Co-Founder, ESPOLETA Tecnologías · PhD Candidate

Alex M. Rivera

Tech Entrepreneur

I build technology companies and I do the science behind them. In 2021 I co-founded ESPOLETA Tecnologías, a Cuban hardware startup, and I now split my time leading its product development while pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental sensing between Havana and Brussels.

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ESPOLETA TecnologíasCo-Founder since 2021

ULB BrusselsPh.D Candidate

VórticeCuba's first weather station startup

Years Building ESPOLETA

Co-Founders, One Product Line

Research Publications

PhD Programs in Progress

Two Sides of the Same Work

I move between building a technology company and doing the research that informs it. Pick a path to dig in.

Entrepreneur

Co-Founder & Director of Technology Development at ESPOLETA Tecnologías — a Cuban hardware startup building Vórtice, the country's first commercially-produced weather station. Team, product, and press coverage.

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Researcher

Ph.D. candidate working across Physics (Universidad de la Habana) and Engineering (ULB Brussels) on environmental sensing — plus five peer-reviewed publications on hardware, robotics, and fluid dynamics.

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About Me

From a garage idea to a national weather station product.

I'm an Automation Engineer who ended up running both a startup and a research career at the same time. ESPOLETA Tecnologías started in 2021 with four engineers and one idea; today it builds Cuba's first commercial weather station while I pursue two parallel Ph.D. programs on environmental sensing.

I like owning problems end-to-end — from budgets and supplier negotiations to firmware and peer-reviewed papers.

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Alex M. Rivera

Two Sides of the Same Work

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From a garage idea to a national weather station product.

Panamerican World

Cubadebate

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Medium — Juventud Técnica

Building a product, publishing a paper, or both?