Head of Engineering · CTO · CIO

Twenty-five years turning technology problems into business decisions.

I lead engineering, teams and critical platforms in banking, fintech and payments, including evolutionary and corrective development for core banking systems. When technology truly matters, decisions need experience, judgement and execution.

25+years in engineering and IT leadership
100+professionals led
12,000+users in a CRM Product across 10 countries

Critical technology, large teams and decisions with consequences.

I am a technology executive with more than twenty-five years of experience in software engineering, digital transformation, IT governance and critical platforms for the financial sector. My career connects programming, architecture, product, operations and team leadership in environments where failure is not an option: core banking, payments, acquiring, Open Finance, API enablement, enterprise integration and cloud/on-premise architectures.

For thirteen years I led the evolution of a collaborative CRM Product at Unísono, with more than 12,000 users, historical presence in 10 countries, enterprise integrations and ISO 9001 and ENAC certifications. Later, I managed areas at Minsait Payments - Indra Company related to acquiring, analytics, fraud prevention, testing, demand management, monitoring, Agile methodology implementation and iterative value delivery with high-performing teams. Today I am Head of Engineering at Nuek - Indra Company, leading multidisciplinary teams of more than one hundred professionals for regulated financial institutions.

My current focus is AI first with judgement: real automation, engineering productivity, knowledge governance, semantic layers, LLMs, local models and intelligent agents. Not AI as a slogan, but as a measurable operating capability.

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Capabilities

Leadership and teams

Building and leading high-performing technical teams that last.

  • Leadership of multidisciplinary teams of 100+ professionals
  • Agile, ITIL, Kaizen operating models and demand governance
  • Hiring, training and development of technical talent
  • Development methodologies audited under ISO 9001 and ENAC

Critical platforms

Modernising and operating systems the business cannot afford to lose.

  • Core banking, payments, acquiring and Open Finance
  • API enablement, enterprise integration, ERP, CRM and BPO
  • Regulated environments, security, scalability and high availability
  • Legacy modernisation and evolutionary/corrective development in audited contexts

Data and infrastructure

Turning technical complexity into actionable business information.

  • Advanced analytics, semantic layers and knowledge management
  • Distributed backends, web frontends, mobility and APIs
  • Ticketing, probes, monitoring and fraud prevention
  • Azure/AWS cloud, hybrid and on-premise architectures

Applied AI first

Real, governed and measurable enterprise AI adoption.

  • LLMs, local models and intelligent agents
  • AI-enabled process automation
  • AI-augmented engineering productivity
  • Privacy, traceability and real adoption metrics

Selected cases

2000-2002

SYSGROUP / Software & Information Solution — JD Edwards ERP and Ferrovial

Project lead and responsible manager for JD Edwards ERP implementations for the CEMEX group, working across financial modules, distribution, databases and corporate systems. During the same period, design and delivery of an Institutional Relations application for Ferrovial, connecting business processes, reporting and technology operations in demanding enterprise environments.

2005-2018

CRM Suite — Unísono

Thirteen years evolving a collaborative CRM product with more than 12,000 users, historical presence in 10 countries, multilingual operation and enterprise integrations. Leadership of a multidisciplinary team, proprietary methodology audited under ISO 9001 and ENAC certifications, with CRC Gold 2013 Best in Technology recognition.

2019-2023

Minsait Payments - Indra Company

Management of areas and projects in payments analytics, GetNet Santander acquiring, fraud prevention, demand management, testing, billing, probes and monitoring. Implementation of Agile methodologies, operational governance and iterative value delivery with high-performing teams. Consulting in blockchain, cryptocurrencies and CBDC.

2018-2019

everis (NTT Data) — Retail mobility and payments

Product Owner Payments for a mobility solution and payment platform for ticket reading using OCR and Machine Learning, focused on the retail sector and developed as a product for NTT Japan. A case of convergence between mobile experience, payments, analytics and intelligent automation applied to consumer processes.

2023-present

Nuek - Indra Company

Head of Engineering in Customer Solutions, leading multidisciplinary development teams for regulated financial institutions. Focused on turning business needs into operable, scalable and sustainable platforms, with special attention to core banking, Open Finance, API enablement, integration and cloud architectures.

Present

AI first vision in critical banking

Practical AI application in regulated environments: LLMs, local models, intelligent agents, process automation, engineering productivity, knowledge governance, semantic layers, advanced analytics, traceability, privacy and real adoption metrics. AI not as an isolated experiment, but as a governed operating layer.

Career

2023 — presentHead of Engineering, Customer SolutionsNuek - Indra Company
2019 — 2023ManagerMinsait Payments - Indra Company
2019Operations Manager SpainAltitude Software
2018 — 2019Product Owner Paymentseveris (NTT Data)
2005 — 2018Development DirectorUnísono
2003 — 2005Manager / Technical ConsultantGestair · Aqua eSolutions
2000 — 2002Responsible Manager / JD Edwards ERP Project LeadSYSGROUP · Software & Information Solution
1998 — 2000Full stack developerVic Telehome
1995 — 1998Specialist ProgrammerSpanish Ministry of Defence (ET)

Selected education and certifications

Security, methodologies, programming, blockchain, data and cloud platforms

Postgraduate Expert in IT Systems Security · Universidad Católica de Ávila

ITIL Foundations V3 · Tecnofor

Master in Programming · Comunidad de Madrid

ET Specialist Programmer · IPE Nº II

Microsoft 5th Star DCE · .NET development

Decentralised application development with Ethereum

Confluent Fundamentals Accreditation

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