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Carlos López Juan

Independent IT consultant

Carlos López Juan
Valencia, Spain

Experience

Nov 2021 - Present
4 years 3 months

Independent IT consultant

Freelance Consultant

  • Led digital transformation, enterprise systems, eCommerce platforms and smart city solutions for national and international clients across private sector and public institutions.

  • Focused on project management, functional and technical consultancy, system integrations, enterprise platforms (SAP, Salesforce), cloud solutions, payments, banking and financial systems.

  • Delivered large-scale modernization initiatives for complex enterprise environments.

Dec 2018 - Nov 2021
3 years

Consultant – Product Manager / Project Manager / Architect

IBM (International Business Machines)

  • Served as cloud, technology and data consultant within IBM GBS for banking, energy and retail clients.

  • Designed and integrated end-to-end payment workflows and microservices connecting POS backend, external services (Rest-APIs, Mastercard, ApplePay) and internal systems (Salesforce CRM, SAP PO).

  • Directed development of e-commerce payment gateway web application, coordinating 120+ team members including architects, scrum masters, developers and UX designers.

  • Applied domain driven design for microservice architecture in core banking re-architecture for Liberbank.

  • Architected PSD2 data platform APIs between Santander Bank and third-party providers.

  • Product owned a credit scoring data aggregator based on microservices and APIs.

  • Consulted on IBM Watson AI chatbots and voicebots for Santander Bank contact center automation.

  • Advised on real-time KPI dashboards for Santander Bank.

  • Technologies: IBM Cloud, RedHat OpenShift, AWS, GCP, Azure, IBM Watson AI/NLP/TTS/STT, API managers, SAP, Salesforce, Java, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Jira, Confluence.

Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 6 months

Global Product Manager

Roca

  • Led vitreous china product portfolio development and innovation across EMEA with eight factories.

  • Managed master data for SKUs in SAP and coordinated junior product managers with OKR planning and follow-up.

  • Defined product innovation strategy, roadmaps and managed market introductions with regional marketing, sales and product teams.

  • Oversaw e-commerce activities.

  • Technologies: SAP MDM, Salesforce, Microsoft Project, SAP BW.

Sep 2013 - Jul 2017
3 years 11 months

Global Product Manager

Cosentino Group

  • Managed product categories culminating as global product manager for Silestone quartz material.

  • Led innovative projects from conceptualization to market, focusing on design, industrialization and quality assurance.

  • Delivered first B2B e-commerce portal in the stone manufacturing sector and new natural stone website.

  • Automated manufacturing processes with robotic arms and developed ad-hoc modular fabrication solutions.

  • Launched nano-technology fluid repellent property project.

  • Developed international stone programs in India and Brazil ensuring health, safety and ethical supply chain compliance.

  • Technologies: SAP MDM, Salesforce CRM, Microsoft Project, SAP Business Warehouse, ABB Robotics, E-Commerce.

Teacher and Tutor

OpenWebinars

  • Designed, recorded and edited webinars on Cloud, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence application development.

  • Developed courses on No-Code Node-RED development, blockchain infrastructure for smart contracts, virtual assistants with IBM Watson, IoT systems using IBM IoT Platform.

  • Covered voice assistant integration, speech-to-text and text-to-speech services, and machine-learning based chatbot creation.

  • Technologies: IBM Watson Assistant, IBM Cloud, IBM Watson TTS/STT, IBM Visual Recognition, IBM Object Storage, Node-RED.

Summary

Senior IT Project and Product Manager, Architect and Digital Transformation Consultant with extensive experience delivering complex enterprise solutions across eCommerce, SAP platforms, websites and applications, cloud systems, distributed systems, IOT, AI and large-scale integrations.

Proven track record leading cross-functional international teams, modernizing legacy systems and ERPs, implementing payment platforms, enterprise workflows and data-driven solutions. Strong background combining project management, functional consultancy and technical architecture to drive business outcomes.

Industry experience includes fashion, retail & eCommerce, banking, fintech and digital payments, public sector & government, smart cities & infrastructure, logistics & customer service operations, education technology and manufacturing.

