Gabriel Cepeda is an Afro-Latino entrepreneur born and raised in New York City. At the age of 13 years old, he took his first steps into the world of entrepreneurship and continued this journey with many more ventures throughout high school and early college.The idea for Pickups Technologies came to him after brainstorming on ways to impact the future challenges that will come with population growth and climate change. Pickups is driven by a mission focused on the future of logistics in cities driven by community, collaboration, and culture. With these values in mind, Pickups will work with people, their spaces, and their desire to earn an income to create the world’s most geographically diverse, robust fulfillment and delivery network.Gabriel studied Economics and Finance at Kean University in Union, NJ before taking time off to develop Pickups Technologies. The company is uniquely positioned to help empower millions of people around the world to shop online and receive a package while on-the-go.Gabriel has been featured in The New York Times, FOX business “After the Bell,” Fox 5 NY, CBS 2 NY, News 12, and various other media outlets.