Iván Rodríguez is a founder-CEO and seasoned tech entrepreneur with 8+ years leading AI-driven startups and two decades of technical and commercial experience spanning data integration, BI, and product scaling. As cofounder and CEO of Modelia he is pioneering AI image and video generation for fashion retail, enabling hyperpersonalized, garment-accurate visuals that boost e-commerce conversion. He previously co-founded Parclick and Vivla, scaling operations across multiple countries, driving M&A, and building the web, mobile and API back-ends—bringing rare product-technical fluency to commercial leadership. An Endeavor Entrepreneur and IESE mentor, he combines a data-first, action-oriented playbook with hands-on hiring and KPI-driven growth execution. His early career building genomics APIs and enterprise data platforms informs a pragmatic approach to engineering-led product strategy. Based in Dover, DE, Iván pairs executive MBA training with deep engineering roots to translate cutting-edge AI into measurable business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA Business Administration, Executive MBA Business Administration at IESE Business School
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English English language, Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English English language at Technological University Dublin
Advanced Real Eestate Asset Management Programme Real Estate, Advanced Real Eestate Asset Management Programme Real Estate at IE Business School
Advanced C Programming for engineering Programming, Advanced C Programming for engineering Programming at KU Leuven
Master Thesis Bioinformatics, Master Thesis Bioinformatics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Intensive IT Management Course IT, Intensive IT Management Course IT at ICEX Campus
Master of Science in Engineering degree programme in Computer Science Computer Science, Master of Science in Engineering degree programme in Computer Science Computer Science at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Launching New Ventures Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Launching New Ventures Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Harvard Business School Executive Education
Contributions:7 PRs, 18 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year
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Iván Rodríguez - Cofounder & CEO at IESE Business School