Miguel González-Fierro Palacios

Miguel González-Fierro is a Principal Data Science Manager at Microsoft Spain, where he helps customers solve business problems using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Previously, he was CEO and founder of Samsamia Technologies, a company that created a visual search engine for fashion items allowing users to find products using images instead of words, and founder of the Robotics Society of Universidad Carlos III, which developed different projects related to UAVs, mobile robots, humanoid robots, and 3D printers. Miguel has also worked as a robotics scientist at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and King’s College London (KCL) and has collaborated with other universities like Imperial College London and IE University in Madrid. Miguel is an Electrical Engineer by UC3M, PhD in robotics by UC3M in collaboration with KCL, and graduated from MIT Sloan School of Management.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Principal Data Science Manager at Microsoft, UK&Spain, 2016 – Present

• CEO & Founder Samsamia Technologies, Spain, 2011 – 2016

• President & Founder at Asociación de Robótica UC3M, Spain, 2009 – 2011

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, IE University, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Industry Board Member, Imperial College London, UK, 2017 – 2022

• External Researcher, King’s College London, UK, 2011 – 2015

• Research Assistant, Universidad Carlos III, Spain, 2007 – 2015

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Executive Certificate in Business Administration and Management, MIT, US, 2019

• Ph.D. in Robotics, Universidad Carlos III, Spain, 2014

• M.Sc. in Robotics, Universidad Carlos III, Spain, 2009

• Industrial Engineering, Universidad Carlos III, Spain, 2008