Jose Cerdán

CEO Telefónica Tech

José Cerdán Ibáñez is a “serial entrepreneur”, born in Zaragoza. He is the CEO of Telefónica Tech and, also since 2017, is the CEO of Telefónica Business Solutions
Since 2007 José Cerdán has been the CEO of acens Technologies – “the Cloud hosting company”, one of the country’s leading cloud companies: telecommunications solutions for the business market and a pioneer in the development of Cloud Hosting made-to-measure solutions. Acens was sold out to Telefónica Group in 2010.
In 1985, at the age of just 19, he founded the company Ei System (PC City), the biggest megastore devoted to the sale and manufacture of computing equipment in Spain.
In 1999, Ei System was sold to the Dixon Group (PC City). At that time, he founded Peoplecall, a pioneer operator of Voice IP and an industry standard in the Spanish IP communications market.
Since joining acens Technologies as CEO, José Cerdán has been responsible for creating an ambitious build-up strategy, which has ensured the successful growth of the biggest cloud and hosting company in Spain after several key acquisitions within the market.
Along with his current post as CEO of acens Technologies, Cerdán also undertakes advisory functions for various businesses in the national and international market as well as for public and private institutions and universities.
Since March 2012 he has been a member of the Group of High Level Experts chosen by the Government in order to define the development strategy for the Information Society, specifically heading questions regarding cloud technology, entrepreneurship and privacy roles.
In addition to his contribution to the Spanish business and economic world, José Cerdán has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors.
He is a speaker at several top ranking universities: IESE, IE, UOAC and in Summit meetings of sector companies and Startups.

María Jesús Almazor

CEO Telefónica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud

Born in Barcelona, she studied Telecommunications Engineering at the UPC. She has spent her entire working life in the Telefónica Group, where she started in 1994 as a radio network optimiser at Telefónica Móviles España and in 1998 she became Head of Telefónica Móviles for the planning, design, creation and maintenance of the mobile network in Catalonia, where she led the mobile coverage deployment project. In 2006, she was appointed Director of Operations for the Northern Territory of Telefónica España, where she was responsible for the creation, provision and maintenance of Telefónica's fixed and mobile network in the autonomous communities of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Basque Country, Navarra, La Rioja, Aragón and Castilla León. In 2012, she was made Territorial Director of the Southern Territory, with the main task of commercial activity in the business and residential segments of the autonomous communities of Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Extremadura and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. In 2018, she was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica España, being responsible for revenues as well as the operation of Telefónica España. In April 2021 she was made CEO of Telefónica Cyber & Cloud Tech, where she is leading the Telefónica group's project in the cyber security and cloud businesses.

Gonzalo Martín-Villa

CEO Telefónica Tech AI of Things

Since the announcement of The New Telefónica in November 2019, Gonzalo leads the IoT & Big Data area in Telefónica Tech.

Prior to this appointment, Gonzalo has served as Telefónica’s Chief Innovation Officer leading three Verticals: Core Innovation, Open Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ventures.

Gonzalo has also led Telefónica’s startup Accelerator – Wayra – as its CEO/Wayraman since the beginning in 2011, helping it become one of the top and largest technology accelerators in the world, with operations in 12 countries across 2 continents.

Gonzalo has a degree in Law by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, an LLM by Georgetown University and holds an MBA from IESE Business School – University of Navarra. Gonzalo is a passionate marathon runner.

Manuel Marín

CEO Livall

Manu Marín, born in Linares (Jaén), with more than 20 years of experience is one of the biggest digital transformers in the country, not only for his past as a manager in a top technology company in Silicon Valley but also in his current role as an independent advisor in digital transformation, He is the CEO of Quantic Brain, a boutique consulting firm (no more than one project per year) advising multinationals in areas of innovation, technology and digital transformation in very different sectors, such as BBVA, Inditex, Rolls-Royce, Grupo Antolín, Adolfo Domínguez, among others.

