About Adrian Avendano

Long time entrepreneur, connector, and coding expert with 15+ years of experience, I have been on a mission to change the world since the age of 19. I am a white hacker, and global citizen, having founded 5 successful tech companies and traveled to 85+ countries, gaining 2.5 nationalities (Ireland, Mexico, and USA) and learning over 12 languages.

Throughout my career, I have lived and worked in 20+ different countries, including Mexico, Ireland, Santiago de Chile, Warsaw, Eindhoven, Berlin, London, Manila, Yangon, Seoul, Bangkok, SF, Ho Chi Minh, Taipei, Hanoi, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Izmir (Turkey), Tirana (Albania), Belgrade (Serbia), Pakistan and Denmark. I have used this global perspective to gain a deep understanding of the intersection between technology, economics, culture, politics, and society.

I am the founder of GST, a global tech community in 45 cities, and the creator of Bridging Edges, a platform for researching and interviewing high-level tech leaders and innovators to identify pain points and anomalies affecting humanity in the tech world.

About GST

It’s a global network with presence in more than 43 different cities around the world with the purpose to link, bridge, connect and cross-pollinate the technology communities of the Global South (Latin America, Africa, Middle East, India, South-East Asia and China) and beyond.