Summary
Javier Barbero is a senior IT consultant and business development leader based in Madrid with over 25 years of experience building and commercializing complex cloud and IT service proposals for large public and private clients. He has led multidisciplinary presales and operations teams at Telefónica and other organizations, driving methodologies, go-to-market strategies and contract negotiation that delivered tens of millions in annual bookings. Comfortable at the intersection of technical, economic and contractual challenges, he has specific expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), outsourcing offers and public-sector procurement. Javier also combines commercial leadership with hands-on operational roles—having run account teams, engineering departments and a startup international school—showing a rare mix of technical, managerial and entrepreneurial skills. He holds an Executive MBA and a background in geological sciences, and his profile is complemented by doctoral-level training in economics noted on GitHub. Pragmatic and policy-savvy, he excels in aligning stakeholders across Sales, Legal, Finance and Operations to close large, multidisciplinary engagements.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Geological Sciences, Bachelor of Geological Sciences at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Executive MBA, Executive MBA at IE Business School
Spanish, English