ach day is a new adventure and a constant discovery of new technologies… The responsible for this is the innovation centre of the group, sorry I wanted to say ‘LaCabina’, where I work since its inauguration so my cabin DNA makes me enjoy the healthy and peculiar intensity that characterizes this space.

I studied Law and Business at the UAM, but I am a technologist by hobby and ‘professional deformation’ … and today I am super happy to have this profile so Frankenstein. I will leave my answers below to help you get to know me better but I am someone quite dedicated, especially when there is a good cocktail of motivation and new challenges. In my dealings I am certainly friendly enough, especially because I never forget what they say is true: I am only as good as the people around me. Therefore, out of gratitude and by my very nature, I am always there for them.

Degree in Advertising and Public Relations, Degree in Business Administration and Management, University Specialist in Coaching, and Master in HR.

I have given training to companies for 10 years and developed consulting projects both in the field of Digital Marketing and Human Resources. I love facing new challenges, always looking for different learning, sharing and creating moments that help to make every day a little better.

I’ve been at Telefónica since September 2021, before that I spent a year and a half between the internship and the scholarship… it’s been almost 5 years, but it still seems like yesterday when I first entered the Este 3 building and met my colleagues.

During this time in the company I have been in different areas, from more technical to more managerial areas, but always linked to the development of services, first with services related to fixed technology, then with 4G mobile technology and recently with 5G SA technology and Network Slicing functionality. Because Telefónica is a leading company in technology, it offers employees the opportunity to be constantly learning, even if you have been in the same position for a long time.

Cayetano Carbajo is a telecommunications engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In 1995, fresh from university, he joined Telefónica Móviles España as a radio planning engineer, from where he moved to the radio engineering department. In 1998 he was appointed Manager of International and Interprovincial Projects. In 2000 he moved to Morocco, where he was responsible for the deployment of the Medi Telecom network. In June 2001 he was appointed Access Network Director of the Corporate Unit of Telefónica Móviles. After participating in numerous international projects, he was appointed CTO of Telefónica Móviles México. In this exciting challenge, where he led the world’s first transition from CDMA to GSM technology, he worked until May 2006, when he was appointed CTO of the Corporate Unit of Telefónica SA. In November 2014, he was appointed CTO of Telefónica Deustchland. In this position, he takes on one of the biggest LTE deployment challenges in the mobile industry, while maximising synergies in the consolidation of the O2 and Eplus networks. Since November 2019, Cayetano has been in charge of core, transport, innovation and ecosystem management, where he drives the transformation of Telefónica’s networks.

In 2015, Cayetano received the Engineer of the Year award from the Association of Telecommunications Engineers.

He was born in Cáceres in 1970. He is married and father of two children.

Electrical Engineer from University of La Salle in Bogotá, Colombia, and Master in Engineering Project Management from University Del Norte, in Barranquilla, Colombia. I started my professional career at Telecom Colombia in 1995. In 2003 I joined Telefónica Colombia leading the maintenance, planning and deployment of energy systems, and in 2017 I moved to Telefónica S.A. in Spain as part of the GCTIO team, in the critical mission infrastructure area within the Operations division.

In my current role I am responsible for technically leading the Framework Agreements for the purchase of critical infrastructure components for the group’s operations. In addition, I support various projects focused on sustainability and energy savings, generating guidelines for new network deployment models, testing emerging technologies and leading innovation initiatives.

I have been with the company for 34 years. I find it incredible to be able to say that I am one of the people on the team that started with the technology of Automatic Mobile Telephony (TMA-450), which is now reaching 5G and AI.

I started on 7 February 2007, then still at O2. I started as a junior team leader for DSL. The company had just introduced DSL and my job was to optimise processes and create a team that could manage the processes. At that time, customer satisfaction at O2 DSL was still not optimal.

