Who am I?
I am Diego, a project manager with strong background in science & technology and solid experience in highly competitive international environments. My core differentiating traits are:
- A multidisciplinary vision to understand and analyze a wide variety of challenges (technological, economic, logistical, etc.) and foresee the resources required to address them.
- Proactive creativity to find simplifying solutions for complex problems and implement them on the fly.
- Versatile communication with any kind of interlocutor: I can speak the language of any professional involved in the R&D industry (scientists, technologists, managers, administrative staff, suppliers, etc.), allowing me to act as a bridge between them.
These skills, along with more technical competencies, are backed by a rich professional background that began as a scientific researcher and evolved into technology development and project management, while also encompassing teaching and science outreach. The most relevant verifiable achievements from this career were:
- Two research projects entirely written by me secured competitive grants worth €107,343.06 (awarded by Generalitat Valenciana) and 965,154.00 MXN (by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) to develop my own research in astrophysics and technology development.
- I led the development of the TelCorAl web app (running my Python-based data pipeline for infrared spectra), which entailed collaborations with other scientists, technicians, and interns from various disciplines (several IT engineers and physicists, a mathematician, and a multi-media engineer).
- As the Project Manager for the Condensed Matter Group and its laboratories at the University of Alicante, I managed multiple resource acquisitions, coordinated meetings, successfully mediated conflicts, and carried out community management duties. • As part of the organizing committee for the Nanolito2025 conference (October 22–24, 2025), I was in charge of logistical coordination for the event and served as the editor of the book of abstracts.
After 13 years working in academic environments (including more than 3 years abroad), I made the strategic decision to pivot my career toward the private sector. Since June 2025, my efforts have been focused on aligning my skills with the needs of the business world. I am now ready to give a powerful boost to your innovation teams through my ability to secure resources and articulate talent.