Ángel Martín

Presenter

Ángel is a television presenter, comedian, stand-up comedian, scriptwriter and now adds to these professional activities a morning news programme on social networks, watched by more than half a million people a day.

In addition, about a year ago he released a book in which he recounts a process of schizophrenia that led him to be hospitalized, that book "por si las voces vuelven" has 14 editions and more than 350 thousand books sold .... And he is still touring with his show "103 noches" ... who gives more ? #Ad

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.

Alberto Rosa

CTO CaixaBank

Alberto is an executive with 23 years of experience in Financial Services in multiple technological disciplines, where he has worked with leading banking institutions in technological transformation programmes.

He currently holds the position of CTO (Chief Technology Officer) for the CaixaBank group, in charge of IT Infrastructure, Architecture, Cloud and Cybersecurity.

He is a member of the Boards of Directors of CaixaBankTech and IT Now. He also takes part as an advisor in several Advisory Councils of technology companies at an international level.

Prior to Caixabank, Alberto was a partner at Accenture. He holds a degree in computer engineering and a diploma in the Management Development Programme (PDD) from IESE Business School.

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.

Marc Riera

President F3 Grouping - Future: Fast Forward

Telecommunications Engineer. He began his professional career at SEAT in 2000 in the R&D area, responsible for the development of vehicle infotainment systems. In 2006 he joined the SEAT Purchasing area, specifically in the new projects department. In 2009 he changed his position to Head of Electrical Purchasing. In 2013 he started an international stay at VW de Mexico, where he was responsible for Metals and Powertrain Purchasing, returning to SEAT in his current position as Director of Purchasing Strategy and New Projects in 2018. In parallel to his current functions at SEAT, in 2022 he was appointed President of the Future: Fast Forward Group (F3 Group), the largest business grouping in the history of the automotive industry in Spain, whose objective is to turn this country into a hub for electric vehicles in Europe.

Joaquín Cidoncha

CTO Telefónica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud

Joaquín is a senior executive in IT Technologies with a solid background of more than 30 years working at Telefónica Group. During his career he has developed a wide experience on Transformation Programs and leadership in successful projects as Spain DataCenters Consolidation Plan, Asset Management Practices, IT Operational Delivery Model and Business Command Center Service. He worked as Director of IT and Operations for Cybersecurity & Cloud at Telefonica Tech, he always has showed a fully commitment and clear focus on customer experience and value creation. Now he is CTO Telefónica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud.

Carmen Fernández

Head of Service Support Center Telefonica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud

I have been working with multidisciplinary and offshore teams for more than 13 years, always in the IT and Telco sector, 8 of those years have been with Telefonica, this has allowed me to work in multinational and multicultural environments, giving me a very broad vision of the business and what we bring to our clients.
I have good communication and leadership skills and all the years I have worked in operations allow me to manage situations with a high level of stress. I have been fortunate to work with teams with high capabilities and enormous potential.
At TTech I am responsible for the Service Support Center, hub of our Digital Operations Centre, DOC, from where we manage and lead, both, critical incidents that involve or may involve a risk to the business of our customers, and the control of all those scheduled jobs that involve an unavailability of their services.

Christian Palomino

Global IT VP at Meliá Hotels

María Martínez

Head of Threat intelligence Operations Telefonica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud

I am Telecommunications Engineer, I was working in Telefonica for almost 10 years always in operational areas. I have strong ability to work in multidisciplinary groups managing high stress situations, with good negotiation skills and proactive and positive attitude. Also team management and attention to VIPs have been well developed and are part of my experience to date.
I am in charge of Telefonica´s Threat Intelligence Business Unit, integrated in the Cybersecurity Operations Area. The goal of this Unit is to provide clients the necessary cyber-intelligence knowledge that can help them manage successfully their businesses in this new digital reality. We help them understand and prevent imminent threats, and we support them in their cyber-security decision-making processes.

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 Rubén García

Senior Manager Telefónica Tech AI of Things

Currently IoT Lab Testing & Certification Technical Lead at Telefónica IoT & Big Data Tech in the area of Technology and Integration. More than 10 years validating devices and solutions for the IoT market for its integration and deployment at a global level. Telecommunications Engineer and Technical Architect, he has worked researching, operating, and deploying projects focused on the field of value-added services and managed connectivity platforms in cellular technologies (2G, 3G, 4G, NB-IoT, LTE-M and 5G ).

Dionisio Martínez

General Director Tellink

Dionisio Martinez is CEO of Tellink since 2015, a Spanish technology company with more than 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of M2M and IoT solutions. Currently, smart street lighting control systems, based on state-of-the-art IoT technologies, represent one of Tellink's main lines of activity.
Previously, Dionisio has developed his professional career in executive positions in different multinational companies in the telecommunications sector such as CommScope, Tyco Electronics or ADC Telecommunications. He graduated in Telecommunications Engineering from UAH and in Business Administration from IE Business School.