Summary
Jesús Portela is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 11 years of professional experience building cloud-native, DevOps and edge computing platforms from R&D prototypes to production. He has led cross-functional teams at Telefónica and startups to deliver private 5G, LEO satellite connectivity proofs-of-concept, Cloud Continuum architectures and AI-driven automation while championing DevSecOps and CI/CD practices. Skilled at translating research and telco capabilities into practical products, he combines systems-level telecom expertise with hands-on work in containers, Kubernetes, serverless and API-first integrations. A collaborative mentor and decision-maker, he consistently codified team knowledge into live guides and processes to raise delivery quality and learning. Based in Valladolid, Spain, he pairs formal telecom engineering and cybersecurity studies with a long track record of internal innovation and startup leadership. Less obvious: he balances strategic product influence with deep operational craft—often acting as the bridge between R&D experiments and scalable customer solutions.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Técnico Superior en Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones e informáticos Tecnología/Técnico de telecomunicaciones, Técnico Superior en Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones e informáticos Tecnología/Técnico de telecomunicaciones at Instituto Politécnico Galileo
Master's degree Ciberseguridad, Master's degree Ciberseguridad at UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Ingeniero tecnico de Telecomunicaciones Especialidad Sistemas Electronicos, Ingeniero tecnico de Telecomunicaciones Especialidad Sistemas Electronicos at Universidad de Valladolid
English