Skills

Management Skills:

  • Project And Product Management: Safe Framework (Scaled Agile) - Scrum & Kanban Using Atlassian Suit (Jira/confluence), Pmp (Traditional – Waterfall). Product Management And Marketing, Design Thinking.
  • Consulting: Digital Strategy And User Experience (Ux Design And Definition, Writing Epics, User Stories, Technical Tasks And Backlog Prioritization), Roadmapping, Benchmarking. Vendors Management, Key Accounts Management (B2b Ad-hoc Product Development), Requirements Gathering.
  • Sales And Pre-sales: Offerings And Project Budget Design And Monitorization. Assisting Technical Resource Allocation And Recruiting.

Technological Skills:

  • Sap Commerce Cloud (Hybris), Sap Fi (Financial Accounting), Sap Co (Controlling), Sap Business Warehouse, Sap Procurement Processes, Salesforce (Crm).
  • Cloud/software Architecture: Domain Driven Design (Architecture), Ibm Cloud Services (Certified), Red-hat Openshift Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (Gcp), Aws Amazon Web Services (Aws), Oci (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Huawei Cloud, Virtual Machines (Vms), Kubernetes, Docker.
  • Architecture And Integrations: Microservices And Rest-apis (Swagger, Postman), Developer Portals, Data Mesh, Api Gateways Wso2. Stream Processing With Apache Kafka And Mq-queues, Sap And Salesforce Crm Integrations. Sftp And Batch Processing And Automation.
  • Artificial Intelligence: Ibm Watson Artificial Intelligence Services – Chatbots, Voicebots, Image Identification, Nlp (Certified), Openai, Copilot, Windsurf, Claude, Machine Learning Frameworks.
  • Data And Analytics: Microsoft Powerbi, Tableau, Azure Synapse, Jupyter (Python), Sql And No-sql (Mongodb).
  • Cybersecurity Basics: Oauth 2.0, Pentesting, Sll And Mutual-tls Certificates, Gdpr Basics, White And Black Listing.
  • Others: Elastic Stack (Kibana, Logstash), Grafana And Prometheus, Dynatrace, Blockchain (Ibm Certified), Vmware, Anydesk And Teamviewer, Sentry, C, C++, Python And Java. Iot Platforms, Sensors, Digital Twins, Gis/gps Systems.

Languages

Spanish
Native
English
Advanced

Education

U.P.M. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Master Internet of Things · Telecommunications · Madrid, Spain

I.C.A.I. Universidad Pontificia de Comillas

Bachelor of Engineering · Industrial · Madrid, Spain

Certifications & licenses

Blockchain

IBM

Ibm Cloud Services

IBM

Nlp

Pmp

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Where is Carlos based?

Carlos is based in Valencia, Spain.

What languages does Carlos speak?

Carlos speaks the following languages: Spanish (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Carlos have?

Carlos has at least 12 years of experience. During this time, Carlos has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 1 month. Note that Carlos may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Carlos be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Carlos would be well-suited for roles such as: Independent IT consultant, Consultant – Product Manager / Project Manager / Architect, Global Product Manager.

What is Carlos's latest experience?

Carlos's most recent position is Independent IT consultant at Freelance Consultant.

What companies has Carlos worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Carlos has worked for Freelance Consultant and IBM (International Business Machines).

Which industries is Carlos most experienced in?

Carlos is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, and Information Technology (IT). Carlos also has some experience in Government and Public Administration, Energy, and Retail.

Which business areas is Carlos most experienced in?

Carlos is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Information Technology (IT). Carlos also has some experience in Quality Assurance (QA), Marketing, and Sales.

Which industries has Carlos worked in recently?

Carlos has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology (IT), and Government and Public Administration.

Which business areas has Carlos worked in recently?

Carlos has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Product Development.

What is Carlos's education?

Carlos holds a Master in Telecommunications from U.P.M. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a Bachelor in Industrial from I.C.A.I. Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.

Does Carlos have any certificates?

Carlos has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Blockchain, Ibm Cloud Services, and Nlp.

What is the availability of Carlos?

Carlos will be available full-time from February 2026.

What is the rate of Carlos?

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