Our Team

Edson Cardona

CEO & Co-Founder

Edson has been playing soccer since the day he was born and he learned the game inside and out from many levels. The passion is inexplicable and his dream was to reach the professional level. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory 2009-2013. Played college-level soccer at Santa Clara University from 2013-2017 and played on the El Salvador U-23 National Team for the Brazil Olympic Qualifiers. These past 3 years he played professionally in Europe for Zejtun Corinthians in Malta First Division, SV Rottenman in Austrian Landesliga. He came back to the U.S. to play with the Ontario Fury in the MASL where he was named the 2019-2020 Community Player of the Year. Edson was also the head coach for the Valley Christian Girls JV soccer team in the 2018-2019 season and FC Golden State 2012 Boys in 2019. As Co-founder and CEO of PMP Academica, Edson saw an opportunity to create training sessions that not only help the athletes improve technically but help PMP athletes create a pathway to collegiate and professional levels. Currently plays for Bays Cities FC in the NISA league. Also, is the Santa Clara University Women’s Soccer Recruiting and Video Coordinator.

Ezequiel Cardona

Ezequiel Cardona is from Joya de Ceren, El Salvador. He graduated from Ciudad Normal High School in El Salvador. Ezequiel attended Independence and Homestead High School, where he played one semester of varsity soccer. From 1986-1994, he played for a first division Sunday league team in San Jose, CA. In 1994, he began volunteering by coaching in the Metro Pal Rose Garden Area in San Jose until 2008. Within this time period, he coached the boy's soccer team at Hoover Middle School and under his leadership won the school's first-ever district championship. From 2008-2011 he volunteered head coached for PAC Brazil in San Jose. Since then, he has provided 1:1 training for Edson Cardona who as a result, has played professionally in many different countries. In addition to training Edson Cardona, Ezequiel also assisted other players by being an assistant coach for tryouts in Athens, Greece, and other cities in the country which resulted in 4 out of 15 players he coached were contracted as professional players. He has also coached Alianza de Fútbol soccer clinics and also assisted families with their applications for the clinics from 2010-2017. Currently, Ezequiel provides his expertise through 1:1 training with U13 and U15 players.

Lead Coach & Advisor

Kiara Cardona

Kiara has been working in the technology field for over four years. She loves to work with small growing businesses, helping improve their social presence leading to in increase of costumers and leads. Her passion is helping others connect to sports or the arts. As a part of the PMP team, she is in charge of creating and managing the marketing strategy. She is also the lead web developer and handles any aspects of PMP’s technology.

CTO & CMO