José M. Fraile is a consultant specialising in innovation management and business development based in Madrid. He was founding partner and Managing Director of Socratec GmbH, a Venture Capital-supported German start-up transport telematics company based in Regensburg (Germany). At Socratec he was responsible for all technological issues and product development strategies. Before founding and managing Socratec he worked for several years at Kayser-Threde GmbH, a Munich-based aerospace technology company, managing projects for customers such as the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
After obtaining his University M.Sc. degree in Math in 1989, he worked with a grant at the National Geodetic Institute in Copenhagen (Denmark) and as research associate at the Institute of Geodesy and Navigation of the University FAF Munich (Germany). José speaks Spanish, English, German and Danish.
 

Okka Fraile Ordóñez is based in Madrid and European Business Development Manager of ibase Corp., a consulting company specialised in the implementation of internationalization strategies for its overseas and US customers.

She was the founder-manager of a telematics company in Europe. As Sales and Marketing Director of Socratec GmbH, a Venture Capital-supported German start-up transport telematics company based in Regensburg (Germany) she was responsible for the international business development of the company. Okka previously held positions at board level with two German leading SME’s . She is specialised in the internationalization of SMEs ranging from set up and management of sales channels to funding to licensing of technology. Prior to being specialised on SME internationalization, Okka worked in varying industrial international environments such as cosmetics, technical woven polyethylene products, convection steamer ovens and telecoms as well as for a Munich based consulting company specialised in mergers & acquisitions.

Okka has extensive travel experience in Europe, Middle East and Asia. She has been based in Germany prior to taking residence in Spain. Okka holds an MBA from the Henley-Management-College, Henley-on-Thames, U.K. and she is member of the Strategic Planning Society, London and Licensing Executives International, Germany. She speaks English, German, Spanish and some Danish. She is married and has two children.

Jochen Mebus, Germany

Jochen Mebus holds a Bachelor Degree in International Economics from International Business School in Lippstadt/Germany.

Robert Bolleter is Managing Director of BOLLETER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, and is based in Switzerland. Robert has ten years of European technology business experience with local Legal Offices as well as a PanEuropean organisation of Accounting &Tax-offices.

He spent five years at Broadvision as VP Finance, Legal & General Services for EMEA. In this role, Robert co-launched the European operations building the business to US$ 100M in revenues that accounted for nearly 40% of worldwide revenues. He also spent five years at Oracle launching the Southern and Central Europe field operations in the position of Head of Finance. Prior to joining BroadVision, Robert Bolleter was Corporate CFO at Straumann, one of the world’s leading corporations in the area of dental implantology. Before that, he gained business experience in various industries, such as Asset Management and Fiduciary & Accounting firm.

Robert lives in Switzerland and speaks fluently German, English and French with some knowledge of Spanish.

After his degree at Business School in Zurich, Robert helds a degree in Accounting. Several post-degree educations at IMD Lausanne as well as Management & Business School at University St. Gall, Switzerland.

Juan Pedro de Losada is a senior consultant based in Spain, Barcelona, involved in the innovation cycles and marketing strategies in the ICT field. He also teaches Business Strategy at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is author of a recent study about the structure of the ICT industry in Catalonia / Spain, under request of the local public administration.

He has a long experience in management positions in Spanish leading companies and in academic institutions in the ICT area, holds a broad know-how about the current structure of the Spanish market as well as the research network, and maintains an ample contact base in both fields. He was Member of the Board of Directors of the Olivetti Group in Spain and as Director General of a private Foundation, F2i – devoted to the promotion of the Information Society in Spain, covering training and research activities.

He has also participated in several EC RTD projects and has served as reviewer in EC Esprit and IST projects. He has also a special interest and knowledge about the Mediterranean area, with deep personal implication in several projects funded by the EC for international co-operation with Mediterranean Partner Countries for technology transfer. He has been a Member of the Board of Sedisi (former Spanish Information Technologies Association) and Founding Member of the former Eurobit (European IT Companies Association, now Eicta).

Mr. Losada holds a Degree in Law (Universidad de Barcelona) and in Business Administration (Harvard Business School – ITP 71), among other learning experiences in the US (University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and AMA – New York), UK, Germany and Italy, on technical and in business organisation issues, mainly in the ICT Field.

He speaks Spanish and Catalan, German, English and Italian.

Leon Dhaene has over 20 years of senior management experience in global account management, business development and sales, performance optimisation and services development, at the multinational corporations MasterCard International, Europay International, Eurocard International and IBM.

His experience covers in particular the creation of multinational business alliances, commercial negotiations, managing mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and introducing new products and services to the market.

Leon Dhaene actively participated to the merger of Eurocard International, eurocheque International and the European Payment System Services into Europay International. He was also involved in the integration of Europay International in MasterCard International and in migrating MasterCard International from an Association to a SEC-controlled Shareholding Company . Together with Europay’s strategic global partner, MasterCard International, Leon Dhaene introduced a world-wide quality programme, called Global Performance Standards Programme, starting with 30 key banks in 8 European countries.

Leon Dhaene hold a Master of Contemporary History at the University of Ghent.
He published books and articles on historical, socio-economical and cultural subjects.
He speaks Dutch, English, French, German and Italian.