INNOVA IRV | Collaborative Innovation

INNOVA IRV, the Ricardo Valle Institute of Innovation Foundation, is a center dedicated to technological innovation applied to industry. It promotes, develops, and fosters knowledge transfer initiatives aimed at creating market value.

Ricardo Valle

“A mind ahead of his time”

Ricardo Valle was a telecommunications engineer and electromagnetism expert born in Málaga, educated in Madrid, and founder of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications in Barcelona.

A visionary ahead of his time, he foresaw an educational model aligned with the world’s most prestigious institutions, such as MIT and Carnegie Mellon.

His legacy lives on through the education of some of the world’s most distinguished academics, entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders in technology—thanks to the creation of mechanisms and institutions that have stood the test of time.

Our FOUNDATION bears his name as a tribute to his remarkable career and lasting contributions to the advancement of knowledge.

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Founders

Executive Committee

Ezequiel Navarro
President & Vice President of Microelectronics

Innova IRV

Natalia Pérez
Vice president of Corporate Relations

Málaga Tech Park

Bernardo Quintero
Vice president of Cybersecurity

Google

Antonio de la Prieta
Vice president of Artificial Intelligence

Accenture

Manuel Illanes
Vice president of advanced communications

Top Digital

Fernando Hardasmal
Vice president of Connected vehicle

Dekra

Antonio Gómez-Guillamón
Vice president of Aerospace Systems

Aertec Solutions

Francisco Javier López
Vice president of University-Company

UMA

Antonio Luis Urda
Vice president of e-Health

Rafael Sánchez
Vice president of Circular Economy

Endesa

Enrique Serrano
Vice president of Industry 4.0

Tinámica

Víctor Luque
Vice president of Food Tech

Trops

Fernando Chacón
Vice president of Defense, Security and Emergency

CSG Ingeniería

Team

José Manuel Leceta
General Director

Mario Nemirovsky
CSO & CTO of Microelectronics

Oscar Chabrera
CFO & CEO IRV Microelectronics

Nuria García
Marketing & Communication

Mariano Morán
CTO

Advisors

Gonzalo León Serrano

Josep Maria Inserser

Wolfgang Gessner

Jose Capmany

Olga Ramírez

Alberto Palomo

Luis Ignacio Vicente del Olmo

Joaquín Torrecilla

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