VERSE Technology CEO and leadership

Bernardo Hernández González (born 1970) is a Spanish technology entrepreneur and business angel. He is a General Partner with e.ventures in Berlin. He was head of Flickr at Yahoo until he left in April 2015. He had been Director of Product Management at Google and Managing Director at Zagat. He has started, alone or with other partners, several Internet companies in Spain, such as Idealista.com, FloresFrescas.com or 11870.com. He was an early investor in Tuenti, a leading social network in Spain where he served as President of the Board until the sale to Telefonica in the summer of 2010. He is also President of the Board of the first internet startup in Spain to go public, bodaclick.com.

Sebastian Greulich is a CFO at Verse and Advisor at First Step Consulting and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He has worked as Intern at UBS, Credit Sales at J.P. Morgan, and Cross-Asset Structuring Solutions at J.P. Morgan. Sebastian studied at University of St. Gallen between 2009 and 2012 and University of Southern California between 2012 and 2012.

Aaron Peckler is a Chief Person in Charge of Important Things at Verse and Founder at Endurr and is based in San Jose, California. He has worked as Game Master at Kabam and Crysis Site Director at Total Gaming Network Online. Aaron attended Kutztown between 2009 and 2012, High School Equivalency, and College of the Redwoods between 2011 and 2012.

Seasoned Internet executive with extensive experience as CTO and Senior VP Engineering at several successful Internet companies, with an engineering and MBA background.

My expertise during the last 15 years has been focused on helping to create and grow solid and creative startup companies with performing and versatile teams and with a very strong culture.

I love tech but my curiosity is not just pure technical - I enjoy all the business aspects of building a company, and I work to build teams that understand the business´ context in 360º. This also makes me see the technology as a way of solving problems and being aware that the optimal solution is not only the fastest or more efficient but the one that empowers the business the most.

My goal is simple: to have work that I could really enjoy every day, making my best to make a difference.

I got a degree in engineering and have professional experience as a consultant and product manager. Over the last four years, I have been working on turning data into valuable insights that allow improvements in performance and control over key processes, firstly as a business consultant for a Big Four company and later as project leader for Big Data and operational innovation in CaixaBank Payments, #1 issuer in Spain.

Currently, I lead the Operations Team at Verse, a fintech that has transformed payments into social interactions, allowing users to easily receive and send money within the EU, create and manage payments for events, share expenses in a group and, publishing payments in the social feed, among other cool features.