Francisco Pérez
Director General - Dirección General Para La Sociedad Digital at Gobierno de La Rioja
Oyón/Oion, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain
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Top SchoolFrancisco Pérez is a seasoned technology leader and public sector CIO with over 25 years of experience spanning research-grade HPC, startup founding, and large-scale digital transformation in regional government. Currently Director General for La Rioja’s digital society, he has led innovation and modernization initiatives across municipalities, industry clusters and federations, blending policy, economic development and hands-on technical direction. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering (HPC and interconnection networks) and has translated deep research expertise into practical programs for smart cities and public administration. A repeat leader—tenures as CIO/CTO, secretary general of AERTIC and RECI, and co-founder of an early-2000s IT startup—he excels at aligning multidisciplinary teams and ecosystems to drive technology adoption. Notably, his background in high-performance computing informs a systems-level approach to scalability and interoperability in public digital services.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Ph. D., HPC and Interconnection networks, Summa Cum Laude, Computer Science Ph. D., HPC and Interconnection networks, Summa Cum Laude at Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
iderioja/cartografia_colaborativa
Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 11 months
iderioja/base_datos_geografica
Feb 2014 - Jan 2020
Contributions:1402 commits, 1699 pushes in 6 years
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