Alejandro Garrido Arias

Alejandro was born in Asturias/Spain, he studied Electric Engineering specialized in Electronics and Automation. He became a research scholar at the University of Oviedo where developed his PhD in Artificial Intelligence applied to stock trading. In 2000 he moved to Madrid to join Telefónica group while he studied an MBA at IE.

He has been teaching since he finishes his university studies in University of Oviedo, Telefónica and IE.

In his professional career at Telefónica, Alejandro has developed key roles in the XDSL Networks engineering, the Service Platform development, the IT Architecture (Functional, Technical and SW) and network operations.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Access Network engineering Coordinator, Spain, 2000 – 2005

• Service Platform engineering Manager, Spain, 2005 – 2008

• Functional IT Architecture Manager, Spain, 2008 – 2010

• SW Architecture Manager, Spain, 2010 – 2013

• Technical Architecture Manager, Spain, 2013 – 2018

• Network Operations Manager, Spain, 2018 – 2022

• Company Transformation Leader, Spain, 2022 – Present

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Fiber Optics in Networking, Oviedo University, Spain, 1998 – 2000

• Network Architecture, Telefónica, Spain, 2008 – 2012

• Distributed Computing and Networking, Ie, Spain, 2018 – 2022

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PhD. In Artificial Intelligence, Oviedo University, Spain, 2003

• MBA in Business Administration, IE Business School, Spain, 2002

• Electric Engineer, Oviedo University, Spain, 1998