Speaker Bio
The Ministry for Digital and Civil Service Transformation is responsible for proposing and implementing the Government's policy on telecommunications, the information society, digital transformation and the development and promotion of artificial intelligence.
Likewise, the Ministry for Digital and Civil Service Transformation is responsible for proposing and executing the Government's policy on public administration, public service and public governance.
Education
Degree in Political Science with a double specialization in Public Administration and International Relations, Complutense University.
Professional experience
Since July 2021 he has been the director of the Cabinet of the President of the Government of Spain.
Between 2018 and 2021 he was president and CEO of Paradores.
Between 2015 and 2018 he served as a senator representing the Regional Parliament of Castilla y León. In the Senate he was spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and spokesman of the Socialist parliamentary group.
Between 2012 and 2014 he was head of the PSOE's Secretariat of Organization. He has also been Secretary General of the PSOE of Castilla y León (2008); candidate for the presidency of the Goverment of Castilla y León (2010) and spokesman for the socialist group in the Parliament of Castilla y León until 2015. He was elected PSOE congressman in 2004 and was part of the Spanish Parliament until 2011.
He served as spokesperson for the RTVE Control Commission. In those years he was the rapporteur of laws such as the RTVE corporation, the transition to DTT or the General Audiovisual Law. He has taught public communication and debate techniques at the Faculty of Law of the University of Navarra and at the Complutense University.
He is the author of the book “Del 15M al Procés” published by Planeta Editorial. He also founded a small web design company called Ideorama. He has been a political analyst and speaker on different radio and television programmes (TVE, Telecinco, La Sexta, Antena3, Cuatro, RNE, Cadena SER, Punto Radio).