A lot of time has passed since then and I have held various positions. As a manager, I was responsible for SIM card activation, development of activation strategies and process optimisation. In 2019, I was in Simplification and introduced and implemented RPA (Robotic Process Automation) at Telefónica Deutschland. Following that, I worked in Transformation. Since 2021, I work in Digital Enablement & Innovation in Customer Services & Sales and am responsible for RPA (Robotic Process Automation). My main tasks here are the further development of RPA strategies, the provision of infrastructure, the implementation of automation, etc. and, of course, analysing the market for new technologies.

Born in Jerez de la Frontera, he studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Navarra. He has worked in Purchasing, Logistics, and CEO of the subsidiary Solar360 Installation and Maintenance Solutions.

Always with a positive attitude, he encourages good relationships in the teams, and feels privileged to take on challenges. He is the father of 3 children and married to a great wife (British). He is a nature lover and practices regular outings to the mountains with his 3 dogs. He is passionate about gastronomy always accompanied by good wine (red).

Federico Guillén has been President of one of Nokia’s four Business Groups, Network Infrastructure, since 2021, and as such is globally responsible for the development, marketing, supply, deployment and maintenance of products and services for Fixed Access, Optical Transport, IP Networks and Submarine Cable Networks. He has been a member of the Nokia Management Committee (GLT – Global Leadership Team) and previously of Alcatel-Lucent (Excom) since 2013.

Previously, he was responsible for “Customer Operations” for the EMEA and APAC regions (2018-2020), President of the Fixed Access Division (2013-2018), President of Alcatel-Lucent Spain and Portugal and Global Account Manager of Telefonica (2009-2012) and has held various positions of responsibility over more than 30 years at Nokia.

Federico is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineers of Madrid. He has a Postgraduate degree in Switching and Data Communication Architectures from the ETSITM and a Master’s degree in International Management from the EM Lyon and Alcatel-Alshtom.

His passions are playing golf and chess, listening to music in his free time and walking with his wife. His aspiration is to one day be able to visit in time all those cities to which he has traveled, but which he has not really gotten to know as he would have liked.

I am a professional with experience in UX design, human resources administration and project management. I have a degree in Human Resources Management, Project Management Officer (PMO), and a strong background in IT- Cisco Technician.

I have specialised in Field Provisioning Processes and as an Instructor at Hispam, where I share my knowledge and experience with future professionals. My approach is oriented to the continuous improvement of processes and the design of efficient solutions to optimize the performance of the team.

I joined this company on 1 September 2022, which means I have been with it for 2 years.

I value my time at Telefónica very positively, it is a very solid company, where you can grow, and for someone ‘young’ that is one of the most important things.

Knowing that a technological revolution is taking place with Telefónica at the forefront fills me with pride: knowing that the company where you work is at the forefront makes it even more attractive to belong to Telefónica.

I have been with the company for 25 years.

Overall, the experience has been very good because I have grown professionally and as a person in the company.

I have been working here for 35 years, since I was 19 years old.

I am very proud to have contributed to making the team work as a team…really.

Born in Villarrín de Campos (Zamora) in 1962. Degree in Physics from the University of Salamanca.

He has spent most of his career at Telefónica, from 1988 to 2016. The first 3 years he was part of the IT area of Telefónica de España, where he worked in the data communications team of the corporate network (IBM-SNA).

Later, in the Technology Department of Telefónica de España, he specialized in IP Network Technology, where he became Manager. In 2000 he was part of the RIMA Project: the creation of the IP network of Telefónica de España, linked to Broadband, which began with ADSL. Until 2012, as IP Network Manager, he was part of the teams that carried out the convergence projects of fixed, mobile and company data IP networks. 

Between 2012 and 2016, he was Transport Network Manager, within the GCTO (Global CTO) organization, driving the synergistic development of the Telefónica Group’s IP networks and fiber optic transmission networks.

Between 2017 and 2023 he led as CEO the SME Tecnitest Ingenieros S.L., dedicated to the innovation and development of automatic quality control solutions, based on Non-Destructive Testing (NDT).

After making the orderly transition of responsibilities at Tecnitest, he is retired from active professional life. A large part of his time is occupied by the Marathon, reading and writing.

