Fernando Cortiñas
Born and raised in Argentina.
Graduate at the Catholic University (Bachelor in Business Adm and CPA, 1985-86)
Harvard MBA, class 1992
Board Member, Deutsche Babcock Argentina, 1986-1990. (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Argentine subsidiary of the boilers and industrial equipment German manufacturer Deutsche Babcock Gruppe.
Exports Manager, Bombas Itur (leading Spanish Pumps manufacturer) 1992-93. (Zarauz, Spain)
Professor, Instituto de Empresa, leading Spanish business school, since 1992. Assistant Director of International Relations (1993-96). (Madrid, Spain)
Project Manager, Digital TV Project, RTVE RadioTelevisión Española (1996), taking part in the launch of Via Digital. (Madrid, Spain.)
Marketing Research and Planning Director, Via Digital, 1997-98 (Madrid, Spain)(RTVE was shareholder of Via Digital, together with Grupo Telefónica).
Managing Director, Solution42 Ibérica s.l., 1999-2000 (Madrid, Spain. Spanish subsidiary of solution42 GmbH, later on acquired by Portal)
VP for Spain and Portugal, and later on CEO of Telefonicab2b Catalogs (2000-2002) subsidiary of Telefonica Group, merged with other subsidiaries to create Telefonica Soluciones.
Specialties: International Sales and Projects development, International expansion, industrial marketing, technology marketing, big projects development.
