RedIRIS - Spanish Research and Academic Network (Spain)

Antonio Saravia Gonzalez

Deputy Director of RedIRIS at Red.es, Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda of Spain. Associate Professor of Digital Economy, University of Alcala de Henares.
Degree in Computer Science at Polytechnic University of Madrid, Executive MBA at IE Business School (Madrid).

He began his career in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. After more than 3 years he returns to Spain to join the Holding “Telefonica”, first in the R+D department, later in “Telefonica de España”. He later moved to MCI Worldcom (now Verizon), the American telecom company.

Finally, in December 2002 he joined Red.es where his professional activity focused on the definition, launch and execution of nationwide initiatives and programs aimed at development of the information society and the digital transformation of the economy. Since November 2015, as Deputy Director of RedIRIS, he has been responsible for the management and promotion of new projects and services to better serve the academic and scientific community. Accordingly, he is leading the GÉANT Cloud IaaS Framework in Spain and promoting the adoption of cloud services in the Spanish community.