Who am I

The CV is great but, who am I in my own words?

I’ve always been a curious handyman. I enjoy assembling and disassembling things, understanding how they work, and applying that knowledge to other areas or objects I encounter.

Pursuing the International Baccalaureate gave me a more global perspective and the chance to connect with people from very diverse backgrounds. Afterwards, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid gave me the opportunity to study at École Centrale Lyon through a bilateral double-degree agreement. It was there that I discovered Formula Student. I quickly applied to join Écurie Piston Sport Auto (EPSA), a student association that designs and builds a car each year, and was selected to take part. I collaborated with 50 other students in the design and construction of a single-seat prototype that went on to compete in two European Formula Student events that summer. In July 2019, seeking hands-on experience in automotive production, I worked on the assembly line at Groupe PSA.

Driven by an interest in exploring other sectors such as supply chain and IT, I later contributed to a project for Hermès. During the 2019–2020 academic year, together with six other colleagues, we designed a web application to manage and share surplus materials between manufacturing sites. That same year, makeeng —my personal website— was born. In the summer, I joined Everis (now NTT Data) as a public sector analyst intern for three months. There, I had a behind-the-scenes look at Carpeta Ciudadana 2.0, a government platform intended for widespread use by the Spanish population. I realised I enjoyed working on projects, but I needed the client’s product to be tangible.

Over the following two years, I completed my MSc in Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In parallel, I enrolled a project management course and became a Certified Project Management Associate. During my final year, I interned for six months with Acciona’s Tunnels Business Development department. I believe I performed well, as they later offered me the opportunity to join the Broadway Subway Project in Vancouver.

And now, here I am—living nine time zones away from Spain and working on a 2.95 billion Canadian dollar project to deliver a metro line extension beneath the heart of Vancouver.