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The Team Behind the Strategy

Here’s what’s true about us: professionals with real experience in consulting, innovation, and public-private management. Every project we manage carries our personal signature — not that of a generic team.

Where We’re Headed

Mission & Vision

What drives us, and what we aspire to be within Chile’s R&D&I&E ecosystem.

About us: our Mission at URKAN

Mission

To drive the transformation of companies and entrepreneurs, translating their vision into solid strategies and fundable projects. We do this with judgment that isn’t learned by reading application guidelines, but by having been inside the system that evaluates them — maximizing the capture of public-private capital and supporting each client from ideation through consolidation.

URKAN's Vision

Vision

To be the leading strategic partner in Chile for structuring high-impact public-private projects — recognized not for promising results, but for understanding the system from the inside. We aim to be indispensable for leaders and entrepreneurs seeking financial viability, execution excellence, and support that lasts beyond the funding itself.

What Defines Us

Our Values

Four principles built for an ecosystem that manages public funds and demands technical rigor — not a generic list of good intentions.

URKAN's Values

Technical Rigor

Evidence before intuition, data before assumptions — the same standard a CORFO evaluator demands.

Commitment

We stay with each project through closing and reporting — not just until funding is approved.

Measurable Impact

We measure success in concrete results — jobs, sales, scaling — not paper deliverables.

Durability

We build capabilities that outlast the project and the funding that started it.

The Team

Six People, One Way of Working

Different backgrounds — business, science, public management, biotechnology, technology — converging on the same standard of rigor. That’s what we’re about.

Lilia Libuy Vicencio Consultant
Lilia Libuy Vicencio
Consultant in Strategic Partnerships and Leadership

Master’s in Education (Universidad de Antofagasta), an expert in leading complex teams and public management. With experience in universities and as JUNJI Regional Director in Antofagasta and O’Higgins, she ensures projects are flawlessly executed.

Partnerships Public Management Leadership
Hita Barraza Advisor
Hita Barraza
R&D&I Advisor · Biotechnology Specialist

Biotechnology Engineer with a Master’s in Biological Sciences. She brings international experience in technology transfer and in innovation and entrepreneurship management, contributing deep technical insight into R&D projects.

Innovation R&D Biotechnology R&D Law
Hugo Beltrán Consultant
Hugo Beltrán
Digital Transformation and Data Governance Consultant

Economist, with a Master’s in Computer Science and a Master’s in IT & eBusiness Consulting. With more than 25 years leading technology projects at the executive level, he is an international consultant in Digital Transformation and Data Governance, and a faculty member at Universidad de Chile (FCFM) and Ingeniería UC.

Digital Transformation Data Governance Finance
Marco Leal Advisor
Marco Leal
Commercial Strategy and Market Development Advisor

MBA (UDD), an expert in designing and implementing commercial strategy and market access with a focus on the Health sector. He brings a profitability and expansion lens, ensuring funded innovation translates into scalable solutions.

Commercial Strategy Health Sector Markets
Maximiliano Morales Advisor
Maximiliano Morales
Process & Automation Advisor

Agricultural Engineer specializing in Business Development, with 20 years of experience helping founders grow sales and brand positioning. A former CORFO strategic consultant, he brings know-how in Processes, Automation, and Operational Excellence.

Automation Processes Strategy
How We Work

Three Approaches, One Purpose

Strategic and Professional approach

Strategic & Professional

We turn ideas into viable projects and teams into strategic talent. Practical, measurable solutions aligned with each organization’s goals.

Human and Collaborative approach

Human & Collaborative

We drive growth starting from people, not just projects. We design tailored solutions that create real, lasting impact for every team.

Modern and Results-Oriented approach

Modern & Results-Oriented

We manage projects. We strengthen teams. We deliver results. Our experience makes us the strategic partner for reaching concrete goals.

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A first conversation commits you to nothing — and it could change the course of your project. Now you know all about us — let’s talk about you.