Joan Casas Portell

Joan Casas Portell has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Their most recent position is as Operations & Finance Director at Koa Health since 2020. Prior to that, they worked as a Lecturer at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) from 2020 to 2023.

Joan also held the position of Head of PMO / Program Manager at Alpha, an innovation unit established by Telefónica in Barcelona, from 2019 to 2020. Before that, they were a Program Manager at Cambium Learning Group from 2015 to 2019.

In addition, Joan worked at JCM TECHNOLOGIES, where they served as a Project Manager III from 2014 to 2015 and as a Project Manager II from 2010 to 2014. They were responsible for various consulting and project management tasks involving innovation, management, and product development strategies.

At the beginning of their career, Joan worked at Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, where they held the roles of Transmission Controller from 2005 to 2010 and Transmission Controller Intern from April 2005 to July 2005.

Joan Casas Portell has a comprehensive education history, as detailed by the chronological information provided. From 2018 to 2019, Joan pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Before that, from 2012 to 2013, Joan attended Esade, where they completed an Executive Master in Operations and Innovation Management. During the same period, Joan also participated in an exchange program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specifically focusing on Global Business through ESADE.

In terms of undergraduate education, Joan studied Electronics Engineering at Universitat Ramon Llull from 2010 to 2011, earning a Master's degree (MSc) or Ingeniero Superior qualification. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2009, Joan pursued a Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering at the same university. Furthermore, Joan completed a Bachelor's degree (BSc) or Ingeniero Técnico in Telecommunications Engineering from Universitat Ramon Llull, spanning from 2001 to 2005.

Additionally, Joan Casas Portell possesses several certifications. These include being a Certified Professional Scrum Master™ (PSM I) from Scrum.org, a Certified Professional Scrum Product Owner™ (PSPO I) from Scrum.org, a Certified SAFe SA - Scaled Agile Framework® Agilist (SA) from Scaled Agile, Inc., an ITIL® v3 Foundation certification from AXELOS Global Best Practice, a PMP® (Project Management Professional) certification from the Project Management Institute, and a Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC)™ from the Management and Strategy Institute.