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Brussels Metropolitan Area

• Forge relationships across a broad range of EU stakeholders to facilitate the work of the Internet Society in the region.
• Lead the advocacy of Internet Society and it’s main projects vis a vis the European Institutions and European Governments.
• Provide strategic advice to the Internet Society leadership about technical, policy, economic and social trends in the region that impact the development of the Internet.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

• Coordinate all Public Affairs teams across Latin American OBs, defining the company’s public positioning.
• Establish strategic relationships with regional institutions (ECLAC, IDB, OECD, CAF, CITEL), industry associations (ABD, GSMA, ASIET) and other stakeholders.
• Lead regional roll-out plans for advocacy campaigns on regulatory and public policy matters.
• Lead Telefonica’s global trade policy, defining and executing the advocacy strategy to influence relevant Institutions.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Represent the company vis a vis senior European Institutions’ officials (DG Connect, DG Trade, DGDevCo, EP INTA) and the OECD.
• Spokesperson for Corporate Social Responsibility issues, contributing to corporate objectives on SDGs: Sustainability (Climate Change, Energy consumption, recycling), Digital Education and Employment.
• Influence public policy debates through membership to industry trade associations.
• Conduct monitoring, perform research analysis and develop position papers, to inform internally and influence external stakeholders.As Chair of the Trade Working Group at the ETNO, the European Telecommunication.

Madrid Area, Spain

Leader of “ESTELA: Telefónica’s Latin-American Technical School”. The project created a new training scheme with common methodologies and courses, for maintenance technicians across all Telefónica’s fixed networks in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia). It involved managing international and multi-cultural teams, analysing best.

Munich Area, Germany

• Detailed reporting and preparation of trend models, which were used as key strategic information in order to analyze service usage levels. This information was key to decide about the commercial launch of new services.
• Definition of network quality targets.
• Negotiation of global support contracts for UMTS networks in Europe, with network suppliers.
• Negotiation of “National Roaming” and “Infrastructure Sharing” agreements with German operator e-Plus.

Madrid Area, Spain

• Reporting to the Network Technology Director, my key role responsibilities were in the areas of Mobile Network Planning (optimization, frequencies management, control of civil works for new network infrastructure) and.
• Development and launch of a new business line for the Company, with the development of a data acquisition system from the well pumps used by Canal de Isabel II’s (the water supply utility company for the Madrid.
• Leadership of the project that optimized the performance of the radio-communications of the Fire Department in the Province of Madrid.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Telecommunications Engineering