Born
in Porreras (Spain) in 1945. He received the Dr. Ingeniero de
Telecomunicación degree in 1970, from the Universidad Politécnica
de Madrid and the MBA degree in 1977, from the Instituto de Empresa
de Madrid.
From
1969 to 1988, he taught Electronics in the Escuela Técnica Superior
de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación and Facultad de Informática,
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, being his research interest
Semiconductor Devices.
Since
1974, he held technology-related positions in the industry. He was
R&D Manager of Amper S.A., Head of the R&D Department of
Telefónica de España S.A., Associated General Manager of
Telefónica I+D S.A., and General Manager and Member of the Board of
Amper Programas S.A.
Currently,
he is General Manager of COTEC, a Foundation created by more than 50
Spanish companies for promoting the technological innovation in the
Spanish industry.
He
has been on the Board of Directors of the following firms: Intelsa,
Comet, AT&T Microelectronics in Spain and Amper Programas.
He
was named to the Monitoring Panels of the Third Action (Innovation)
of the EU's Fourth Framework Research Program in 1995 and 1996 and
to the Fifth Framework Pogramme Monitoring Panel in 1999 and 2000
and was also a member of the European Commission’s Industrial
Research & Development Advisory Committee (IRDAC).
During
his academic career and his initial years in the business world, he
wrote approximately 30 technical articles published in Spanish and
international journals in the field of electronics, specifically
related to semiconductor devices. Later his publications dealt with
telecommunications and often with R+D and technological innovation
management.
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