He has combined this boutique advisory role with that of an investor for more than 6 years. He has invested in more than 12 startups through his AEQUUS global capital fund, in a model called Venture Studio, which consists of investing capital and selecting which of those invested will lead the company's operation. Such was the case of the Spanish unicorn Wallbox, currently listed on the NYSE in the USA, where he served as COO since its foundation for the development and growth of the areas of Design and Engineering, Manufacturing and Distribution/Logistics of the range of products/chargers until 2019 and is currently one of the shareholders of Wallbox. Also, to name some invested startups including Consentio, Foqum etc... up to a total of 15.

Manu Marín has been a partner of Yellow River Global Capital fund since 2016, licensed in Luxembourg but located in Hong Kong, his job is to review/evaluate technical and operational aspects of Chinese companies in pre-IPO for investments to assist their IPO in the USA or China. Together with his partner Carlos Alfonso Oyarbide, former COO Morgan Stanley Asia, they manage this fund which is already investing in disruptive Chinese companies in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous cars.

Due to all this experience, on 15 June 2020, the Spanish government asked Manu Marín to participate in the social economic reactivation working group, which was organised by the Spanish government in the congress and which included distinguished names from the Spanish business world. After this work, he was recognised by the Madrid City Council for his contribution, always pro-bono, to the team working on the development of the Covid19 preventive plan.

Finally, it is worth highlighting his great experience in product development or, as he likes to call it, Smart Hardware, which in different projects and companies has led him to win prestigious awards of worldwide recognition such as:


REDDOT AWARD DESIGNEE (2017)
REDDOT AWARD DESIGNEE (2019)
IF AWARD DESIGNEE (2020)
ISPO AWARD (2018)
CES INNOVATION AWARDS (2018)
CES INNOVATION AWARDS (2020)


His current project and company is LIVALL, dedicated to the design, manufacture and worldwide distribution of the smart, connected helmet. Manu Marín, currently serves as Co-Founder and CTO, is responsible for the design and development of new LIVALL products worldwide, and is also the CEO for Europe and LATAM.

Carlos Carazo

CTO Telefónica Tech AI of Things

Carlos is currently the CTO of Telefónica IoT&BigData TECH, responsible for platform development, technology strategy and global operations.

Carlos has more than 27 years of experience in telecommunications, where he started at Telefónica Móviles in 1995, the year of the take-off of the mobile industry. During his first years at Telefónica he was responsible for the launch of new products on intelligent networks, mobile internet, financial services and mobile advertising. Later he joined Telefónica onthespot as Director of Technology and Operations and member of the steering committee. In 2015 he was appointed IoT Platforms&Technology global director at TDigital, and since 2019 he has held his current position.

Javier Zorzano

Head of IoT & Big Data Technology Telefónica Tech AI of Things

Francisco Javier Zorzano Mier works as Head of IoT & Big Data Technology, the team that defines the technology for Telefónica Tech IoT & Big Data projects and products. This team has worked in the development of key projects such as industrial machines telemetry, car beacons, water metering, AGV connectivity...as well as the deployment of NB-IoT, LTE-M and 5G services. This team also executes the technical coordination of the TheThinx lab, where customers and partners build their IoT solutions.

Javier worked previously in Telefónica R&D developing and deploying network management systems for broadband networks in Spain, Europe and Latin America. This work evolved in an interest towards processes and methodologies as the running engine of big companies.

José Antonio Sabone

Cyber Provisioning Manager Telefonica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud

I am a Computer Engineer that have been working in Telefónica since 2008 within different operational areas of the Cyber department
Currently, I am the Security Operations Manager of Provisioning. We manage projects from the begining of the provision until they are operationaly ready. We work with a multitude of technologies, from the most well-known ones such as Firewalls, balancers, NAC, DLP, etc... to the newest ones such as SASE, SDWan, SSE, etc...
Our mission is to help our clients with digital transformation from start to fisnish, carrying out consultancies and executing the implementation of the most cutting-edge technologies currently available on the market