Ricard Fuertes

Ricard Fuertes has a diverse range of work experience in the IT field. Ricard currently holds the position of Head of IS Operations at Transport for Greater Manchester since 2019. Prior to that, they worked at ODEON Cinemas Group as the Head of Group IT Operations from 2015 to 2019, and as the IT Infrastructure Manager at Odeon / UCI Continental Europe from 2011 to 2015. Ricard also served as the Cinema Technologies Manager at CINESA from 2014 to 2015. Before that, they worked at Lorica as a Product Manager from 2010 to 2011, and at Gnosis Sistemas as a Technical Director from 2007 to 2010. Ricard began their career at Aigües del Prat, S.A. as a System Administrator and Software Project Manager from 2001 to 2007, and at Millorsoft, S.L. where they held various roles from 1994 to 2001, including Programmer, Senior Programmer, Analyst, and Project Manager.

Ricard Fuertes completed their education in a chronological manner. Ricard first attended Universitat de Lleida from 1992 to 1994, where they obtained a degree in Ingeniería técnica de sistemas with a field of study in Informática. Following this, they pursued further education at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya from 1994 to 2009, where they earned a degree in Enginyer tècnic en informàtica de sistemes with a field of study in Information Technologies.

In addition to their formal education, Ricard Fuertes has obtained several certifications. Ricard completed the "AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials" certification from Aws training and certification in March 2018. In June 2013, they acquired the "Malicious Software and its Underground Economy: Two Sides to Every Story" certification from the University of London. Most recently, in January 2023, they obtained the "Contract Management Foundation" certification from the Crown Commercial Service. There is also a mention of an "ITIL Foundation" certification, but no details about the institution or the month and year of obtaining it are provided.