Luis García-Baquero Corredera
I began my professional career working as a Data Scientist for three and a half years, developing artificial intelligence-based projects across a wide range of sectors (energy, aeronautics, healthcare, e-commerce, agriculture, etc.). My experience includes positions at EDP Renewables, Airbus (at their AI research center in Toulouse), Emergya, and a period when I offered my services as a freelancer to both domestic and international clients. Following this, I decided to move into the business side of technology, rejoining Airbus in the UK, this time as a Product Manager.
I currently work as an AI Product Manager at Experian's DataLabs in London, where I'm responsible for designing new digital products, planning the business strategy behind them, and overseeing their development until market launch. Additionally, this year I'm a member of the OECD's Young Advisory Council, and I have a smart city technology startup called SingulaCity, which is in the final stage of the United Nations Climate Smart Cities Challenge.
On the one hand, my time studying Aerospace Engineering has helped me, much more than with the knowledge I've gained, to broaden my perspective and make me capable of facing almost any intellectual challenge that comes my way. I suppose that's why it's often said that engineers are highly valued in any profession, because of our ability to learn quickly and solve problems.
On the other hand, the School has provided me with countless opportunities to grow both personally and professionally, developing what are known as soft skills: task and team management, negotiation skills, and interpersonal skills thanks to my time on the student council and school board; the ability to quickly address business problems thanks to the TIMES program; a sense of social responsibility in the profession thanks to the engaged engineering classroom; and many other experiences that I don't have space to describe. But above all, thanks to these experiences, I've been able to meet many people whom I now consider colleagues or friends.