Pittsburgh, PA · Austin, TX roots

Hola, I'm
Manuel Cano

also known as Joey Cano

MBA candidate at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business, builder of RedSteer Capital, and a believer that great businesses are bought, built, and led with equal parts data and heart.

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Seller portfolio overseen at Amazon
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LatAm revenue growth driven at GLG
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Team members led across 5 roles
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Years of professional experience
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Languages (in progress 😅)
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Films logged on Letterboxd
About

Operator. Strategist. Eternal team captain.

I grew up between cultures and careers — from actuarial science and investment banking tracks at UT Austin, to building and leading Latin America teams at GLG, to managing a $450M+ portfolio of selling partners at Amazon. The thread connecting it all: finding the levers that make businesses (and people) grow.

Today I'm at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business (MBA, Class of 2027 — STEM designated), concentrating in Strategy, AI in Business, and Healthcare Analytics on the Entrepreneurship track. I'm also the founder of RedSteer Capital, a search fund on a mission to acquire and operate one great business for the long haul.

Off the clock you'll find me on a soccer pitch, learning my fifth language, strumming a guitar badly enough to be endearing, or mentoring the next generation of first-gen professionals.

What I'm up to in 2026

  • 🐂 Building RedSteer Capital Ongoing
  • 🔬 CMU Center for Technology Transfer & Enterprise Creation 2026
  • 🚀 Juno Spring 2026
  • 📁 Folio 2026
  • 🔎 Private Search Fund Summer 2026
  • 🫀 Medtronic Summer 2026
Experience

The road so far

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Founder

RedSteer Capital 2026 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA
Search fund — acquiring & operating one great business
  • Founded a self-funded search vehicle to identify, acquire, and operate a durable small-to-mid-sized business
  • Sourcing and evaluating opportunities with a focus on healthcare services and tech-enabled operations
  • Pairing MBA training in strategy, AI, and analytics with nearly a decade of operating experience
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Sr. Customer Success Manager

Amazon Jul 2022 — Jul 2025 · Austin, TX
$450M+ selling-partner portfolio · leadership development · cross-functional programs
  • Oversaw a $450M+ portfolio of selling partners, driving 20%+ annual business growth with strategic recommendations across logistics, catalog, selection, inventory, advertising, and marketing — winning buy-in from partners' executive teams
  • Managed a new-hire and continuous-development program for 10 CSMs; partnered with two L&D Program Managers to lift CSM job-readiness scores by 30%
  • Built initiatives for employee development, improved nationwide logistics workflows, enhanced data reporting and dashboards, and cut new-hire onboarding time by 50%
  • Board Member & Executive Advisor for Global Latinos, Austin Latinos, and Latinos for Selling Partners affinity groups — grew engagement 20%
  • Coordinated 15+ stakeholders across departments on expiration and labeling processes, rolling out CSM training, seller education, and policy updates that cut fulfillment-center defects by 12%
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VP, Client Solutions — Latin America

GLG Feb 2017 — Jul 2022 · Austin, TX
Six promotions in five years — from Junior Research Associate to VP
  • Supervised three Latin America business units — 22 FTEs across five roles — and implemented strategies that grew regional revenue 60%+
  • Developed workflow best practices adopted organization-wide, lifting productivity per employee 20%+
  • Partnered with product and engineering to launch new programs and tools — 40% more project acceptances, 15% faster completion
  • Pioneered the company's first official Latinx/Hispanic ERG; worked directly with the Chief Diversity Officer to create frameworks for all ERGs
Senior Team Leader, LatAm Consulting & Corporate Strategy (2021)
Team Leader, LatAm Consulting & Corporate Strategy (2019–21)
Research Manager & Interim Team Lead, LatAm (2018–19)
Senior Research Associate, LatAm (2017–18)
Junior Research Associate, Mid-markets (2017)
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Education

Trained in Texas, sharpened at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business — MBA (STEM Designated)
Pittsburgh, PA · Class of 2027

Concentrations: Strategy · AI in Business · Healthcare Analytics

Track: Entrepreneurship

The University of Texas at Austin
BBA Finance (Investment Banking Track) · BS Actuarial Science
Austin, TX · minor in MIS · Hook 'em 🤘

Post-Graduate Certification: AI & Machine Learning (2025)

Memberships: Theta Chi · University Finance Association · Actuarial Science Club

Leadership & Community

If there's a club, I'm probably running part of it

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Graduate Business Association

Professional Development Chair
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PE/VC Club

President
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Adam Smith Society

Vice President
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Health Care Club

Vice President
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Board Game Club

Vice President
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Latin America Business Club

VP, Marketing
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ALPFA Pittsburgh

Business Relationship Director
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Drive a Senior, NW Austin

Board of Directors
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Stop the Judgement Project

Non-voting Board Member

🏅 Fellowships & Honors

Consortium Fellow Forté Fellow MLT Professional Development NBMBAA Fellow Golub Fellow LunaCap Foundation Scholar Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar Tepper Student Ambassador Office Fellow
Skills

The toolbox

🗣️ Languages

EnglishNative
SpanishFluent
PortugueseWorking proficiency
JapaneseBeginner — がんばってる
Bahasa IndonesiaBeginner

🛠️ Technical

PythonRSQL Machine LearningAI in Business TableauSalesforce VBAExcel (the dark arts) HTML

🧠 Operator skills

P&L OwnershipTeam Leadership Account ManagementProgram Management Corporate StrategyCross-functional Execution Coaching & MentoringDue Diligence Financial Modeling & ValuationDeal Sourcing NegotiationStakeholder Management Process ImprovementChange Management Hiring & Talent DevelopmentData-Driven Decision Making Public Speaking
My venture

RedSteer Capital

A search fund with one goal: acquire a great, enduring business and operate it with the care of an owner — not a flipper. Built on a decade of operating experience at Amazon and GLG, and an MBA's worth of strategy and AI tooling.

Visit RedSteer Capital →
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Bored?

The Joey Tapes 📼

I've logged 4,300+ films on Letterboxd. Ten questions, drawn from the films I loved (★★★★ and up) and the films I put through the shredder (★½ and below). Pop the tape in and find out if we'd survive a movie night together.

12:00
CANOVISION 2700
HI-FI STEREO
NO TAPE
THE JOEY TAPES
VOL. 1
⬆ Click the tape to put it in the VCR. Be kind, rewind.
Beyond the resume

When I'm not working

⚽ Soccer🏉 Rugby🥋 MMA 🎸 Guitar✈️ Traveling🎬 Films (4,300+ on Letterboxd) 🎮 Streaming🎲 Board Games💪 Fitness 🧘 Meditation🤝 Mentoring❤️ Volunteering
Contact

Let's build something.

Whether it's a search fund deal, a healthcare + AI idea, an MBA question, or just a pickup soccer game in Pittsburgh — my inbox is open.