3x founder

Maca Baigorria

Founder @ Jack | Your next hire, shortlisted and identity-verified, in days | 250k+ network of job-seekers

Founder

Avocademy· Winter 2022New York City Metropolitan Area

2026Head of Growth Lab· StartOut

Founder · since 2020

Company

StartOut

Role

Head of Growth Lab

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Avocademy

We teach UX/UI design and then help people get great jobs.

Experience

Career

Jack
Founder
Founder · New York, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
Investment NSW
Entrepreneur in Residence · 2024 – Present
2024
StartOut
Head of Growth Lab · United States · 2026 – Present
2026
StartOut
Growth Lab Speaker (18 Month Growth Plan & GTM) · 2021 – 2026
2021
StartOut
Graduate in Residence (GIR) · 2023 – 2024
2023
StartOut
Founder
Cohort 8 Growth Lab Founder (Avocademy) · 2021
2021
Avocademy
Founder
Founder (CEO) · Miami, Florida, United States · 2020 – 2025
2020
PwC
Associate Creative Director · Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States · 2020 – 2021
2020
PwC
Senior User Experience Designer · Hallandale Beach, FL · 2018 – 2020
2018
Duke University Talent Identification Program
Instructor · 2016 – 2018
2016
IBM
Design Consultant · Atlanta Metropolitan Area · 2017 – 2018
2017
Flashpoint at Georgia Tech
Intern · Atlanta Metropolitan Area · 2016 – 2017
2016
Boeing
Structural and Payload Design Engineer · Everett, Washington · 2015
2015

Maca is a self-taught designer who transitioned from mechanical engineering to UX/UI Design and is on a mission to make tech careers more accessible.