the company’s strategic growth as CEO. Previously he built and ran startup accelerator programs at Nestholma, founded a social games startup, and advised ventures on business and product strategy. Daniel combines rigorous research methods with hands-on product delivery and coaching, enabling teams to turn complex sustainability science into practical, user-friendly solutions. An uncommon asset is his track record of translating academic LCA expertise into commercial products and global training programs that scale impact.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD credits Engineering Design, PhD credits Engineering Design at Summer School on Engineering Design Research 07
Universitat Politècnica de València
English, Spanish, German, French, Catalan