Academic background

• MfA in Industrial Design. Specialization: Interaction Design. 120 ECTS. Umeå Institute of Design. 2016.
• BSc. in Computer Science. Specialization: Systems and Development. 180 ECTS. Unveritat Oberta de Catalunya. 2009.
• BSc in Information Sciences. Specialization: Audiovisual Communications. 240 ECTS. University of Seville. 1996.

Awards & Honors

• Red Dot Design Award: Honourable Mention. Education Category.
• Core 77: Notable Award for Superbleeper 2017
• Science on Stage (Hispanic Countries and Portugal): organized by csic (High Council for Scientific Research), icmat (Mathematical Science Institute), RSEF (Royal Spanish Physics Society) and UNED (National Distance Learning University). Winner for +-*:numblers (2013). Honourable Mention for Triangles (2011).
• IxDA 2018 Awards: shortlisted for Superbleeper.
• Svensk Form: Finalist (2016)

Grants & Scholarships

• Brita Stina Nordenstedt Donation to Promising Research. Umeå University. 2016
• Talentia Fellowship. Consejería de Innovación, Junta de Andalucía. 2014-2016.
• Erasmus+ teacher (2017) and student (1995).

Professional experience

• 2010 – Consejería de Educación. Junta de Andalucía (Education Council. Government of Andalousia).
  Graphic Design Teacher. Right now involved in a project with other european schools on how to promote entrepreneurship in art and design schools accross Europe. Also redesigning the relationship between students and teachers in my school of Design. I have previously been part of the board of directors being in charge of the budget and economy of the school. I teach subjects like Scientific Fundamentals of Design, Interaction Design and Web Design.
• 2001 – 2010. ::: aspectocomunicación
  Founder and Art Director of this visual communications studio. We did projects involving interactive media, graphic design and video. Works can be seen in http://www.aspectocomunicacion.com In the public sector clients range from the Spanish Ministry of Education (projects made in collaboration with other companies), to other Regional and Local Government Councils, the University of Seville and other scientific institutions. Also private companies ranging from international companies like Endesa (projects made in collaboration with other companies) to small startups like Anafocus (named among the 100 most innovative companies in Europe in 2003 and now one of the most important electronic vision companies in Europe) 1999 – 2010. Confederation of Entepreneurs of Andalousia. More than 1900 hours as ict teacher. Classes on Flash, ActionScript 3, Autodesk Combustion, Avid Express and Premiere. Students in their final year degree or just graduated.
• 1998 – 2001. Formación Digital
  Responsible of the audiovisual department. Editing (Avid Media Composer) and Postproduction (Autodesk Combustion) of educational videos for professionals. Projects financed by the European Union dedicated to improve the qualification of unemployed students. The company became the most important one in Europe in the sector of professional education.

Courses and seminars

• Making Visible the invisible. Exploring Interaction Design, Computational Design and Physical Computing. Copenhaguen Institute of Interaction Design. 120 hours. Summer School 2011.
• Multimedia Project Manager as part of the European Master in Management of Audiovisual Companies. Instituto Magica. Roma, Italy. 40 hours. 1999.
• Multimedia Seminar in the European School of Economics as part of the European Master in Management of Audiovisual Companies. Instituto Magica. Roma, Italy. 40 hours. 1997.
• Erasmus Scholarship Roskilde University. Communications Department. January-July, Copenhaguen, Denmark. 1995.
• Multimedia Production. Masters Level Course. Government of Andalousia and Confederation of Entepreneurs of Andalousia. 960 hours. 1997.
• Industrial Design Course. Confederation of Entepreneurs of Andalousia. 100 hours. 1998.
• Java Web Components Developer. Sun Microsystems and Confederation of Entepreneurs of Andalousia. 270 hours. 2009.
• Social Networks Management. Centre of Teacher’s Studies. Córdoba. 40 hours. 2013.
• Macromedia Director 8. Macromedia Authorized Training Program. 2000. Oracle 9i Database Management. Confederation of Entepreneurs of Andalousia. 50 hours. 2000.
• XML programming introduction. Confederation of Entepreneurs of Andalousia. 20 hours. 2002.
• A world to learn. Internet and ICT resources for kindergarten, primary and secondary education. National Distance Learning University. 120 hours. 2008.
• Learning to look. National Distance Learning University. 120 hours. 2009. Web application development applied to education. National Distance Learning University. 120 hours. 2010.
• Digital editing and postproduction in AVID Media Composer. Atrium Digital. 20 hours. 1998.

Languages

• English. Cambridge Advanced Exam. European Council Level C1. Grade: A.
• Spanish, mother tongue