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Spain

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

With more than 67€ billion under management, VidaCaixa is the leading Life Insurance Company in Spain, focused on the design, management and marketing of life insurance and pension plans for individual and corporate clients. Our conviction is to continue being leaders in Spain in any ‘future scenario’, that is why we are fully committed to Innovation as the way to deliver an everlasting WOW! customer experience everywhere, anytime, all the time: we work hard to reshape the future of Life Insurance. Innovation is the only way against irrelevance. Be in the vanguard has lots of undiscovered rewards.My role is:- Leading the definition and implementation of Innovation Strategy.- Identification of Tech & Trends in order to detect threats and discover new innovation opportunities.- Launching disruptive initiatives, from idea inception to impact, through Deep Dives, Discoveries, MVPs, POCs & Projects. - Connection with startup ecosystem to release trapped value for the customer & reinvent our processes.- Managing Entrepreneurship Program enhancing new methods & ways of make-(radical)things-happen.- Ensure knowledge renewal and shifting mindset & culture with training programs in collaboration with top-of-the-notch parnters. - Positioning VidaCaixa as the Key Partner in the international innovation ecosystem.

Barcelona, Cataluña, España

> Master of Innovation, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship> Innovation & Design Thinking Certificate

Start4big is a cross-sector open-innovation initiative driven by CaixaBank, Naturgy, SEAT, Aigües de Barcelona and Telefónica. As a judge, my mission is to identify those candidates with the greatest potential to solve the challenges launched. Please find more info about the programme and applications at www.start4big.com

UVIC is one of the best Spanish university in research on Management, Business & Innovation.- Researcher specialized in Innovation, Startup Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory & Culture, Strategic Thinking and Management.- Reviewer in peer-reviewed journals in Urban Geography, Oganizational studies, Business Strategy & Management.- Member as Editor Committee in Several Journals.

Direction Of Innovation

Under the motto ‘Resource Revolution’, SUEZ/AGBAR is the international leading company in waste & water sectors. Innovation is a highly permeable process, subject to complex dynamics and multi-scale interactions. For this reason, SUEZ’s success in innovation –circular, collaborative, concrete- involves bringing together different actors, technologies, and knowledges for an emerging future.My role:- Strategic management of innovation funnel (20 M€/year);- Design, implementation and promotion of STREAM, innovation management software, and Call for ideas (>250 ideas/year);- Leading hybrid expert teams for the acceleration and development of disruptive ideas to make them realities (apps, gamification, open data, social innovation, ethnography in operations, etc.);- Earlyvangelist;- Leading design and dissemination of innovation culture, and its cultural artifacts to empower collective intelligence: AQUAVOX (tech watch of water), MONOVOX (competitive landscapes), NEXIA (newsletter), the FUTURE IS NOW (Innovation Annual Report), etc. - Leading creativity & innovation dynamics and its tools for taking action: brain/gamestormings, POVs, canvas, design/visual/lateral thinking, five whys, targeting drivers, etc.;- Teaching design thinking courses ('Designing the future') and social innovation;- Community Manager of COP of Innovation (ESP Innovación), dynamization and coordination of innovation community to transform key trends into emerging opportunities (>200 people);- Leading the intrapreneur CHANGEMAKER Team in Social Innovation, in close collaboration with DOT & ASHOKA;- Developping Social Innovation framework and projects;- Supporting management in AQUAMAKERs, the first Maker Community in the ‘water economy’; and- Several collaborations: IMAGINE Creativity Center (Silicon Valley, Express & mSocial), Fundación COTEC (intrapreneurship program), SHIP2B (Water4Action Lab), Club CYD (Innovation Frameworks), ELISAVA (final degree thesis), Dream Big Challenge, etc.

Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, España

SHIP2B is one of the most succesful Social Startup acceleration & investment Programmes in Europe. SHIP2B choose the best startups and technological spin-offs with social or environmental impact in order to invest and accelerate their exponential growth.During 2016 I participated in in the Advisory Committee, helping Aigües de Barcelona to choose the best startups with social & environmental impact to generate social value in Barcelona.

