Álvaro Vélez Gálvez

Álvaro Vélez Gálvez has been working in the software development industry since 2007. In 2007, they were an Analyst - Programmer at Avalon Consultora, where they created and maintained a platform for applications and grants management support to research from the Ministry of Education and Science. In the same year, they were also a Java Analyst/Programmer at Avalon TI, where they created and maintained a platform for the application and grants management support for research from the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain. In 2008, they worked as an Analist Programmer at tarifas24.es, a comparative rates website specialized in DSL and mobile phones, car insurance, and finance products. In 2010, they worked as an IT Consultant at the European Commission, where they were integrated in the DEFIS evaluation applications development team. Álvaro also worked as a Publishing Manager Spain & Portugal at Groupon, where they were responsible for the publishing area and led a team of 12 designers, copywriters and publishers. In 2011, they were the Founder of Carbono Software S.L., a software development company specialized in the design and development of custom software solutions. From 2015 to 2019, they were a Partner at tripUniq and from 2012 to 2022, they were a Partner at Plan Reforma. Currently, they are the Director Técnico at Bookish.es.

Álvaro Vélez Gálvez completed a degree in Computer Engineering at Universidad de Córdoba from 1999 to 2004. In 2006, they obtained two certifications from Sun Microsystems: Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 5 and Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE 1.4. In 2011 and 2012, they attended EPFC. In 2021, they obtained the Ciberseguridad en el Teletrabajo certification from Google Actívate.