About Ruben Gonzalez Blanco

Ruben Gonzalez Blanco Executive, Manager, Architect and Developer. Passionate practitioner of Software Development in general. Specialised in Digital Transformation, Platforms and Cloud. 25+ years of experience in software development in different sectors (finance, technology, telecommunications, education) performing different roles (Developer, Architect, Tester, Manager, Consultant, System Integrator, Lecturer) and working on Digital Transformation of Enterprises. "Without change there is no improvement" "Software development is a process of knowledge transformation, creative and human" "Software developers are like artists" "Working software is the only measure of progress" "Full Digital transformation is about putting software and software developers at the core of the company" "Developing software is like composing music" Ruben Gonzalez Blanco Interested in software engineering, software development, agile methods, software architecture, development paradigms, object oriented, distributed computing, process automation strategies, management practices, product management, processes and organisational changes. Passionate about technology in general. Ruben Gonzalez Blanco's Specialisms: * Leading Software Development in complex projects * Designing and Architecting Software products and platforms * Transforming company culture and creating developer friendly organisations and environments * Applying Agile practices and iterative methodologies . * Applying Lean startup approach for product development * Enterprise Automation and Systems Integration * Object Oriented Analysis Design(UML) and Implementation in different languages. * Programming software: C, Java, Python, C++, Go ... * Lecturing in Software engineering practices and principles * Applying technologies for building internet, cloud and big data products, platforms and services (Cloud Platforms, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, NoSQL, BigData, MOM, CQRS, Event Sourcing, MicroServices ...) He held senior architecture and cloud services roles at BBVA and Telefónica. Earlier in his career, he worked for companies including Thomson Reuters, Deutsche Bank, and Hewlett-Packard. Ruben Gonzalez Blanco earned Master's degrees in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad de Zaragoza and Universidad de Cantabria.