Barcelona

Fundación CYD groups together the main Spanish universities and Companies (Indra, Mercadona, EY, Suez, etc.) on its Board of Trustees. Its aim is to promote the contribution of Spanish universities make to the country's economic and social development, including the new learning paths and new talent, the enhancement of RDi activities and open, flexible and quality institutional proposals for the creation and transfer of knowledge.As collaborator I contributed significantly in two initiatives of Fundación CYD:- Innovation Frameworks: Best Practices & Lesson Learned- How to Advance in the University+Business Relationship in Spain

Imagine Creativity Center generates world-changing solutions while empowering talent around the world. Fostering entrepreneurship and intraentrepreneurship while drawing disruptive innovation into companies.I was Expert Innovation Mentor in Imagine Express 2015, Imagine mSocial 2016, and Dream Big iFest 2017.

Barcelona Area, Spain

AGBAR Direction of Innovation works in collaboration with AQUALOGY, the global brand of integrated water solutions, to design, stimulate, connect, and execute innovation projects in order to disrupt. The business model and its sustainable growth is based on radical innovation, which feeds the Portfolio of Solutions to offer differential value as a leading technlogy and knowledge supplier in the 'water economy'. My role:- Leading representation and internal coordination of AGBAR in SUEZ Environnement Corporate Programmes for incremental innovation (R+i Alliance) and radical innovation (ARI) (18M€/year);- Design, implementation and promotion of STREAM, innovation management software, and Call for ideas (>250 ideas/year);- Strategic management of innovation funnel (15 M€/year) in coordination with Portofolio of Solutions;- Scouting, exploration, practical development and implementation of novel ideas aligned with business through design thinking, human-centered & lean start-up approach with fast learning cycles;- Establishment of a framework for creative-problem-solving approach that can be applied across the organization in order to evolve the current core business; and- Others: Strategic KPIs, IP management, support to industrialization of projects' results, and so on.

Barcelona Area, Spain

AGBAR is the leading company in the integral water cycle management. Continuously applying new developments, tech-advances and knowledge, and with presence in more than 20 countries, AGBAR is fully committed with innovation as a strategic axis of growth. My role:- Strategic management of CETaqua & AGBAR innovation (> 10 M€/year) and Project Portfolio (>160 projects/year);- Management of the governing bodies of CETaqua (Board of Trustees and Technical Scientific Committee);- Representation & coordination of AGBAR in R+i Alliance, International Private Funding Community (8 M€/year);- Direct reporting to the General Director of CETaqua & RD Agbar;- Design, development and management of creativity processes of dynamization of Innovation (including massive Call for Ideas);- Merging internal networks (MKT, SD, Operative Areas, etc.) with external ecosystems (universities, OTRIS, Tech Centers, etc.) for the development of new opportunities; and- Giving support with potential partners to several RD proposals (CENIT, Iberoeka, LIFE+, 7thFP).

Barcelona Y Alrededores

CETaqua is one of the key water technology centers in Europe. CETaqua is the private non-profit foundation of AGBAR that integrates, manages and executes national and international research projects with the aim of proposing innovative solutions to companies, governments and society in the area of the integral water cycle. My role:- Identification of potential stakeholders & partners (university departments, tech. centers, associations) to develop and coordinate an international network focus on water for the promotion of RDi projects & opportunities;- Promotion of Open Innovation philosophy in transdisciplinar collaborative processes;- Management of CRM (+2500 contacts);- Giving support in the development of a new proposal for the CENIT Programme (20>M€);- Development of Tech RoadMaps; and- Conceptualization of Tech Watch & Competitive Intelligence deployment.

Barcelona

Ambiterr, S.L is an industrial consulting firm that works on strategy & implementation and monitoring of Management Systems (ISO 9001 & 14001, EMAs, OHSAS 18001), with special focus on environmental management and industrial safety. My role:- Coordination of Annual Declaration of Industrial Waste (DARI) for companies and Preliminary Status Report for Contaminated Soils (IPS) for la Generalitat de Catalunya;- Support in EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) implementation; and- Drafting proposals for adaptation to LIIAA 3/98.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Music reviews of alternative albums in genres such as rock, folk, prog., metal, jazz or classical. 'Without music life will be a mistake' F. Nietzsche.

