Jorge Posada Email & Phone Number

Pamplona, Nc, Es

San Sebastian, Spain

Responsible of Scientific and Technical Direction, coordination of Department Heads, R&D projects management and control, scientific strategic roadmap, support to spin-off activities, etc. Participation in the overall strategy definition and management. VICOMTech is an Applied Research Centre with more than 240 researchers (72+ Ph.D.) specialized in Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies, recognized as a centre off excellence in research in the Basque Country and Spain, and very active in international contexts, especially in Europe.

Germany (Remote)

President of the Board of GraphicsVision.ai (https://graphicsvision.ai/), the International AI Network for Graphics, Vision and Media Technologies.VICOMTech belongs to this international network of institutions specialized in Artificial Intelligence for Garphics, Vision and Media Technologies. GraphicsVision.ai includes leading institutions in different locations worldwide (DFKI, Fraunhofer HHI, Hasso Plattner Institute, Centro de Computacao Grafica, Vicomtech). This is a dynamic, international, applied R&D and Innovation network. Activity sectors : industrial/production, medical, audiovisual& multimedia, intelligent transport, etc.

Basque Country, Spain

Member of the Board of Directors of GAIA, as representative from the BRTA.The Cluster GAIA is the Association of Applied Knowledge and Technology Industries in the Basque Country, and brings together over 260 companies in this sector. Its objective is to be a benchmark in Collaborative Innovation for the creation and implementation of globally competitive solutions based on own Knowledge and Technology (Consulting, Engineering, Electronics, Computing, Telecommunications and Gamification).

Usa

The Web3D Consortium is an international, non-profit 501(c)(6), member-funded, industry Standards Development Organization (SDO) founded in 1997. The Web3D Consortium promotes deployment of X3D standards for the communication of interactive 3D scenes in multiple applications, use cases, platforms, and verticals. Members collaboratively develop the X3D standards and tools making them widely adopted across diverse markets for academia, government, industry, and individuals. The Web3D Consortium offers robust ISO standardized 3D functionality and long-term stability for enterprise solutions and interoperability with other standards. In this role I've General Chair from the ACM Web3D Conference in 2013 and 2023.

Basque Country, Spain

External part-time Professor (Profesor asociado) in two MSc. programmes: University Master in Digital Manufacturing since 2019, and Master in Aeronautic Technologies and Machine Tools since 2020. Courses: Artificial Vision and Advanced Visualization. (In collaboration with other senior researchers from Vicomtech)

Guimarães, Braga, Portugal

I am the President of the Advisory Board (Consejo Consultivo) of CCG/ZGDV, a reference in the Portuguese landscape of applied R&D centers, especialized in Computer Graphics and IT.

Spain

Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain

President of the Board of Directors of BasqueCCAM from its creation until October 2023. The BasqueCCAM association promotes the creation of an R&D and Innovation eco-system that fosters the testing of Connected, Cooperative and Autonomous Mobility solutions and technologies in the Basque Country.Main Achievements: Creation process of the Association, Strategy definition, High-Level Agreements with public authorities, composition of the initial team, initial business plan definition.

SmartFactory.EU goal is to strengthen the European ecosystem- Connecting manufacturing and digital transformation research and demonstration centres- Being their common voice towards the EU- Sharing and promoting a common vision and roadmap to enable and speed up “Industry 4.0 adoption”- Serving as a reference for the future of sustainable, inclusive and climate neutral manufacturing- Supporting the creation of digital talents

Conducted technical due diligences for evaluation of high-tech companies in the field of Industry 4.0 for the European Institute of Technology - EIT Manufacturing

Evaluator of Open Call proposals in the field of Industry & Advanced Manufacturing

San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain

I was member of the Board of the main IT Cluster of the BasqueCountry (GAIA Cluster) for two years. Main achievements: Strategy definition with all board members, and monitoring of the business plan execution.

San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain

I was member of the Board of Directors of APTES, an Association for the Promotion of Social Technology. The Association is composed by people and organizations grouped together to contribute to improving people's lives, through the development of transformative connections, concepts and methods, with a technological and social design perspective.

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain

I was member of the Board of Directors of the Vicomtech Spin-off eMedica from 2008 to 2014. eMedica was a spin-off company created by Vicomtech, especialized in medical imaging technologies. After many years of operation, eMedica was finally acquired by the Alcor Group and merged into the activities of the group.

Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (Fraunhofer IGD). Researcher in the Department Industrial Applications. Participation in industrial R&D projects from Germany and Europe. Main developer of a Virtual Design Review & Walkthrough system for Large Models, used by Daimler Chrysler and Stuttgart Stadtmessungsamt (MiroWalk). Responsible for IGD development in the EU project COWORK (IST-25360). oordinator of the international visiting research program between the National Center for Software Technology (NCST India) and Fraunhofer IGD. Researcher in a project of Virtual Assembly for Hewlett Packard & CoCreate, with results integrated in the commercial CAD software OneSpace for collaborative CAD assembly.- Member of the R&D team of a system for Virtual Design Review & Walkthrough used as prototype by Daimler Chrysler. Member of the R&D team of in a project for Virtual Assembly and Compression of CAD large models for Hewlett Packard, with results integrated in the collaborative CAD product OneSpace of CoCreate.

Member of the coordination team of a group of 30 Colombian trainees in high-tech motorcycle assembly (in the Kawasaki main assembly plant, in Japan, for 6 months). This was an industrial internship during the studies of Mechanical Engineering.

Ph.D., Computer Science / Engineering (Computer Graphics)

Ph.D. advisor: Prof. J.L. Encarnacao, worldwide pioneer in computer graphics research, founder of Fraunhofer IGD and chairman.

Executive Mba, Awarded With The Dean'S Letter Of Appreciation (Dean'S List)

Ranked by Financial Times as 7th. best program worldwide in 2010

Mechanical Engineer (Honors), Mechanical Engineering

Best graduate in the batch - Honor Prize Prize for best academic record in the faculty - 4 times Selected for scholarship from German.

Education record