Alvaro Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Madrid, Es

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Madrid Area, Spain

My role as CTO of Bnext is to steer the company's technological strategy, translating the board's and executive committee's vision into a tactical approach to be implemented by the technology teams. In my role, I am part of the fundraising management presentations, where I present to active and potential investors the company's technology strategy in order to secure funding.During my tenure I have grown the technology team from three people to over thirty staff across mobile, data, development and infrastructure. Other key achievements: we delivered the Mexico launch project in just 14 weeks, and I was part of the three-person team that obtained Bnext's Spanish electronic money issuer license in 14 months, the fastest license awarded by the regulator in Spain to date.

Madrid Area, Spain

• Enforced resilience policies & testing calendars across 16 countries. • Managed a technical delivery team of 22 staff based in Europe and India to support the development of in-country resilience programs (business continuity plans, building power-downs and branch continuity tests). • Planned and managed the Spanish branch divestment, leveraging agile methodologies to deliver 18 months of work within 3.5 months and realizing 40% of savings in headcount, contract and supply.

Madrid Area, Spain

• Managed a €2.2M budget and a team of 19 in Spain and Portugal. • Took over central contract vendor negotiations, leading to a 20% cost reduction with no impact on performance KPIs. • Delivered all Bank of Spain regulatory reporting with a 100% compliance. • Managed Europe-wide IT transformation projects.

Madrid Area, Spain

Managed the largest acquisition in the history of the finance industry between RBS and ABN AMRO (combined £1.9 trillion in assets) • Managed all technology aspects of the merger (people, processes, systems), leading to a new organization of 330 employees in Spain and 30 in Portugal. • Unified regulatory reporting platforms.

Successfully set up a new branch within a €400K budget and within schedule: • Met with regulators to develop a thorough understanding of compliance requirements affecting operations, reporting and systems. • Met with local vendors to secure compliance with local legal requirements regarding data protection, anti-money laundering and Politically Exposed Persons. • Set up branch infrastructure (office building equipment). • Set up a remote support desk with 120 staff members based in India.

Madrid Area, Spain

• Set up IT support for the Madrid branch (65 employees). • Hired and managed 2 Support Engineers. • Designed and implemented new processes to support users from the trading floor, corporate and back office on approx. 100 systems.

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Core services and networking project manager.

Guayaquil, Ecuador