Tech & innovation transforming mobility

Known globally for his focused management style and creation of growth-oriented businesses within the infrastructure construction and alternative energy sectors, Andrés de León was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2019. Previously, Andrés had served as Chief Operations Officer for HyperloopTT for three years.
Andrés brings 30 years of international experience as a senior executive in manufacturing, finance management, private/public business negotiation, and tax and audit supervision to HyperloopTT. Andrés has initiated and executed corporate affairs in Spain, Belgium, Portugal, France, Italy, Mexico, Chile, and the United States.
While receiving a degree in law and his MBA from one of the world’s top business universities, IE Business School, Andrés worked in the financial department and became Deputy Financial Director of Terratest Construction in Spain where he oversaw the construction of major construction projects around the world. Later he became General Manager of a multinational industrial group, specializing in the manufacturing of alternative energy products on a global scale.
This experience has proven to be a perfect match for the globally collaborative entity of HyperloopTT. In a few short years, Andrés became critical to the development of the organization by orchestrating several key global agreements and investments, while transitioning the forward-thinking concept and design-oriented company into an industry-leading firm focused on engineering and execution. He now leads the largest crowd-powered team of professionals ever assembled

Antonio Marqués holds a M.Sc. in Physics with Computing and an MBA in Business and Innovation Management. With a professional career of more than 25 years in research and technological innovation at an international level, he has worked in academia, the European Commission and IBM. He is currently the Director of Technology and Innovation at GRUPO ETRA. In this capacity, he helps shaping the Technology Business Development strategy of the Company and plays a key role in maintaining the Group’s leading position at the forefront of smart technological solutions for mobility, energy efficiency and security.

Carolina is a Civil Engineer, with an Integrated Master's Degree in Transport from the Nova University of Lisbon. She worked at Siemens managing real estate assets and during her last 2 years there she was at Siemens Mobility in the ITS department (Intelligent Traffic Systems) with the Commercial and Project Management part. Carolina is currently Commercial director at Optibus, responsible for the Southern European market place.

He studied Physical Sciences, Renewable Energies, Security Management, but his professional career, of more than 35 years, has been linked to the development of carrier class telecommunications networks in telecommunications operators, public administration, utilities. First as director of operations and 20 years later he took responsibility as director of business development. This position has led him to gain experience in innovation participating in diverse and pioneering projects such as hydrogen energy storage, intermodal mobility, predictive maintenance in Industry, UAS flight simulators, energy communities, among others.

He is a Telecommunications Engineer and Executive MBA from IE Business School. In his career of more than 20 years in Indra, he has held the positions of head of the area of Transportation Innovation and head of the area of Toll Solutions and Access Control.
He is currently the director of Traffic & Infrastructure in the Mobility Market in Indra. He´s got an extensive experience in the sector of mobility systems for urban and interurban environments in international projects, and in Toll and ITS systems for major concessionaires worldwide. He has developed mobility projects in South America, United States, UK, Australia, Europe and Spain, among other countries.

Franco is an Industrial Engineer, with a master’s in international commerce carried out between the Hochschule Mainz (Germany) and the UCES (Argentina). He worked previously on the development of electric mobility solutions as Project Manager at the Argentine company Basso S.A. Franco is currently a Business Developer at ioki, a German subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, Europe's largest public transport operator. For more than two years, he has been working on the internationalization of ioki in Southern Europe, including the development of partners and new projects, either with new or existing clients. In addition, Franco is also responsible for the development of strategic partnerships throughout Europe.

Ignacio Suárez-Llanos Aguirre is UAS expert at SENASA, Technical Architect specialised in territorial analysis, as well as a commercial pilot, flight instructor and MBA from the University of Comillas-ICADE. Ignacio added to his experience in construction management and urban planning, both in Spain and in other European countries, the aeronautical side with his career as a pilot and instructor of manned flight and UAS. Specialised in works with geographic information systems and urban feasibility studies, he has worked in the aviation sector and drones for more than 20 years, specialising in the use of UAS for land-related activities, U-space and the application of European and national regulations.

is a founding partner and Business Development Manager of Omnivisión, a company belonging to the ETRA group, dedicated to machine vision and video analytics using Artificial Intelligence. His career has evolved from project engineering to sales and marketing management, through companies such as IBM (Networking 6611, 2210 and SNA 5250 environment), Retevisión (Project Engineering), Amena, AUNA (Sales Manager), Madritel, ONO (Public Sector Sales Manager), Omnivisión - ETRA Group (CRO, Customer Revenue Officer).
He is currently coordinating the adaptation of Omnivisión's technology in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), manufactured by another ETRA Group company, Etrair.
He is a regular speaker at mass events on technologies associated with traffic and mobility.
His methodology in the lectures, is based on adding layers of abstraction, allowing each attendee to reach their particular limit of comprehension.
Omnivisión's hardware and software technology is currently managing the Low Emission Zone inside the M-30 of the Madrid City Council and in other large cities such as Gijón and soon in Murcia, Burgos, etc. This LEZ system is also present in other municipalities such as Rivas Vaciamadrid, Torrejón de Ardoz, Boadilla del Monte, etc.