Summary
Juantomás Molina is a Senior AI R&D Specialist and seasoned technology leader with 14 years designing and deploying large-scale AI, Big Data and cloud solutions from startups to global banks. Based in Madrid, he currently drives AI research at Santander while leading academic–industry innovation as Technical Director of the SNGULAR Chair for SMART Global Ecosystems. A long-time free-software advocate and Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning and Cloud, he blends deep engineering (Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, Scala) with product vision—previously shaping data strategy as Chief Envisioning Officer and Chief Data Officer. He mentors founders and students (TheVentureCity, Penn State, IE Business School) and organizes developer communities, reflecting a passion for spreading practical, open innovation. Notably, his career stretches back to pioneering Unix/Xenix systems and early open-source leadership, giving him rare institutional memory that informs pragmatic, forward-looking technical choices. Hacking the planet "with a little AI help," he excels at translating disruptive research into production-ready systems and governance-aware data practices.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
EGB, EGB at Colegio Nacional Luis Moscardo
engineer Computer Science, engineer Computer Science at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Italian