Ricardo Fernandez Jubany
Interim Manager: Business turnaround, Digital transformation , M&A PMI/PMO
Barcelona, Spain
International Interim manager.: IT Services business turnaround || CIO/CTO/Digital transformation || M&A IT Due Dilligence & Audit Senior C-level professional with a collaborative and transformative leadership style, international experience in different cultural environments and expert in the strategy and leadership of digital transformation, M&A PMO, IT audit & DD and in the management of business restructuring programs. I am currently working on interim projects in these areas of specialization, combining this activity with being a mentor for The Collider startups (Mobile World Capital group). Throughout my career, in addition to leading important business and organizational restructuring and accelerating business development at HPE and UST Global, I have also had the opportunity to help clients from different sectors and sizes (Hofmann, IDEL, Fundación ACI, the Spanish Association Against Cancer and RSM international) in the design and management of their digital transformation programs and in the leadership of the change management that they have associated. And, I’ve also led several IT audits using the broad scope ITGC methodology which covers Organization and strategy, Governance, Security, Operations, Development and Business continuity and Recovery plan areas. The companies with which I collaborate highlight (LinkedIn) this combination of skills: energetic, self-driven, innovator, results oriented, practical and with a remarkable ability to communicate and connect with people. I’ve also got the accreditation by the Generalitat of Catalonia as an expert in IT & digital strategy and innovation management.
Domain experience
Relevant Total Experience: 35 years
Seniority Level: Senior
Sector Experience:
Communication Services Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials FinTech Health Care Industrials Information Technology Materials Real Estate UtilitiesSkills
Skilled in: Corporate Development, Due Diligence, Legal, Portfolio Services & Add-on M&A, Private Equity & Growth Capital, Sell-side M&A
Languages: Spanish, English, Catalan
Work Experience
TSDT
Interim Manager: Business turnaround, IT Governance (CIO/CTO) and Digital transformation (PMO lead)
●1/1/2018
- Now
2019- KONSAC (HR consulting business) 2021- 2022 IDEL (Professional services & Public sector).Significant cost, TAT cycle reductions (44%) and efficiency gains (26%). 2022 Fundacion ACI (education sector) : Assess and design of their digital transformation program. 2022- yotramito.es : Robotic process automation. 2022-2023 Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer ( NGO/healthcare) : Operational digital transformation. Over 30% efficiency improvements while providing a better service quality and 5x average TAT reduction in project’s implementation. 2023 RSM ESPAÑA: Redefine IT strategy, priorities and IT department organizational setup. Digital transformation program design and implementation. Efficiency gains (Audit, Corporate finance and Tax&Legal Professional service) thanks to the digitalization program 2023-2024 4 IT due dilligence and IT audit services for RSM customers . (Madrid, Mexico, Madrid and Canada) 2024 Grupo Cervino: Post-M&A . Company spin-off : Build IT department.TTransform and simplify the applications map . Accredited by the Generalitat of Catalonia as top expert on Digital Strategy, Innovation Management and Industry 4.0 Certified by CxO Transform on Digital Business Transformation Management.
Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Advisor / Mentor for The Collider startups
●1/5/2020
- Now
Involvement in deep-tech disruptive projects with seasoned entrepreneurs. Mentoring responsibilities are ensuring the correct progress of the team and its alignment with the program's objectives and milestones, guide the team towards their business objectives in the short and long term and offer an empathetic and experienced response to the team’s difficulties and uncertainties. Jan18-Dec22: For both The Collider-Mobile World Capital and CECOT, I regularly have run mentor services for their start-up investments, as for The Predictive Company – (artificial intelligence/HVAC industrial sector), SALGO (big data analytics/mobility sector), Saferoads (IOT & industrial sensors), Shared-PV (big data analytics /energy sector), myCarenet and Laia Contigo (healthcare)mand Medisoa (professional services sector). I’ve also done several collaborations related to industry 4.0 and digital strategy at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra One of them, the ARtur project (augmented reality/tourism sector), was awarded as winner of StartUnicorn’22.
UST Global
CTO and Managing Director of Consulting & Digital Services for Spain & LATAM
●1/11/2018
- 31/10/2019
Leading a world class consulting team made of several business units (practices) and turnaround business performance. The challenge main priorities were: business growth, consistent profitability and improve employee engagement. Practices (BUs): Application development (Legacy, mobile, AR, API, Blockchain), QA automation and Testing, Cybersecurity, IT infrastructure & Management. Turnaround results: -A new simplified organizational setup, looking for synergies, eliminating silos while building a sense of belonging. -Business growth: 48% YoY grow. - Operations: Productivity metrics improved by 52% - Gross margin: GM% moved up from -8% to +20%. -The attrition ratio was reduced by 300%.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
EMEA CONSULTING BUSINESS DIRECTOR - IT Consulting & Advisory
●1/1/2012
- 31/12/2017
-Business Development strategy (operations were at country level) -Define the organizational setup and a new headcount affordability model for all countries in EMEA. -Lead EMEA Knowledge Management Program -Lead the Channel Enablement and the Partner alliances Programs . Achievements: *Launched a new organizational model with a centralized regional team to support solution areas in their incubation phase. *EMEA BU operating profit grew by +9.3 percentage points in two years. * Lead Growth initiatives program : EMEA pipeline grew by 71% (for a business size of 400+M$) * Creation of a new business area: Advisory & Transformation Service Line.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
IBERIA COUNTRY MANAGER for IT CONSULTING BUSINESS UNIT
●1/1/2009
- 31/12/2012
Manage operations with full P&L responsibility for the whole HPConsulting Business Unit in Spain and Portugal Achievements: -Revenue grew by 28% (up to 35M$) thanks to a synergy go to market programs -Awarded as the best country at worldwide level (Technology Services Business Unit)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Country Manager for Applications & SAP Business Unit for Iberia
●1/1/2005
- 31/12/2009
Business unit management of the Applications & SAP Consulting Services . The KPIs were: Orders, Revenue, Gross Margin and Customer Satisfaction. ● During that period ,our Orders grew by 89% in 2 years and more than doubled in a 2,5 years period while Gross Margin % improved by +3 pp,too. ● PLM solution based on SAP R/3: Development of an integrated application that radically transformed the existing critical maintenance and overhaul processes .It was sold and implemented at important aircraft, train and electrical operations companies in Spain.
Education
La Salle BCN
1/1/1984
- 31/12/1986
jobs in Business Administration
1/1/1988
- 31/12/1990
Instituto Universitario Euroforum Escorial (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Functional Development Program on Marketing
●1/1/1993
- 31/12/1993
Instituto Universitario Euroforum Escorial (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
1/1/1994
- 31/12/1994
Instituto Universitario Euroforum Escorial (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
1/1/1986
- 31/12/1986
Escuela de Lean Management
1/1/2018
- 31/12/2018
Lean management for Industry, Healthcare and Services Vertical Sectors
Udima Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
1/1/2020
- 31/12/2020
Curso de UDIMA impartido por CEF
CXO Transform
1/1/2018
- 31/12/2019
Certification on Digital Transformation Management https://cxotransform.com/p/digital-transformation-bundle
Licenses / Certificates
CertiProf
Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate
●1/9/2021
Generalitat de Catalunya
Acreditación (programa ACCIÓ) como experto en las áreas de ESTRATEGIA (digital), INDUSTRIA 4.0 y GESTIÓN de la INNOVACIÓN
●1/7/2021
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