Carlos Garriga | CIO
IE University

Carlos Garriga, currently Chief Information Officer at IE University, has extensive international experience in managing Innovation, Technology and Information Systems. During his professional career, Mr. Garriga led the development and implementation of numerous large enterprise applications, managed various complex system integration projects after corporate merger and acquisition operations, and has driven several digital transformation programs in companies and institutions such as IE University, Sareb, Adveo (former Unipapel), ONO (currently part of Vodafone), the European Space Agency or Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas. His knowledge and experience gained across industries as diverse as Higher Education, Telecommunications, Real Estate, Finance, Wholesale Distribution, Aerospace or Technology give Mr. Garriga a unique perspective on best practices in the Innovation and IT functions worldwide. Mr. Garriga was awarded CIO Of The Year in the 2016 edition of the CIONET Spain Digital Leadership Awards and was selected as finalist at the 2017 European CIO Of The Year Awards by CIONET Europe. In 2019, the @asLAN Association recognized Mr.Garriga’s professional career with the CIOs Who Drive Digital Transformation Award. Mr. Garriga also received the Workplace and Customer Experience Transformation 2021 Award at the IDC CIO Summit and the Digital Transformation Leadership Award by CyberLideria in 2022.