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Our extraordinary team of professionals has years of experience, full commitment and a great passion for quality. Our goal is to help our clients achieve success in their business. Get to know who we are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iñigo García del Cerro, Chief Executive Officer Ufinet

Iñigo García del Cerro

Chief Executive Officer

Biography

Iñigo Garcia del Cerro Prieto is a Telecommunications Engineer graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, an economist at the Autonomous University of Madrid and holds a Master in Business Administration from IESE Business School, Spain. Mr. Garcia del Cerro acts as CEO – Chief Executive Officer- of UFINET since 2009, having held key positions in the company ever since its inception in 1998. He has been one of the key players responsible for business development in Spain and in Latin America. The main result of his career development in UFINET has been the exponential growth of the company, especially in Central America, with a significant deployment of an important optical fiber network and a presence in over 20 countries.

 

F. Javier Lacasa, Executive Vice President Latam Ufinet

Francisco Javier Lacasa

Executive Vice President

Biography

F. Javier Lacasa Fuertes is a Telecommunications Engineer graduated “cum laude” form the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) and holds a Master degree in Global Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and an MBA from EADA Business School in Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Lacasa was incorporated with UFINET in 1999, Madrid, Spain as Project Manager and since 2002 migrated to Latin America to become Country Manager of Guatemala. In 2007 was named Director for Central America and since 2009 is EVP – Executive Vice President- for Latin America. Mr Lacasa has been key player for the exponential growth in the region and the geographic expansion of fiber optic and operations in more than 15 countries.

Juan Carlos Naranjo, Global Chief Technical Officer

Juan Carlos Naranjo

Chief Technical Officer

Biography

Juan Carlos Naranjo

Juan Carlos Naranjo is an Electronic Engineer, graduated from Universidad del Valle in Colombia. He also has a Business Administration Specialized Degree of from Instituto ICESI university. Mr. Naranjo joined UFINET in 2002 and he serves as a Chief technical officer for Latin America since 2014. He previously worked as a maintenance manager of Colombia as well as Engineering manager of Colombia. He is the main responsible for UFINET’s Network developing and quality achievements in Latin America, having to orchestrate an experienced, multicultural and interdisciplinary technical team.

Pablo Pérez-Bedmar, Business Development Executive Vice President

Pablo Pérez-Bedmar

Chief Business Development Officer

Biography

Pablo Pérez-Bedmar Delgado graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Mr. Pérez-Bedmar has led UFINET’s Business Development Department since late 2014. He defines and develops new business lines and heads M&A processes for the entire company to drive higher value and growth for UFINET. Beginning his career in UFINET over 15 years ago, he has played key positions in Network Development and Business Operations, and recently as Country Manager for Colombia. All this experience has provided him with a solid overview of operations and the business, both in Spain and LATAM.

F. Javier Lacasa, Executive Vice President Latam Ufinet

Antonio Molina Franquelo

Chief Financial Officer

Antonio Molina Franquelo

Alvaro de Pablo, Corporate Director

Alvaro de Pablo González

Chief Administrative Officer

Biography

Alvaro de Pablo González

Alvaro de Pablo holds a Law and Business Management degree from Universidad de Navarra, Spain. He joined Ufinet as Chief Corporate Officer after advising Cinven on the sale of the Company. Prior to that, Alvaro worked for 10 years as an investment banker at Natixis Partners and Barclays, in Madrid and New York, advising clients in Spain and Latin America, respectively, across a broad range of transactions (buy-sides, sell-sides, JVs, fairness opinions / valuations and LBOs) and industries (including Oil & Gas, Power, Infrastructure, Telecom, Industrials, and Pharma).

Alejandro Coyoy, Commercial Director Latam Ufinet

Alejandro Coyoy

Commercial Director 

Biography

Alejandro Coyoy is an Electronic, Computer Science and IT Engineer, graduated from Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. He also has a Master’s degree in Operations Research from the same institute, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas, INCAE Business School. Mr. Coyoy serves as sales manager for Latin America since 2014. He previously worked in various countries in different functional areas since 2002 thanks to his great technical and commercial knowledge level. He is the main responsible for UFINET’s business results in Latin America, having to orchestrate an experienced, multicultural and interdisciplinary commercial team, as well as properly develop the image and brand of the company within the ICT market.

