Javier Espadas currently serves as IT Manager for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation (Madrid, Spain). His previous experience includes eight years in consulting and project management at Indra Sistemas.He received an MBA from Instituto de Empresa and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. His research interests include: new technologies, their applications to the cultural intitutions and particularly the visibility of the Museums in Internet.
Specialties
Information technologies for cultural institutions, Internet Research, Search Engine Optimization, Open Source Projects, Web 2.0., Widgets, Mashups and similar gadgets for the social web.
Experience
IT Director at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. August 2000 - Present.
IT Consultant at INDRA. January 1995 - August 2000.
Education
Universidad de Castilla la Mancha: Diploma de Estudios Avanzados, Informática, 2005 - 2006
Instituto de Empresa: MBA, Business Administration, October 2001 - July 2002
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca: Bachelor of Computer Science, Software Engineering, 1999
UNISYS: Master of Geographical Information Science, 1993
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: Expert in Security and Electronic Commerce
Publications
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Web site visibility
evaluation. May 2008
- Auditando el Posicionamiento en la Red. IV Congreso Internacional de Auditoria y Seguridad de la
Información CIASI 2005.
- Research Production Internet Visibility Analysis. International Conference on Engineering and
Computer Education ICECE 2005.
- Patrimonio Cultural y Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación. Posicionamiento de
Contenidos Culturales en Internet. Ayuntamiento de Cartagena, 2005.
- Nuevas tecnologías para la difusión y la educación en el Museo Thyssen Bornemisza. Mus-a.
Revista de las Instituciones del Patrimonio Histórico. Año 1. Nº 1. Julio 2003.
- EducaThyssen. La Web de Educación del Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. PH 45. Monográfico sobre
Patrimonio y Nuevas Tecnologías. Boletín del Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico. Año XI. Nº
46. Diciembre de 2003.
Recomendations
“Javier Espadas is independent natural leader which can be trusted and is very effective managing IT projects in a non-profit context (eg. museums)”
— Ana ALVAREZ, Consultant IT, Ifigenia Plus, was with another company when working with
Javier at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
“Javier is a very clever and honest manager. His attitude and focus encourages excellent results in all the project we have had together.”
— Eduardo Losas, Owner, i3one Business Solutions, was with another company when working
with Javier at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
“Javier Espadas was fantastic to work with. As I remember Javier Espadas was a very productive
person. Result driven, deadline oriented perfectionist and has a great sense of humor. Detail
oriented, highly motivated expert which can be trusted. Wise, loyal, responsible and strong
developer with boundless energy. Javier Espadas never refuses you when you ask him for help.”
— Chimo Soler, Junta Directiva, ISOC-ES, was with another company when working with Javier at
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation.
