Ramon Sanguesa

Current

Head of Innovation at Citilab
Partner at Abiquo
Partner at World Wide Minds

Innovation counselor at Thinkingrid
Partner at Just in Mind
Professor at upc
professor at LSI Department - UPC

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Past

Gridcat Development Coordination at I2cat Foundation (http://www.i2cat.cat)
Vicedean for Innovation, Computing School at Technical University of Catalonia
Vicedean for innovation at UPC

Consultor at UOC
Consultor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Professor at Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain)
Professor at Universitat de Lleida
Professor at Escola d'Informàtica, later Escola Universitària Politècnica

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Education

Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Ramon Sanguesa’s Summary

Interested in innovation, I have moved focus from technology to people, organizations and creativity.

Networking together ideas, people, resources and opportunities means changing the way people see themselves and their organizations. They start moving differently in a different direction.

Ramon Sanguesa’s Specialties:

Organizational design for creativity (having great ideas together) and innovation (turning them into economic and social results) and using technological solutions as a metaphor and as an ancillary tool for changing organizations.

Ramon Sanguesa’s Experience

Head of Innovation

Citilab

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

Citilab is a citizen's lab. A citizen's digital innovation powerhouse. It shares some characteristics of a Tech Museum, an Tech incubator and a Tech Arts and Creativity Center.

We work with citizens across all ages, entrepreneurs, and stablished firms. Also with teachers and researchers.

Citilab is developing its own model of citizen-centric innovation "From the (innovative) citizens to the citizens".

We are part of the European Network of Open Living Labs and we do research and innovation on tech education, tech divulgation, tech entrepreneurship and collaborative.... innovation.

It is a pleasure to be here.
Partner

Abiquo

(Research industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )
Partner

World Wide Minds

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

May 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

A radical consulting firm that does Organizational Design and Development.

The most important way to innovate is to innovate in organizing, what John Hagel calls "Institutional Innovation".

When people in an organization take care of thinking together, the full potential of innovation has a future. An the company as well.

LinkedIn categorization comes short of what we do...

We just think together with our customers. It may seem simple but it is not at all. But is very powerfull and brings forth real radical transformation.
Innovation counselor

Thinkingrid

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — Present (4 years )

I helped creating ThinkingGrid with some of my most radically innovative students. They are working hard to make the business potential of Grid Computing technologies a reality.
Partner

Just in Mind

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

I invested in Just In Mind S.L., a company that is centered on technology to boost innovation processes in companies. As a "side effect" they are creating the most innovative soft ... for sotware production.
Professor

upc

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1994 — Present (15 years 4 months)

R+D an Teaching in AI
Coordinating Gridcat group on Grid Computing at the i2cat Foundation

Development of joint R+D and innovation projects with companies.
professor

LSI Department - UPC

(Research industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )
Gridcat Development Coordination

I2cat Foundation (http://www.i2cat.cat)

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

January 1998 — 2007 (9 years )

Coordinating middleware and applications development in grid computing and collaborative environments
Vicedean for Innovation, Computing School

Technical University of Catalonia

(Research industry)

2001 — 2006 (5 years )
Vicedean for innovation

UPC

(Public Company; Research industry)

May 2001 — 2006 (5 years )

Connecting with companies willing to do join R+D with my university. Getting students into jobs in real companies. Accompanying prospective entrepreneurs (both professors and students) and innovating in the Computer School organization.
Consultor

UOC

(Research industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Consultor

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

(Research industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Professor

Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain)

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

September 1992 — September 1994 (2 years 1 month)

Developed teaching and research tasks in the Computing Department as well as support in the educational direction of the Computing School
Professor

Universitat de Lleida

(Research industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )
Professor

Escola d'Informàtica, later Escola Universitària Politècnica

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

September 1990 — September 1992 (2 years 1 month)

This was my first position as a professor and it was also the start of the computer science studies in the University of Lleida. I got very involved in the daily working of the school, its management and its relationship with the university and the wider social and economical environemnt. I helped redesign the curriculum there and I am very happy and proud that many of my students from then have become prominent IT professionals and researchers. People that I met in Lleida have become some of my best friends. I have the best memories associated to that place.

Ramon Sanguesa’s Education

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

PostGraduate in Science Communication , Computer Science , 1997 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Observatori de la Comunicació Cientfíca
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

PhD , Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Web, Grid Computing , 1980 — 1988

Activities and Societies:

Associació Catalana d'Intel.ligència Artificial,
Cercle pel Coneixement,
Barcelona Breakfast