Daniel Cruz
Diversity Consultant
My personal and professional life has always been within a multi-cultural environment. I have studied and worked in 4 different countries, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland and France, an experience which has given me a dynamic cultural background and language abilities, thus providing me with a global perspective to add insights and open problem-solving skills.
Beyond my intercultural background I’m also a polyglot speaking fluent Spanish, German, English, French and Portuguese. Already at the age of 21 I discovered my passion for education and sharing knowledge and I started my journey as a teacher (German and Spanish) followed by the creation of my first company SimpleMente offering tutoring services for the kids of international schools.
Founder of Global Insights and People Development and working as an independent trainer and coach helping companies build global success through talent development in 3 main areas:
- Insights® Discovery
Identify personality types and leverage skills to build better professional relationships.
- The Culture Map
Decoding cultural differences and improve global team collaboration.
- DE&I: Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Navigating diversity for success in the corporate world.
- agsdi-certificateAccreditations & Partnerships
- agsdix-fas fa-circleSince 2024 part of the small network of certified consultants from Erin Meyer (author of ‘The Culture Map’) supporting companies around the globe.
- agsdix-fas fa-circleInsights® Discovery Accreditation
- agsdix-smt3-workWork
A digital professional with over 15 years of experience I have worked in various digital core areas like e-Commerce, and digital project management. I have been part of the corporate world in B2C/B2B. Responsible for many regions in various industries:
- agsdix-fas fa-circleHeineken: Head of e-commerce in Switzerland / Headquarters in Amsterdam as Digital Transformation Consultant for Brazil, Panama, Bahamas, Ecuador, St Lucia, Haiti.
- agsdix-fas fa-circleSwarovski: Team Lead for European Region & North America for global e-commerce.
- agsdix-fas fa-circle1&1 IONOS: Global headquarters (Germany), responsible for communications and telesales in Spain and France and team leader for US/UK/France, Italy, and Poland.
- agsdix-fas fa-circleYves Rocher: German headquarters responsible for Direct Marketing of the DACH region.
- agsdix-fas fa-circleL'Oréal Deutschland: Product management working together with French headquarters.
- agsdix-fas fa-circleDecathlon Deutschland: Product management working together with French headquarters.
- agsdi-learnEducation, Further Training & Engagements
- agsdix-fas fa-circleI have a Master’s degree (MBA with focus on International Marketing) which builds on my previous studies in Communication Sciences, Media & Journalism.
- agsdix-fas fa-circleLeading across Borders and Cultures (Insead) – Erin Meyer
- agsdix-fas fa-circleIgniting Performance (Hult Ashridge)