Rubén Garrido Camps, IT Director & Software Development Manager. BSc in Computer Science & Executive MBA.

I love technology.

I am a team work enthusiast.

I love my family.

I am a committed person.

I am a resolutive person.

I like travelling.

I enjoy running.

About me
About me

I am Rubén Garrido Camps, BSc in Computer Science & Executive MBA. Currently I am the Software Development Manager at Grupo Godó, the first Spanish communication holding company. I love technology and I am a team work enthusiast. I am in love with my family, my wife and my two little children. I really like travelling and I am a football and running fan.

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Professional Experience
December 2022 - Now
Professional Experience
Software Development Manager - Grupo Godó

I am the Software Development Manager at Grupo Godó, and my main task is to lead the corporate development team, with a 360 degree vision and managing all the projects requested to the IT department, and leading a technical team of 15 engineers. Our team is responsible for the evolution and continuous improvement of all corporate applications, providing technical support to all channels and business areas of the different companies and media channels of Grupo Godó.

Created in 1998, Grupo Godó de Comunicación S.A. is the first Spanish communication holding, owner of different channels and media, absolute leaders in Spain, such as the newspaper La Vanguardia (founded in 1881), Mundo Deportivo (which has its first publication dated 1906), RAC1, RAC105, and so many others, and whose main objective is to be the absolute leader in the audiovisual market, leading businesses in the world of radio, television, written and digital press, advertising management, etc.

December 2016 - December 2022
Professional Experience
IT Director - Candelsa

As IT Director at Candelsa, I am currently responsible for defining the technology strategy of the company, according to my vision in IT sector and according to my experience within technology consultancy. As IT Director I am responsible for managing all the technology projects of the company, according to the business priorities, managing the development team and managing the relationship with all the providers of our department.

Candelsa is one of the main national purchasing central for consumer goods, electronics and technology equipment, with more than 50 years of experience and is responsible for suppying more than 230 points of sale within all its territory, using our comercial brands Euronics, Tien21, Confort and also in our ecommerce portal Puntronic.com

February 2016 - December 2016
Professional Experience
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Deporvillage.com

As CTO and director of the IT department at Deporvillage, I was responsible for defining the technology strategy of the company and leading the definition, prioritization and execution process of all strategic projects, according to the business priorities.

As IT director I led a very experienced technical team within ecommerce sector working for featured international projects, selecting and hiring several professionals for our technical team.

My responsibilities also included managing all the relationship with our providers, negotiating and contracting services and managing all technology components and devices of the company.

March 2010 - February 2016
Professional Experience
Enterprise Architecture Manager - Privalia.com
As a Software Architecture Manager, I was the technical leader of all Privalia group web stores, one of the top leading and most visited e-commerce websites in Europe and South America, with high performance and high availability websites worldwide, with more than 20 million clients.

As Manager of the area I was responsible for the definition, prioritization and execution process of all strategic projects of the company.
Education
2019 - 2021
Education
Executive MBA - EAE Business School

Executive MBA - Executive Master in Business Administration

2015 - 2016
Education
Coaching Program for Executives - LeaderPlanet

Coaching Program for Executives, with total duration of 9 months, focused on developing different techniques, methodologies and strategies for executive roles to achieve better professional and personal development.

2004 - 2008
Education
BSc Computer Science (Technical Engineer in Computer Science) - UAB

BSc Computer Science by Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Certifications and Skills

Executive MBA by EAE Business School (2021)
Certified Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance (2011)
Certificate in Advanced English by University of Cambridge (2009)

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Management skills

  • Leadership
    100%
  • Business Strategy
    100%
  • Team management and Talent
    90%
  • Innovation
    90%
  • Budget management
    95%
  • Decision maker
    90%
  • Creativity
    95%
  • Negotiation skills
    100%
  • Communication
    90%
  • Commitment
    100%
  • Integrity
    100%

Languages

  • Catalán (Lengua materna)
    100%
  • Castellano (Lengua materna)
    100%
  • Inglés (certificación CAE - Advanced)
    90%

Development methodologies

  • Scrum
    95%
  • Agile development
    95%

Recommendations and opinions

Education and University

Executive MBA

EAE Business School

With the main objective of improving my management skills and in order to enhance my directive role, I decided to be enrolled in the Executive MBA that takes place every year at EAE Business School (Barcelona). This EMBA program, that is being developed during two years, allow the students to acquire more experience and wide knowledge within multiple company areas, which allow EMBA students to improve, understand and apply strategic decisions in all directive positions inside a corporate organisation.

Education as University professor

la-salle

During year 2014-2015, and as a complementary activity to my role in the company, I was part of the professors teams of the High Performance Web Programming Master (MPWAR) that takes place every year at La Salle – Universidad Ramon Llull (Barcelona). This master, which has a 60 ECTS credit duration, brings a solid training about programming languages and most used web technologies, allowing students to acquire all required skills to be hired extremely fast by every company within technology sector.

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Hobbies and achieved challenges

I am a runner since 2013. These are some of my main achieved challenges:

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Running competitions
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Total Kms
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Completed Marathon
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Completed Half Marathons
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International competitions

5h 24m 44s

Marathon Personal Record

2h 04m 08s

Half Marathon Personal Record

48m 31s

10 km Personal Record

23m 35s

5 km Personal Record

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Valencia Marathon Interview

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