Coloquios: Tecnología <> Negocio

Master of Engineering (MEng) Telecommunications UPM Madrid, IE associated professor, ExMBA (IE), SMP (IMD) and post-degree studies at MIT Sloan School of management, joined Heineken España in 2018 as CIO. With more than 25 years of experience (Insurance, FMCG, Manufacturing) his background includes the design and implementation of several large outsourcing deals; lead the digital transformation of large companies and implementing tangible examples of a connected factory blending IT and OT technologies. He has a large record of IT organizational design experience and in the way that the technology is changing the leadership of the organizations.
One of his main tasks is to expose the relevance of the function providing, and incrementing the completive advantage of Heineken España thanks to the use of the technology.

Pedro Tomé es el responsable de departamento de Innovación Disruptiva y Big Data de EVO Banco, cuyo objetivo se centra en el «data business» y el ecosistema de big data para crear nuevas capacidades y servicios disruptivos que pueden llevarse al mundo real e impactar en el negocio. Pedro, Doctorado en Ingeniería de Telecomunicación por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, especializado en inteligencia artificial, tratamiento de señales multimedia, reconocimiento de patrones y aprendizaje automático. Se incorporó a EVO Banco en 2015 tras una larga trayectoria como científico investigador en diferentes centros de excelencia Nacionales e Internacionales de investigación, donde contribuyó al estado del arte con investigaciones científicas en diferentes temáticas tales como la seguridad biometría, el big data, la investigación algorítmica, el análisis de datos y visión por computador.

Comenzó su carrera profesional en el Grupo ING en 2008 como Project Manager en Holanda y, desde entonces, ha participado en el desarrollo de áreas como Recursos Humanos, el negocio internacional o la estrategia comercial, incluyendo la salida a bolsa del Grupo NN. En 2014 es nombrado Director de Recursos Humanos de Nationale-Nederlanden en España, asumiendo además la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa y los departamentos de Administración Comercial y Change Office (PMO). Desde 2017 es Director de Innovación y responsable del laboratorio de innovación SparkLab de la compañía.

Fernando is an engineer with two different degrees, as an Industrial – Mechanical engineer (3 year degree) and Management (5 year degree) from Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ICAI in Madrid. Additionally, he has an Executive MBA, also from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ICADE, in Madrid, on top of several certifications from Stanford on MIT about Corporate Innovation and Artificial Intelligence.

He has over 15 years’ experience in challenging international environments across several industries such as Pharma, Automotive, Telecom, Finance and manufacturing. His primary function during his career has been focused on driving competitive advantages and company transformation by means of technology, operational efficiencies and talent. He joined MetLife 10 years ago, working as Head of Technology in different markets and leading many consolidation processes and initiatives across EMEA.

Currently, he is leading technology in Iberia (Portugal and Spain) for MetLife, providing Individual Protection, Ordinary Life, Employee Benefits and Credit Life services across several business lines: F2F, Direct Marketing, Brokerage and Bancassurance. In addition, he is part of the EMEA MeLife Digital transformation unit leading technology workstream.