Andoni Valverde Villar

Andoni Valverde Villar has over 20 years of experience in the field of cybersecurity. Andoni is currently the Head of Global Cyber Fusion Center at Iberdrola, where they are responsible for implementing a governance model for the group's cyber operations. Prior to this, Andoni served as the CISO at LABORAL Kutxa, where they successfully implemented the organization's comprehensive security plan. Andoni also held the role of CSIRT Manager at Iberdrola, leading a global team and defining services and strategies for incident and crisis management. Andoni has experience as an IT Security Specialist at CounterCraft, where they designed and implemented advanced threat protection solutions. Andoni also worked as a Security Service Manager at S21sec, where they were responsible for managing the Security Operations Center and providing various security services. Andoni began their career as a Research Assistant at the Universidad del País Vasco, focusing on projects related to Natural Language Processing.

Andoni Valverde Villar has a diverse education history. Andoni obtained a Certificado-Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA) in Suficiencia Investigadora from Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea from 2005 to 2007. Andoni then pursued a Master's degree in Seguridad Informática from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that, they completed a Master's program at Udako Euskal Unibertsitatea (UEU) from 2003 to 2005, although the specific field of study is not specified. Andoni Valverde Villar's educational journey began with a degree in INGENIERO EN INFORMATICA from Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, where they studied Informática from 1996 to 2002. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications throughout their career, including Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and ITIL® Expert Certificate in IT Service Management.