Ignacio Javier Alcalde Perea

Ignacio Javier Alcalde Perea (Ignasi Alcalde) is executive director at MINIMUM DATA, a consultancy specialized in data visualization and data literacy training. He is a former director of data visualization at the market research company IPSOS, leading a department specialized in data visualization and dashboards.

Master’s Degree in Information and Knowledge Society from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, and postgraduate degree in data analysis and visualization from the University of Texas at Austin PhD candidate and member of the research group DS4DS DATA SCIENCE FOR THE DIGITAL SOCIETY at the University of La Salle of the Ramon Llull University.

He is also a founding member of MyData, an international non-profit organization present in more than 40 countries, which works on the ethical use of personal data.

Data trainer accredited by the Open Data Institute UK and community award 2018 at the Information is Beautiful Awards. Ignasi is the author of the book: Information visualization: from data to knowledge published by the UOC publishing house.

With more than 15 years of experience in the data visualization sector, he has participated in different events as a speaker such as TEDx Manresa, Dataviz Live UK, Data & beers Barcelona, UOC Alumni Madrid, Ferrovial Data Lab Madrid, Mydata 2018 Helsinki, Lattitude59 , Tallinn.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• CEO & Founder, Minimum Data, 2012 – Present

• Data Visualization Manager, Ipsos, Spain, 2019 – 2021

• SAP Consultant, Grifols, Spain, 2003 – 2010

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor in Data Visualization and Data Storytelling, IE University Spain, 2021 – Present

• Associate Professor in Data Visualization, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 2011 – 2020

• Associate Professor in Data Storytelling, La Salle Universitat Ramón Lluil 2019 – 2022

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

•  PhD candidate in Data Literacy, La Salle URL, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Master’s Degree in the Information and Knowledge Society, UOC, Spain, 2014

• Multimedia Degree, UOC, Spain, 2011