Experience

Divirod Inc.

• United States
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and Founder

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Boulder, Colorado From scarcity to natural disasters, water risks impact everyone, yet knowledge about water dynamics remain very limited. Can you imagine a future without precise knowledge about water? I know you can't. Divirod brings certainty and readiness to act with unique data sets on water risks.



NEON Program

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of the NEON Observatory, Project Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Jul 2016

  Greater Denver Area Responsible for the management and leadership of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Construction project and Operations. In his term at NEON, he turned around the construction project and efficiently accelerated deliveries by a factor 100 in 20 months bringing Observatory operations from zero to 45%. NEON is a $430 million dollar observatory project dedicated to understanding how changes in climate, land use and invasive species impact ecology. Javier started at NEON as… Show more Responsible for the management and leadership of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Construction project and Operations. In his term at NEON, he turned around the construction project and efficiently accelerated deliveries by a factor 100 in 20 months bringing Observatory operations from zero to 45%. NEON is a $430 million dollar observatory project dedicated to understanding how changes in climate, land use and invasive species impact ecology. Javier started at NEON as Deputy Project Manager and one year later was appointed Project Manager and Principal Investigator. During his last year, he was also appointed Head of the Observatory. Show less



European Southern Observatory

• Germany
• Research Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• E-ELT Project Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2012

  Santiago, Chile Engineering manager, provided leadership and direction to systems engineering and overall product development, contracts negotiation and oversight



ALMA Observatory

• Chile
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead System Engineer

  • May 2009 - Jan 2012

  Santiago, Chile Overall technical management leadership and international coordination (USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan and Chile), system integration and verification, risk analysis, acceptance authority of system elements, change control.



European Space Agency - ESA

• France
• Space Research and Technology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solar Orbiter System Engineer

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2009

  The Hague Area, Netherlands System engineering manager during the definition phase of the project.

• Planck Instrument Manager

  • Jun 2001 - Jan 2007

  The Hague Area, Netherlands Coordinated development, integration and delivery of two space instruments manufactured by 30+ international partners

• Head, Technical Evaluation Unit

  • Nov 1999 - Jun 2001

  The Hague Area, Netherlands Defined and monitored management processes for R&D program, developed 10yr strategic direction for the technical laboratories and test facilities.

• Antenna Engineer

  • Dec 1996 - Nov 1999

  The Hague Area, Netherlands



VSur - The Art of Spanish Wine

• Co-Founder

  • Jun 2005 - Apr 2009

  The Hague Area, Netherlands Co-Founded e-commerce business for fine Spanish wines based on a zero stock supply chain (directly from the winery to end consumers).