Promoting Innovation and Technology as Local Economic Development boosters
Barcelona Area, Spain
- Current
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- Deputy Mayor for Budget, Economic Development, Innovation and University at Manresa City Council
- Past
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- Professor at UOC
- e-Business Consultant at AJ Comercio
- Deputy Director at Inoxtop
- Spain Country Mgr at Tonna Electronique
- Marketing and Sales Mgr at Macsa ID, S.A.
- Telecommunications Sales Mgr at Indra
- Data Communications Support Engineer at Epson Ibérica
- Software engineer at CIRSA
- Development engineer at Serra Soldadura
- Education
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- EADA - Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Connections
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- Industry
- Government Administration
- Websites
Alain Jorda’s Summary
I've got experience in a number of different kinds of companies, small and big, local and international, industry and services, for which I've developed different functions along my career: engineering, customer service, engineer management, business management, marketing and sales as well as some experience in procurement, information systems or quality assurance.
I think one of my strongest points is starting new activities, what I've done several times in the companies I was working at the moments. My strategic vision combined with good team building capabilities and a good general business experience help me in the development of new activities.
Alain Jorda’s Specialties:
Starting new projects. Strategic vision, implementing the vision and taking it to real work.
team building and motivating, redirectioning people goals and ways of working, change management.
Alain Jorda’s Experience
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Deputy Mayor for Budget, Economic Development, Innovation and University
Manresa City Council
(Government Administration industry)
October 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)
city council budget (100M€). Initiating and developing a city innovation policy including the first "local innovation plan" in Spain (2005). Developing a "city entrepreneur path" going from secondary schools through university to the incubator. I've got the presidency of "Eurotowns" -www.eurotowns.org-, the european medium sized cities network, for Manresa. I have highly improved the city budget definition procedure by computerizing it and got several national systems information awards for the city council services.
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Professor
UOC
(Public Company; E-Learning industry)
January 1999 — March 2002 (3 years 3 months)
I developed a complete on-line course on e-Marketing and I then teached during several editions (twice a year).
It was the same materials I presented as a 2-days seminar in several universities and business schools in Spain and Latin America. -
e-Business Consultant
AJ Comercio
(Information Services industry)
June 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 8 months)
Assessing companies on how to make business on the net. Speaker on the subject (e-business) in business schools and universities in Spain and Latin America. Editing a monthly newsletter -Comercio en la Red- with more than 5.000 subscribers.
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Deputy Director
Inoxtop
(Industrial Automation industry)
September 1996 — June 1999 (2 years 10 months)
As the Deputy Director I was in charge of improving the company results through changing procurement policy, implanting new information systems, quality management, production organization and introducing systems integration offering to the company portfolio.
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Spain Country Mgr
Tonna Electronique
(Telecommunications industry)
January 1996 — September 1996 (9 months)
In charge of deploying Tonna telecommunications equipment to the spanish cable TV operators. Unfortunately, the market didn't appear at that moment due to a lack of ruling frame in the country.
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Marketing and Sales Mgr
Macsa ID, S.A.
(Privately Held; Machinery industry)
September 1993 — June 1995 (1 year 10 months)
Changed the way sales force acted from selling on product catalogue to selling integrated solutions depending on customer needs. This included the creation of a systems integration department in the company. Sales in 1994 grew 41% from 1993..
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Telecommunications Sales Mgr
Indra
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1986 — September 1993 (7 years 1 month)
Starting as a Project Manager for European Space Agency projects in satellite data communications, then developing a new data telecommunications business unit and, finally, appointed as the Company Sales Manager for Telecommunications products and services.
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Data Communications Support Engineer
Epson Ibérica
(Computer Hardware industry)
May 1985 — September 1986 (1 year 5 months)
Developing a data communications protocol for EPSON portable computers
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Software engineer
CIRSA
(Privately Held; Gambling & Casinos industry)
September 1983 — May 1985 (1 year 9 months)
Developing the software for a company-developed video game machine.
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Development engineer
Serra Soldadura
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
December 1982 — September 1983 (10 months)
Designing and developing hardware and software for microcomputers based welding controls for the automotive industry. Got a complete series of 100 welding controls up and running for Opel Germany in just one month and working alone.
Alain Jorda’s Education
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EADA - Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración
General Management Programme , Business Administration , 1991 — 1991
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
MSc , Telecommunications , 1973 — 1981
Additional Information
Alain Jorda’s Websites:
Alain Jorda’s Interests:
Innovation and technology as economic development tools
Alain Jorda’s Groups:
UPC
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Xarxa Telecos BCN -
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network -
Open Innovation and Open Business Models Network Spain -
Red del Centro de Innovación en Productividad -
FTTH Forum 2009 -
TIC.cat
Alain Jorda’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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