Leonardo Trechi is a communication strategist, media entrepreneur, and business growth architect with more than 25 years of experience transforming ideas into scalable impact platforms across the United States and Latin America.

He is the Founder & CEO of The Brains Bunch, a strategic marketing and neuromarketing firm that developed the proprietary F.O.C.U.S. Methodology (Framework for Optimizing Customer and User Strategies), a system designed to optimize customer experience, reduce friction, validate business viability, and increase results without increasing advertising budgets. Through advanced consumer behavior analysis, AI integration, and data-driven execution, The Brains Bunch helps brands scale sustainably and intelligently 

As part of this innovation ecosystem, Leonardo leads Viability, a structured go-to-market validation framework that allows entrepreneurs and companies to test, optimize, and launch products with minimized risk and measurable performance impact 

In the media sector, he is the Founder & CEO of VPItv, an independent digital television network created to overcome censorship and defend freedom of expression for Venezuelans worldwide. Under his leadership, VPItv has become one of the most influential independent Venezuelan-origin media platforms with multi-platform distribution and international reach 

Despite political pressure and operational challenges, the network has remained active, resilient, and committed to independent journalism.

Leonardo is also the founder of the Free Media Foundation, an initiative dedicated to protecting independent journalism, strengthening collaborative media ecosystems, and promoting democratic values through strategic communication and institutional alliances.

He currently serves as President of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce (VACC) in the United States, where he works to strengthen binational economic ties, empower Venezuelan-American entrepreneurs, and build strategic bridges between business leaders, institutions, and policymakers.

His leadership and impact have earned him international recognition, including:

• 3 Global Democracy Awards for his contribution to media freedom and democratic advocacy
• Polaris Award (United Kingdom) – Public Affairs Category (2021)
• Napolitan Victory Awards (Washington D.C.) – Excellence in Political Journalism (2019)
• 40 Under 40 – American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) (2019), becoming the only independent foreign-born honoree that year
• The Communicator Awards (New York, 2026)

Leonardo Trechi operates at the intersection of strategic communication, media influence, business intelligence, and institutional leadership — building platforms that inform, empower, and generate measurable growth while defending democratic values and entrepreneurial progress.