2019 — 2021
Executive MBA
EAE Business School
Executive Master in Business Administration.
CIO · CTO · Barcelona
Rubén Garrido Camps
IT Director
BSc in Computer Science and Executive MBA. I lead technology with a business lens: teams, budget, architecture and delivery.
I love technology.
- Technology
- Digital transformation
- Business strategy
+15
years leading technology
18
people in the latest team
€5M
IT budget in transformation
01 — Profile
About me
IT Director with more than 15 years of experience managing technology teams. I am in love with my family — my wife and our two children. I really like travelling, and I am a football and running fan.
02 — Path
Career
Professional experience
Since 2025
Chief Technology Officer
EU Business School
- Direct report to the Managing Director.
- Leading the technology and digital transformation department.
- Managing technology operations across campuses in Spain, Switzerland and Germany.
- Optimising and automating critical processes.
- Department budget management, investments and cost optimisation.
2022 — 2025
Senior Engineering Director
Grupo Godó
- Direct report to the CTO.
- Corporate leader of an 18-person team.
- Resource optimisation and budget management for the software development area.
- Running the core technology area, with high-availability environments on AWS.
2016 — 2022
IT Director
Candelsa
- Member of the executive team, reporting directly to the CEO and the Board.
- Leader of a 14-person technical team.
- Management of a €5M IT budget in the group’s transformation.
- SAP S/4HANA ERP implementation.
- POS software built with API integrations.
- B2B ecommerce platform for Spain.
- B2C ecommerce migration to Adobe Commerce.
- Integration with an automated logistics warehouse.
- On-premise to cloud infrastructure migration.
2010 — 2016
Enterprise Architecture Manager
Privalia.com
- Direct report to the CTO.
- Corporate technical leader, as software architecture manager of a 10-person team.
- Standardisation of Privalia’s ecommerce platform across Europe and South America.
- Launch of native iOS and Android apps.
- Technical integration of acquired companies and business lines into the Privalia group.
Education
2015 — 2016
Coaching Programme for Executives
LeaderPlanet
A 9-month individual executive coaching programme focused on techniques, methods and strategies for leadership roles.
2004 — 2008
BSc Computer Science (Technical Engineer)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Official university degree. Finalist for the Tomás Díez Extraordinary Award for best Final Project of the 2008 class. Honours (10/10) on the Final Project.
Certifications
- Executive MBA — EAE Business School2021
Certified Scrum Master — Scrum Alliance2011
Certificate in Advanced English — University of Cambridge2009
03 — Craft
Capabilities
Technology leadership focused on the business, team management and improving processes and operations. Experience and judgement show up in the P&L.
Leadership
- Business vision
- Strategic direction
- Budget management
- Results orientation
- Negotiation & mediation
- Innovation
- Integrity
- Team motivation
Domains
- AWS
- ERP
- CRM
- B2B / B2C ecommerce
- Enterprise architecture
- Native iOS / Android apps
- APIs & integration
- High availability
- Cloud migration
- Automated logistics
- Artificial intelligence
Languages
- CatalanC1 · Native Catalan
- SpanishNative
- EnglishC1 · Advanced English (CAE)
Method
- ScrumAdvanced practice
- AgileAdvanced practice
- Continuous integrationOperational
04 — Voices
Recommendations
“Ruben is highly committed, hard-working and technically strong. He can design and build solid technical solutions aligned with business needs and timeframes. He manages his team based on example and leadership. I would work again with him.”
“I highlight his enormous value as an application architect, his managing and motivation skills and an absolute commitment with the company. Rubén has achieved several achievements in a top leading ecommerce company, with a very high complexity level.”
“I've met very few people as committed as Rubén. He is a comprehensive person, fair, a good leader and on top of that, a great colleague. It was a pleasure working with him.”
“His strong knowledge, significant experience and rational intuition were incredibly useful when solving architectural tasks, while politeness, responsibility and a friendly way of communication made him a pleasant person to work with.”
“Communicative, smart and a comprehensive person. These are some of his most distinguished values, which allow his team to achieve very good results.”
05 — Classroom
Education & teaching
Executive MBA — EAE Business School
To strengthen my executive role I joined the Executive MBA at EAE Business School in Barcelona. A two-year programme covering multiple company areas, enabling strategic decisions in senior positions.
Lecturer — MPWAR Master, La Salle URL
In 2014-2015 I joined the faculty of the High Performance Web Programming Master (MPWAR) at La Salle – Universitat Ramon Llull. A 60 ECTS programme on the programming languages and web technologies companies actually hire for.
06 — Press
Specialised press
07 — Off duty
Hobbies & challenges
I took up running in 2013. It is not decoration: it is discipline, consistency, and the same logic I apply to a technology plan — measure, persist, improve.
137
races
1,461
km raced
1
marathon
14
half marathons
9
international races
Personal records
5:24:44
Marathon
2:04:08
Half marathon
48:31
10 km
23:35
5 km
08 — Conversation
Contact
If you want to talk technology, transformation or leadership, leave a message and I will reply by email.