Sabadell Area, Spain

The Water Cycle Area is the department of Ajuntament de Sabadell in charge of the integral water cycle management. My role:- Identification and coordination of links with CASSA (Water Utility);- Coordination with SIEBEL System (real time monitoring); - Collaboration in the Riu Sec Protocol.

Oxford Strategic Innovation Executive Programme

The OSI Executive Programe is designed by Prof. Marc Ventresca to challenge assumptions, foster innovative strategic thinking.

Strategic Innovation Program, Executive Program

Disruptive technologies and emerging trends are liberating energies, but it needs a brave risk-taking innovation strategy to release.

Frontiers Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship Program, By Fundación Rafael Del Pino Grant

With the top-of-the-notch MIT professors, FIE is an intensive and extensive deep dive into the latest trends on innovation &.

Enhancing Innovation Program, Executive Program

21st century companies configure their strategy not to reinforce what they already know, but to reimagine what their essence are capturing.

Inspirational Leadership Program

Enhancing my leadership style through self-awareness, confidence, empathy, resilience and responsability to build sense in complex times.

Entrepreneurship Program

Unlock real new value is not an easy task. From the first conceptualization to its financing and launching, an innovative company must.

Leading People & Teams Program

In this Specialized Program Cheri Alexander and Scott de Rue, from Univeristy of Michigan, show the paths to build and leverage.

Phd In Law, Economics & Business

As literature suggests, current research lacks of qualitative sensibility to apprehend Innovation, Organization & Culture as a total.

Master On Territorial & Population Studies (Geography)

Exploring the amazing episteme of Geography: Cultural & Radical Geography, Urban Planning, Mobility, Spatial Theory & the Right.

International Erasmus Summer School On Climate Change & Urban Planning

Cross-national working groups to cope climate change effects in urban areas, integrating Risk, Vulnerability and Exposition.

Post-Degree On Technology Watch & Competitive Intelligence

Broadening horizons in Technology Watch & Competitive Intelligence Cycle, which includes Knowledge Management, Roadmapping, Databases.

Post-Degree On Environmental Diagnosis

Implementation of Env. Audits (ISO 14.001), Environmental Impact Assessment, Natural Resources Management, Energy Efficiency Policy &.

Degree On Environmental Sciences

Cross-Multidisciplinary approach to: Ecology, Geology, Chemistry, Natural Stochastic Modelling, Environmental Engineering, Radioactivity.

Strategic Leadership & Management Program

Leading people, teams, and organizations need to be crossed with strategy, human resources, and organizational foundations for creating.

Digital Business Program

Digital technologies dramatically reshape markets, many companies are pursuing large-scale change efforts to capture real values of these.

Strategic Leadership Program

Understanding to manage nuance & paradox, it is possible to take advantage of the continuous change that is inevitable in organizations.

Futures Thinking Program

IFTF has pioneered tools & methods to edge-foresight through signals, make emerging landscapes and cross-impact analysis, and design.

Corporate Entrepreneurship Program

All companies need an organic growth to survive in convoluted times, but few organizations have in mind how to create a innovation.

Managing The Company Of The Future

Introduce the "Be Bold Factor" in postmodern companies can be done through novel approaches of Management as well.

L'Avenir De La Décision : Connaître Et Agir En Complexité

Through a plurality of systems, dependencies, paradoxes, disorders, doxas, and uncertainties, half-truths as answers are not enough..

Justice

Justice is the Prof. Michael Sandel's course offered by HarvardX through EDX on Moral Philosophy and Ethics (c). Restless thinking.

Effective Altruism

Effective altruism is built on the idea that living a ethical life involves doing the most good one can. This is the online course.

L'Innovation Managériale En Pratique

In a complex, technophile, accelerated and hypercompetitive world, the only answer is innovation. This online course by ESSEC Business.

Innovation Specialization

In a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, anda ambiguity, leaders require Innovation. Thinking flexibly.

Strategic Technology Management Specialization

A well-rounded knowledge to understanding the critical impact of tech-change on markets through flexible strategic responses, novel.

Business Strategy Specialization

As Michael Porter said: you need to compete for value, not for price. To build and sustain competitive advantage with a global scope.