Marco Villascan, Country Manager Ufinet Mexico

Marco Villascan

Country Manager Mexico

Biography

Marco Villascan is an Electronics and Communications Engineer, graduated from the National Polytechnic Institute. Marco has more than 40 years of experience in the mentioned industry in Mexico and has a very well positioned technical-commercial profile. He is also a graduate of both High Management D1 and Higher Direction in Innovation and Technology program – ADIT in IPADE (Pan American Institute in Higher Management). He also holds a degree in Marketing and Telecommunications at ITESM. Mr. Villascan has extensive experience in important areas such as commercial, solutions design and customer service. Likewise, he has carried out important positions such as head of Engineering and Operations in diverse companies. He was selected as Country Manager for UFINET Mexico since April 2017, where he plans to make the company grow in a highly competitive market such the south of North America.

William Aldana, Country Manager Ufinet Guatemala

William Aldana Juárez

Country Manager Guatemala

Biography

William Aldana has a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala, and holds an MBA from INCAE Business School, also he has a Program For Leadership development from IESE Business School. In 2004 Mr. Aldana was the Country Manager for a Company in which UFINET had the management control in Nicaragua, also in 2010 he was responsible for starting UFINET business operations in Costa Rica, since 2011 has been occupied the Country Manager position in Guatemala. His main achievement has been the business development that have boosted   the company expansion to new markets in Central America, Belize and the south of Mexico.  As a Country Manager in Guatemala, the Company has boosted the sales in telecommunications services reaching an important growth in revenues and the fiber optic network development.

Country Manager Ufinet Honduras y El Salvador

Leonel Quan Lou

Country Manager El Salvador y Honduras

Biography

Oscar Leonel Quan Lou is a civil engineer graduated from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala and has an MBA from the University Rafael Landívar, Guatemala . Mr. Quan Lou acts as General Manager Ufinet El Salvador and Honduras since February 2014. Previously served as General in Alliance, a company co-shared in Nicaragua February 2008 to February 2014. He has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1998 Manager.  Previously, he worked for IBM Guatemala and Xerox Guatemala.

Ricardo Juárez, Country Manager Ufinet Nicaragua

Ricardo Juárez Cordero

Country Manager Nicaragua

Biography

Jose Rodrigo Ricardo Juarez Cordero, is an electronics engineer specialized in telecommunications, graduated from the National University of Engineering (UNI) of Nicaragua, and holds a Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance Market from the Central American University (UCA), Nicaragua. Mr. Juarez, acts as Country Manager of UFINET Nicaragua since 2003, recently named vice president of ICT chamber (Nicaragua Internet Association), from 1996 to the present he has been one of the key players responsible for telecommunications networks growth in Nicaragua, developing companies such as Union Fenosa and Gas Natural Fenosa.  Among the main objectives and results of his career is the development and growth of UFINET operation in Nicaragua.

Eduardo Palacios, Country Manager Ufinet Costa Rica

Eduardo Palacios Gutierrez

Country Manager Costa Rica

Biography

Eduardo Palacios Gutierrez is an Industrial Engineer graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) with an expertise in Industrial Organization. He also holds a Master’s degree in Global Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, “cum laude”, as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from EADA – Senior Management and Administration School- in Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Palacios joined UFINET in 2000 in the sales department, and quickly moved to the position of Country Manager for Guatemala for over five years, and since 2010, after the launch of Costa Rica’s operations, has been serving as Costa Rica’s Country Manager. He is now also playing an active role in the development of the Costa Rican Telecommunications Industry, having been coordinator of the Broadband Commission of the Chamber of Information and Communication Technology (INFOCOM) and currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of this chamber.

José Quintas, Country Manager Ufinet Panamá

José Andrés Quintas García

Country Manager Panamá

Biography

Jose Andres Quintas Garcia is a Telecommunications Engineer graduated from the University of Vigo and holds an Executive MBA from //Afundación Business School, Spain. With more than 15 years of experience in companies related with UFINET, in 2006 he moves to Panama as Country Manager of the Company where he is responsible for important business development, with a significant deployment of optical fiber and Data Networks.

