Juan Miguel González-Aranda
LifeWatch ERIC
Chief Technology Officer
PhD. Engineer on Telecommunications, and Industrial Organization-Enterprise Management European Master.
LifeWatch ERIC Chief Technology Officer-Executive Board Member & Director to Spain. For Chair of ERIC FORUM (www.eric-forum.eu), currently Executive Board Member (ENVRI cluster).
July 2012-June 2018: HoU Nanomaterials & e-Science Spain Science & Innovation Ministry public officer. Ministry Delegate for: GBIF” (www.gbif.org); European Commission: e‑IRG (www.e‑irg.eu); ESFRI (
www.esfri.eu) & Open Science (Group European Data Experts GEDE‑Research Data Alliance RDA www.rd‑alliance.org); EOSC (www.eosc‑portal.eu) & EuroHPC establishment “Sherpa” (https://eurohpc‑ju.europa.eu); support Environmental ESFRI (www.esfri.eu) & related initiatives. European Structural and Investment Funds-RIS3 expert for ICT & ENV Research Infrastructures according to EU regions RIS3 & Framework Programme policies. EIT Climate Change KIC start-up activities.
November 2004-June 2012: Spanish Council for Scientific Research-CSIC: Technical Director at Doñana Natural Area Singular S&T Research Infrastructure; Contract Agent-Research Technologist EUroMediterranean (participation in INCO-Med, among other-related programmes), and Latinamerica & Caribbean projects.
January 1998-October 2004: Researcher at University of Seville (biomechanics, digital image processing). Independent Consultant-ICT freelance Public & Private sector. (Co-)author of around fifty publications.