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Rafael Molano

rafael@woodsidecap.com

Rafael Molano is an expert in the software, hardware and alternative energy industries. Rafael has more than 25 years in marketing, finance and global operations experience for large and small companies. He brings to Woodside Capital Partners a strong operational and executive level experience that spans Venture Capital funded start-ups, 'dotcoms', mergers and acquisitions and large multi-national companies. Before joining WCP, Rafael held the COO position for Blue Bamboo, a Shanghai-based electronics payments company. He built this startup in China from scratch, developed its first products, and succeeded in attaining its first round of equity funding.

Prior to Blue Bamboo, Rafael held C-level positions at four different startups in payment technology, supply chain and the Internet industry. During this time, he raised several rounds of funding from US VC's, led to acquisitions and served as President, VP Product Development, VP Marketing and VP Operations.

Earlier in his career, Rafael worked in larger multinational corporations and served in a variety of marketing, general management and consulting positions at Diebold, VeriFone, Triad Systems, Unisys, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. During this time, he gained expertise in the alternative energy and high technology industries.

Rafael holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, an MS in Economics from the University of Wyoming and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University.