Ivan Sanchez, Country Manager Ufinet Colombia

Iván Sánchez

Country Manager Colombia

Biography

Ivan Sanchez Medina is an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer graduated from the University of Cauca and Master in Telematics from the same university. Additionally, he is a PhD candidate of Literature and Linguistics of the Spanish Language at the University of Kentucky. Mr. Sanchez Medina acts as General Director of UFINET Colombia since 2014, having previously held managerial positions in telecommunications companies for the Region of CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) as well as Colombia. He also worked for the Colombian government, serving as Commissioner of the Communications Regulatory Commission of Colombia, in the period 2010-2013, and has been a university professor for the University of Cauca and Distrital University, in Colombia, and University of Kentucky, in USA, among others.

Carlos Riego, Country Manager Ufinet Ecuador

Carlos Riego

Country Manager Perú

Biography

Carlos Riego Martínez is a Telecommunications Engineer graduated from the University of Valladolid. Mr. Riego joined UFINET in 2005 as an important piece of the Operations and Maintenance Department in the headquarters of the company, Madrid. Between 2008 and 2014, he held several positions of responsibility in the technical area, being in first instance responsible for the Technical Office, and later responsible for Network Operation. From 2014 assumed the challenge of leading EMEA’s UFINET NOC, while playing also a key role in transversal projects for the company, such as Network and Services Inventory.  Since 2016, he has been the Country Manager of Ecuador, with the objective of replicating UFINET’s success in the rest of the region’s geographies.

Mario Silvestre, Country Manager Ufinet Paraguay

Mario Silvestre

Country Manager Ecuador

Biography

Mario Silvestre

is an Electronic Engineer graduated from San Carlos University of Guatemala and holds a Master’s degree in Evaluation and Formulation of Projects from the same institute. Additionally, he is an Executive Master candidate of Business Analytics from INCAE Business School. Mr. Silvestre was incorporated in UFINET Guatemala in 2006 as Operations and Maintenance Engineer. In 2010 he moved to Costa Rica as Network Development Manager to expand the country’s new operation. In 2015 Mario was promoted to Chief Technical Officer of Costa Rica and in 2017 was promoted to Regional Chief Technical Officer in charge of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Mr. Silvestre was recently promoted as Country Manager of Paraguay to continue the successful model of UFINET in the country.

Ruby Castellanos, Country Manager Ufinet Chile y Argentina

Ruby Castellanos

Country Manager Chile y Argentina

Biography

Ruby Castellanos Castillo is an Electrical Engineer graduated from the Autónoma de Occidente University, Cali, Colombia. She holds a Master’s degree in Informatics and Telecommunications Management and has a degree in Communications and Networks from the University ICESI, Cali.  Mrs. Castellanos has been working in UFINET since 2002 where she has been responsible for the Operations and Maintenance of Colombia’s Pacific Zone and led as well as the Telecommunications Outsourcing of the Pacific’s Energy Company. In 2014, She occupied the position of Business Development Manager Latam, taking part in strategic projects that have contributed to the expansion and growth of the company in Latin America.  Ruby was recently promoted as Country Manager of Chile and Argentina in order to extend the successful model of UFINET in such geographies.

Mario Silvestre, Country Manager Ufinet Paraguay

Álvaro Britto

Country Manager Brasil

Biography

Álvaro Britto

joined UFINET in 2019, and currently serves as the Country Manager for Brazil. Priorto joining UFINET, Alvaro served as Director of Product and Strategy at Netell, where in 2019 headvised the company on the sale to UFINET, which marked the company’s entrance into theBrazilian market.

Prior to his role with UFINET/Netell, Álvaro was a Consultant at Zenzu, as part of both their datacenter and telecommunications consulting practices. While at Zenzu, he advised investment firmson potential M&A opportunities in both the co-location and telecommunications markets acrossthe Americas, Europe, and Africa; service providers on business models and product and serviceofferings; as well as customers looking to acquire data center and telecommunications servicesacross the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Álvaro also served as Business Development Manager for London-based International Data CentreGroup, a co-location services provider operating through a global alliance of independent datacenter operators.

Alvaro started his career at Morgan Stanley, before attending The London School of Economics foran MSc in Economic History. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree (Honors) in Economics andPhilosophy from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.

Mario Silvestre, Country Manager Ufinet Paraguay

Alejandro Vargas

Country Manager Paraguay

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