To highlight a key aspect of my professional profile, I would say that I am a lateral thinker with the ability to identify new opportunities by leveraging technology to drive change in established markets.
Driven, hard-working, and inherently committed, I have utilized this ability to develop new strategies, communicate opportunities, and lead teams to accomplish them. I have undertaken these roles as an entrepreneur, R&D director, innovation leader, and agent of social change at various stages of my career.
I have always been hands-on with technology since my early years and pursued my studies as an MSc. Telecom Engineer, providing me with a strong technological foundation to underpin these new business innovations.
With a deep passion for people, I have delved into thorough research on competencies and behaviors to comprehend how individuals can drive value creation and establish new businesses through technology.
After more than 20 years in various sectors (banking, telecom, consumer electronics, aeronautics, automotive, manufacturing, etc.), I continue to pose numerous questions and diligently work each day to uncover the answers.
Managing Partner. Secretary of the Board. I lead a company with 11 shareholders, including 3 VCs and +1M€ assets under management.
Business Development. We build and sell an AI copilot for worker enablement in the factories. We worked with manufacturers like DANOBAT, MAGNA, ADHEX or INDAERO. We were awarded TOP50 startup in MWC-4YFN.
Team Leadership. I lead a diverse team of 18 people for product, sales and operations.
Fundraising and Grants. I secured 360K€ in equity and +2M€ in grants.
Member of Steering Committee. I promoted the transformation of EDNON and its current ICT business into a more service-oriented and customer-centric company.
Innovation Management. I launched EDNON labs_, an innovation factory to develop R&D and innovation projects. We produced a new offering based on Cloud Services, Infrastructure Analytics&Monitoring and Industrial IoT Solutions.
Fundraising and Grants. I secured +1M€ in grants for R&D projects.
Managing Director. President of the Board. I founded and led the company (known as iQUBE research) to offer Innovation Management and Product Innovation.
Innovation Management. We closed innovation services contracts with some big corporations in Spain like Meliá, La Caixa, ING Direct.
Product Innovation. We built tech for the drones market, like LIFESEEKER, a global innovation in Search and Rescue. I reached agreements with companies like BOEING, CENTUM, INDRA or GRADIANT.
Advising. CENTUM acquired iQUBE and rebranded the company as CENTUM research & technology. I transferred my leadership role and became advisor. I advised them in the Civil UAVs Initiative where we secured +3M€ in contracts
Fundraising and Grants. I obtained a total amount of +2M€ in grants and advised their +1M€ seed round to make LIFESEEKER a global market leader.
Company Description
Founded in 2010 under the name of iQUBE research with the purpose of use knowledge to create social changes, the company was acquired in 2012 by CENTUM Global Corporation and then assigned the role of payloads & sensors development center for the corporation.
The strategic intent of CENTUM R&T nowadays is to design and create payloads & sensors for aerospace, land and sea vehicles, both manned and unmanned, being able to sense signals, perceive the context, make decisions autonomously, adapt to changes of the environment and communicate and interact with other systems. And this for three main markets, emergencies, homeland security and defense.
Member of the Steering Committee. Reporting to the CEO, I was responsible to transform the business of the company through product and service innovation.
Innovation Management. I promoted a process that generated +100 proposals and launched 10 new services for Telco and Aerospace Industries and a new business line of electronics for the Unmanned Aircraft Industry (UAV, RPAS, drones, etc.)
Strategic Planning. Upon request from shareholders I led the definition and deployment of the 2012-2015 Strategic Plan which involved +5M€ investments.
Company Description
CENTUM is a leading group of companies in innovation in the development of engineering projects and technological products specialising in communication, signal control and intelligence, with a clear focus mainly on aeronautics and defence, emergency and security, and telecommunications, in addition to the automation, maritime and railway sectors.
CENTUM is committed to pursuing talent in its workforce, the creation of value, dedication to innovation and global growth, thanks to which the company has established itself, in its 10 years of experience, as a leader in communication system integration. We are currently present in Spain, Brazil and Germany, and boast an extensive network of partners that allow us to offer our services to more than 50 multinationals across Latin America and the main European countries.
Member of the Steering Committee. Reporting to the President, I advised the Board in mid-term & long-term product strategy.
R&D leadership. I defined the 2007-2009 R&D Plan, built the internal R&D lab, led a team of 18 engineers, gathered 1M€ annual budget from grants and established an open innovation ecosystem.
Product innovation. I led the team that built some of the most awesome connected home entertainment devices in the world. I opened business with top semiconductor and technology giants. We created global innovations in the OTT market that we showcased in CES Las Vegas 2009.
Company Description
Blusens Global Corporation is a Spanish multinational company with origins in Blusens, a company founded in Santiago de Compostela in 2002 and dedicated to the manufacture of next-generation consumer electronics devices. In April 2008 Blusens Global Corporation was created as a result of the merging of Blusens Technology and its subsidiaries.
