Javier Galarza Hernández

Javier Galarza Hernández is an experienced data professional currently serving as Associate Director and DataOps and Data Observability Lead at AstraZeneca since July 2024. Prior to this role, Javier was a Principal Data Engineer at Schneider Electric from June 2023 to July 2024, and held positions at Skyscanner as a Senior Data Engineer and Data Engineer II from May 2021 to June 2023. Javier's earlier experience includes a Data Engineer role at Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) and positions at NTT DATA Europe & LATAM, where contributions included working within the Santander Technology Capital Reporting team and the Banc Sabadell Big Data team. Jillian began a career as a Back-end Cobol Developer at TSB. Javier holds a Master of Science in Mathematical Research and a Master's degree in Big Data Analytics from Universitat Politècnica de València, along with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the same institution. Additional education includes a period of study at Aalto University under the Erasmus+ Grant focusing on Communication Ecosystems.