José Martinez-Usero

Jose is Interim Director of Research and Innovation Projects at DIGITALEUROPE. José has more than 15 years’ experience as project coordinator of EU projects and several major European studies on different ICT fields (egov, einclusion, ehealth, artificial intelligence, data spaces, twin transition, etc.)

In his professional career, Jose has combined managerial work for ICT consultancies (ONCE Foundation ICT company and Funka) and teaching at several universities, such as, Leeds Metropolitan University, Carlos III University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid and Universidade Portucalense. He has also been the Academic Director of the UOC-ONCE Foundation Master on Accessible Technologies. Nowadays, he is an associate researcher at UNIR and co-direct the Industrial PhD UNIR-DIGITALEUROPE.

For many years José has been participating as expert in ICT standardisation processes, such as Head of Interoperability Working Group at UNE or Project Team Leader in the context of Mandate 376 at CENCENELEC. Jose is also a renowned speaker in international conferences and scientific events. He has written several books and a wide range of scientific articles in ICT related fields.

José holds a Computer Science degree and a Master in Telecommunications, both degrees from Polytechnic University of Valencia. Moreover, he holds a PhD in Business Administration from Carlos III University of Madrid. In more recent times, he has also received training on Organisational Strategy at the London School of Economics.