Computer Engineer, lover of the world of automotive mechanical engineering, proactive who loves to learn any kind of innovative technology. Racket sports enthusiast

Rafael Cantó Palancar holds an Msc. in Telecommunication Engineering from Universidad Politécnica of Madrid and joined Telefonica I+D in 1998. His early work focused on Radio Access, and he later led Optical Networks and Fixed Access Groups. From 2013, Rafael has been involved in different roles related to IP & Transport Technologies. Currently, he is leading the technological exploration activities in the Transport & IP team at Telefonica CTIO, focusing on areas such as quantum communications, data plane evolution, and open and disaggregated Transport networks

Dr Diego R. Lopez joined Telefonica in 2011 as a Senior Technology Expert, and he is currently in charge of the Technology Exploration activities within the GCTIO Unit. Before joining Telefónica he spent some years in the academic sector, dedicated to research on network services, and was appointed member of the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data Infrastructures by the European Commission.

Diego is currently focused on applied research in network infrastructures, with a special emphasis on evidence-driven management, new architectures, security, and quantum communications. Diego is an ETSI Fellow and chairs the ETSI ISG ZSM on network automation.

Apart from this, Diego is a more than acceptable Iberian ham carver, and extremely fond of seeking and enjoying comics, and good discussions on any (in)appropriate matter.

Jesús Folgueira is MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from UPM (1994) and MSc in Telecommunication Economics from UNED (2015). He joined Telefónica in 1997. He is the Head of Transport and IP Networks within Telefonica Global CTO unit, where he leads Network Planning, Technology and Innovation, and collaborates as partial lecturer with some universities. He is focused on Optical, Metro & IP Networks, SDN, advanced switching and quantum communications. His expertise also includes Broadband Access, R&D Management, and network deployment. He has participated in more than 50 international research projects and co-authored several scientific papers and patents.

Antonio Pastor (Ph.D. in Computer Science from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) joined Telefónica in 2000 where he has served as an engineer and security expert across various Telefónica networks worldwide. Since 2012, as part of Telefonica Global CTIO unit, he works in innovation activities in transport network about security based on network programmability and quantum secure communications. He has produced several patents, is co-author of several scientific papers. Additionally, he collaborates with the university by teaching classes and keeps active collaboration in standardization bodies.

I have spent more than 13 years at Telefónica, and sometimes I feel it has been many more, as each one represents a lot of learning, experience and anecdotes that have helped shape who I am today.

My professional career has focused on working with and for people. I started as Human Resources Coordinator at Telefónica Venezuela, where I supported the B2C area in creating effective strategies to manage human talent, to optimise the customer experience and to foster a healthy work environment. Subsequently, I moved to the Culture, Training and Organisational Development area, where I was dedicated to promoting and strengthening the organisational culture and the potential of employees. Initiatives I managed included training programmes, work climate, coaching management, as well as an entrepreneurship and skills development programme aimed at young people ‘SALTAC’.

In 2018, I made one of the most important decisions of my life: to apply for a new position in a different country. Although that challenge filled me with fear, it also filled me with excitement. Then Telefónica Colombia allowed me to work in culture and training, focusing on Diversity and Employer Branding. Without a doubt, working in diversity was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life; there I found part of my purpose and I flowed with passion in that work.

During this time, I designed programmes to create the right work environment to drive diversity, equity and inclusion through experiences that recognise, promote and maximise the equal value of all people. By 2021, this role expanded with the change of model, and I became part of the Diversity team for Telefónica Hispam, which covered nine countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Hispam Holding in Spain.

For 2024, Telefónica Hispam offers me an exciting opportunity to continue to grow. I am joining the Cultura Hispam team, where I manage the ENPS and accompany various areas in the design of actions to improve the working environment. In addition, I lead the recognition programme and I am part of one of the most important strategic initiatives of the organisation: the adoption of a new culture and performance model. In this role, I am responsible for leading the communication strategy.

In summary, my experience at Telefónica has been a journey of change and learning, but, above all, it has allowed me to develop a better version of myself: more human, empathetic and committed to people and their value.