Summary
Benjamin Granados is a Principal Community Strategist focused on accelerating AI adoption through developer ecosystems, bringing two decades of engineering and API leadership to roles at Santander, Postman, Celonis and as a current AI community lead at Santander. He blends hands-on API governance and program management with community-building—having scaled Santander’s developer community to 20k+ members and grown JSON Schema’s community engagement dramatically via adopter, ambassador, and sponsorship programs. A regular speaker and MIT learning facilitator, he pairs practical product and platform experience (developer portals, marketplaces, API SDLC) with mentorship in programs like Google Summer of Code. Notably, he operates at the intersection of open source, DevRel and enterprise transformation, making technical roadmaps and cultural change move in sync. Based in Madrid, he balances technical depth with a people-first approach and a lifelong habit of continuous learning.
4 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Transformation in Financial Services Business Strategy, Digital Transformation in Financial Services Business Strategy at Copenhagen Business School
Nanodegree Growth Product Manager Product Management, Nanodegree Growth Product Manager Product Management at Udacity
Técnico Superior Informática de Gestión, Técnico Superior Informática de Gestión at I.E.S. Maria Moliner
Servicios wap para telefonía móvil en Internet Ingeniería de software, Servicios wap para telefonía móvil en Internet Ingeniería de software at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.
Master in Digital Marketing Marketing, Master in Digital Marketing Marketing at thePower
Master in Chief Digital Officer, Master in Chief Digital Officer at IEBS Business School
English, Spanish