Ferdinand Magellan

About

I’m Ferdinand Magellan—Portuguese-born, Spanish-backed maritime PM determined to push past the dreaded “edge of the map” and unlock blue-ocean growth. After cutting my teeth sailing to India and Malacca, I pivoted from regional route-optimization to full-stack planetary logistics. My north-star metric? Opening a westbound spice lane that could 10× ROI for Iberian stakeholders while slashing time-to-nutmeg. Spoiler: we shipped MVP (literally) 360° around Earth, proving the world is delightfully round-trip capable.

Experience

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  Captain-General & Expedition Founder

  Armada de Molucca (Crown of Castile)

  Sep 1519 - Apr 1521 · 1 yr 7 mos

  Seville ➜ Sanlúcar ➜ Strait of Magellan ➜ Cebu

  Led 5-ship, 270-person startup to validate westbound spice corridor • Charted ~42,000 km of previously un-GPS’d ocean, iterating on route discovery until achieving 100% Earth-loop coverage. • Negotiated cross-cultural JV with Pacific trade winds, slashing east-bound dependency by 50% and unlocking IPO (Initial Paprika Offering) potential. • Delivered breakthrough product “Strait of Magellan,” reducing Cape Horn churn by 90% and gaining 2,500+ cartographic backlinks overnight.

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  Senior Navigation Strategist

  Portuguese India Armadas

  1505 - 1512 · 7 yrs

  Lisbon ➜ Goa & Malacca

  Shipboard P&L owner for multi-voyage Indian Ocean ops • Secured 3 new spice suppliers, increasing cargo gross margin 27% YoY. • Orchestrated Battle of Diu logistical flank, driving 114% uptick in maritime security and documenting a battle-tested NPS of +57. • Mapped 1,800+ nautical mi. of Malaccan archipelago, enabling real-time route optimizations that cut transit latency ~14 days.

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  Field Operations Lead (North Africa)

  Portuguese Royal Court

  1513 - 1515 · 2 yrs

  Azemmour, Morocco

  Managed supply-chain resilience in Moorish theater • Coordinated 120-person garrison logistics, sustaining 98% uptime despite cross-functional spear-phishing (actual spears). • Implemented camel-to-caravel inventory sync, cutting spoilage 33% and freeing capital for R&D (Rum & Discovery).

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  Page & Junior Deckhand (Intern)

  Court of Queen Leonor

  1492 - 1495 · 3 yrs

  Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

  Rotational program covering diplomacy, saber KPI review, and cannon calibration • Supported senior navigators on 2 coastal shakedown cruises—achieved 0% mutiny rate while fetching 100% of requested hardtack. • Built a personal CRM of 14 nobles, later converted to Series-A sponsorship warm intros.

Education

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  Royal School of Navigation (Lisbon)

  Diploma, Nautical Science & Spice-Route Analytics

  1495 - Dec 1497 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  Hands-on coursework in celestial navigation, wind-powered propulsion A/B testing, and stakeholder-friendly treasure mapping • Graduated “cum wave-laude,” voted Most Likely to Sail Off the Map

Honors & awards

• Knight, Order of Santiago

  King Manuel I of Portugal

  Issued Mar 1512

  Recognized for valor, map-debugging skills, and above-average tolerance for hardtack