I’ve followed the career of César García, CEO of OnRetrieval, very closely, because he has always supported events, organisations and associations of entrepreneurs and business owners.
This Venezuelan has been settled in Spain for more than 10 years, practically as long as the company he founded after working as an employee at several technology firms.
What I would highlight most in the business profile that has led him to success:
Education: both the education he had before entering the job market and all the specialised training he has received throughout his career. A leader has to be constantly learning, and that is his case. I know this from the number of certificates I saw in his office when I visited him.
Innovation: obviously essential in a sector like technology, where César works, and yet there are companies that don’t innovate. César has bet on the most cutting-edge security technology for data recovery, travelling to countries such as Russia and Israel to stay at the forefront.
Strategist: this is something some leaders neglect: the long-term view and forging alliances that take you further, even if at first they have little financial impact. In this case César has expanded On Retrieval to more than 10 Spanish cities and 9 countries thanks to a series of strategic alliances and collaboration agreements with the right partners (Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Maxtor, Iomega, etc.).
Organisation: here he is clear about where he wants to go and what he needs to get there. In this time he has built a solid team made up of real stars in their fields. On the other hand, there is his working methodology and his ISO 9001 certification, meeting the highest quality standard in internal processes and customer service.
Networker: in the sense in which I define it: a proactive person who is an active member of several professional organisations and associations (EO, AJE Madrid, Dircom…), appearing at events as a speaker and sponsoring entrepreneur events. The way he makes contact with other professionals means he keeps consolidating a good network of contacts. Here is a link to the news section of his website.
As I said at the start of the post, I keep track of him, and I’ve done so more closely over the last 3 years since joining AJE Madrid (Madrid Association of Young Entrepreneurs).
In 2011 he won the International category at AJE Madrid’s Young Entrepreneur Awards, and he recently came third in the Small & Smart Awards from TPNet magazine, which recognise Spain’s most innovative technology SMEs.
I’m including the photo with his wife Mildred because, as everyone knows, behind every great man there is also a great woman, in this case his perfect ally in communications.
But what does On Retrieval actually do? Their LinkedIn presentation:
OnRetrieval, a Spanish company specialising in Data Recovery from any medium and operating system, with extensive experience across Europe, offers you the best and most precise critical and preventive solutions for your needs, ensuring your Business Continuity Plan with absolute confidentiality and guarantee:
Critical Solutions: Data Recovery and Forensics (Computer Investigation); and Preventive Solutions: Online Backup, Local Backup and Permanent Data Erasure.
This summer I had an accident with my laptop and lost my hard drive after a knock. They collected it in barely 2 hours, gave me a diagnosis in less than 24 hours, and I was able to recover all the information. Sometimes making backups or uploading information to the cloud isn’t enough, because it can happen with a laptop, a mobile phone or a USB device, and On Retrieval will recover it for you without any trouble.
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