Alejandro is a senior manager and advisor in the fields of innovation, digital transformation and public-private collaboration. Telecommunications Engineer from the University of Seville, he has an Executive Master in Business Management and Administration (ExMBA) from the IE Business School and a Master in Economics and Innovation Management from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
From 2019 onwards, he has held management positions in strategic consulting firms like SILO, DELOITTE and GRANT THORNTON, having supported multiple public and private entities in their growth and innovation strategies. From 2017 to 2018 he was appointed Director of Digital Economy at RED.ES, a national public agency, dependent on the Secretary of State for the Information Society and Digital Agenda, in charge of promoting the digital transformation of the Spanish economy.
Previously, he has worked for 12 years at the CDTI (Center for Industrial Technological Development), with responsibility for evaluation and monitoring of RDI business projects, financial support for recently created technology-based companies, design of RDI financing instruments, including Public Procurement of Innovation, quality and process management, and he was National Representative and Contact Point of the 7th EU R&D Framework Programme.
He is currently also an expert trainer in European Funds for CEOE Campus and the International School of Public Services (EISP).