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Gonzalo Olaso

SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE | CIO | CTO

€650/day
Madrid, ES
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Gonzalo

Senior executive with over 25 years of experience leading digital transformation, technology strategy, and business development in multinational environments. Proven track record as CIO and Executive Committee member, delivering high-impact initiatives in efficiency, innovation, and growth. Strong expertise in corporate governance, M&A, organizational optimization, and leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
Recognized for strong performance in complex and dynamic environments, with a clear ability to align
technology and business, maintain customer focus, and ensure cost control and operational continuity.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Basic

Can work on-site
Madrid (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Freelance & Dataquantum
    Senior Digital Transformation Consultant
    August 2021 - Today (5 years)
    Definition of business escalation model (+50% revenue YoY) & 0,5M€ founding round terms for fashion retail firm Support for strategic plan for new incumbent Low-Cost Fuel firm and growth startegy in Spanish market (key providers, fuel station cost breakdown, IT operation model) Currently supporting Dataquantum's development of portfolio of services for Al adoption and governance: . Design of Al strategies for key operation processes in energy area (i.e predictive maintenance models, energy losses optimization)
    • · Definition of organizational models, technology structures, and governance frameworks for Al
  • Plenergy (formerly Plenoil)
    CIO & Executive Committee Member
    February 2024 - December 2024 (10 months)
    Transformation of the technology function of Spain's leading low-cost fuel retail group: . Redesign of IT/OT architecture to support 30% annual station growth.
    • · Implementation of a data-centric model with real-time operational KPI control (sales, revenue, etc).
    • · Outsourcing of non-core services, achieving 15% operational cost efficiency. . Reorganization of the IT department, incorporating key talent and expertise (+50% team size)
    • · Definition of cybersecurity policies and governance bodies.
  • Viesgo Energy Infrastructures
    CIO & Executive Committee Member
    January 2015 - August 2021 (6 years and 7 months)
    Overall responsibility for IT, OT, cybersecurity, and telecommunications:
    • · Leadership of a digital transformation program with 140+ initiatives and €15M/year investment.
    • · Achieved 20% recurring OPEX savings (2017 vs. 2015).
    . Cybersecurity management of critical infrastructure: zero operational disruption btw 2015-21
    • · Execution of E.ON carve-out and sale to Repsol in < 6 months/each with 100% business continuty. . Adoption of DevOps and Agile methodologies to transform monthly deliverables in weekly sprints. . Migration to hybrid cloud (AWS) and deployment of a corporate Data Lake to support > 80 apps. . IT co-lead achieving integration into the EDP Group in 6 months.

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Education

  • MSc
    University of Navarra
    1997
    MSc
  • MBA
    University of the Basque Country
    2002
    MBA

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