Postgraduate course in

CIOs Executive Program

Lead and successfully manage the ICT strategy of your organization.

Start
18/02/2022
Duration
5 months
Delivery
Face-to-face
Fee
€4,200

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Training Content
Learning methodology
Teaching team
Associates entities
Career opportunities
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Presentation

Edition

2nd Edition

Credits

15 ECTS (120 teaching hours)

Delivery

Face-to-face

Language of instruction

Catalan / Spanish

Fee

€4,200

Payment of enrolment fee options

The enrolment fee can be paid:
- In a single payment to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
- In two instalments:

60% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
Remaining 40% to be paid up to 60 days at the latest after the starting date of the programme.

Notes 0,7% campaign

Registration open until the beginning of the course or until end of vacancies.

Discounts, loans and financial aid

Start date

Classes start: 18/02/2022
Classes end: 15/07/2022
Programme ends : 30/11/2022

Timetable

Friday: 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm

Taught at

Tech Talent Center
C/ de Badajoz, 73-77
Barcelona

Why this postgraduate course?

The constant demand for professionals in the ICT sector continues to grow. In the last year it has increased by 40% in Catalonia, while the available profiles have grown by only 7.6%. Thus, the lack of ICT professionals is now the first obstacle that companies find to grow and carry out their strategies, especially when the managers and leaders of these teams are one of the most difficult vacancies to fill. There is, therefore, a constant demand for new CIOs who successfully lead and manage a good ICT strategy in organizations.

A good preparation of current and future CIOs (Chief Information Officer), a position also known as IT Director or Director of Information Systems, is essential nowadays. With this objective, the postgraduate program in CIOs Advanced Business Program is born, an executive program adapted to cover the professional skills required for this profile, providing an updated view adapted to the digital society of the 21st century.

The program offers a practical and applied vision of IT management, comprising IT strategy and IT-business alignment, IT resource management (which includes services and solutions, finance and talent), while providing a vision of innovation and entrepreneurship in the current context, with a complete vision of emerging technologies for digital transformation, and which will include a practical project.

Aims

Manage and direct an IT department aligned with business objectives.
To be able to manage company resources (data, apps, finances, people, etc.).
Acquire a strategic vision of ICT applied in the various environments of society and business.
Understand the state of technology and new approaches and management techniques.
Lead the digital transformation for innovation in an organization.
Develop and lead a global project for an IT department.

Who is it for?

The postgraduate course targeted for technical professionals in the STEM field, economists/ADE or any professional in the IT environment, with management aspirations and a business vision.

It is especially aimed at people with some experience in IT management (project managers, service managers, quality managers, CTOs, etc.) who aspire to a managerial role and seek to acquire the business vision.

Training Content

List of subjects

6 ECTS 48h

IT strategy and IT-Business Alignment

Strategic management.
Information systems planning.
The ICT function as a partner of the company.
IT governance.
Data governance.
Security and risk management.

4 ECTS 32h

IT Resource Management

Portfolio of the services and solutions management.
Demand management.
Financial management.
People & talent management.

3 ECTS 24h

Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Disruptive Technologies and Digital Transformation.
Innovation and entrepreneurship.

2 ECTS 16h

Final Project and Conferences

Prestigious CIOs conferences.
Group work.

Degree

Postgraduate diplomas issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued pursuant to art. 34.1 of Organic Law 4/2007 of 12 April, amending Organic Law 6/2001 of 21 December, concerning Universities. To obtain this degree it is necessary to have an official. Otherwise, the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya will only award them a a certificate of completion. (Ver datos que constan en el certificado).

Learning methodology

The teaching methodology of the programme facilitates the student's learning and the achievement of the necessary competences.

Some complementary lessons are presented through conferences in which professional experts in the field present the current situation and future challenges on the subject.

Learning tools

Participatory lectures

A presentation of the conceptual foundations of the content to be taught, promoting interaction with the students to guide them in their learning of the different contents and the development of the established competences.

Practical classroom sessions

Knowledge is applied to a real or hypothetical environment, where specific aspects are identified and worked on to facilitate understanding, with the support from teaching staff.

Solving exercises

Solutions are worked on by practising routines, applying formulas and algorithms, and procedures are followed for transforming the available information and interpreting the results.

Case studies

Real or hypothetical situations are presented in which the students, in a completely participatory and practical way, examine the situation, consider the various hypotheses and share their own conclusions.

Success stories

Outstanding business knowledge and experiences with high added value acquired during an outstanding professional career are presented and shared.

Tutorship

Students are given technical support in the preparation of the final project, according to their specialisation and the subject matter of the project.

Roundtable

Debate between various experts to deal with a topical issue, in front of an audience that can give their opinion. It can include dynamic networking among attendees.

Assessment criteria

Attendance

At least 80% attendance of teaching hours is required.

Level of participation

The student's active contribution to the various activities offered by the teaching team is assessed.

Completion and presentation of the final project

Individual or group projects in which the contents taught in the programme are applied. The project can be based on real cases and include the identification of a problem, the design of the solution, its implementation or a business plan. The project will be presented and defended in public.

Work placements & employment service

Students can access job offers in their field of specialisation on the My_Tech_Space virtual campus. Applications made from this site will be treated confidentially. Hundreds of offers of the UPC School of Professional & Executive Development employment service appear annually. The offers range from formal contracts to work placement agreements.

Virtual campus

The students on this postgraduate course will have access to the My_ Tech_Space virtual campus - an effective platform for work and communication between the course's students, lecturers, directors and coordinators. My_Tech_Space provides the documentation for each training session before it starts, and enables students to work as a team, consult lecturers, check notes, etc.

Teaching team

Teaching staff

Almirall, Esteve
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Associated professor at Esade and director of the Center for Innovation in Cities. Lecturer in several universities, among them
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Purdue University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He has a mixed background both in artificial intelligence (AI) and management science, particularly innovation. However, he spent a previous life in the business IT sector with a career in consulting and banking where for many years, being the youngest chief technology officer (CTO) of the Spanish banking industry, the 1st in online transactions and the 2nd in online banking.
Álvarez Torezano, Ramón
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Customer & Commerce Technology at Mango. Previously Head of CRM at Desigual, Vice-President at Capgemini, leading the Digital Customer Experience area. He has collaborated with companies and organizations from different sectors: Carrefour, Desigual, El Corte Inglés, DIA, Mercadona, Repsol, Telefónica, La Caixa, Naturgy, among others.
Brieva, Erik

A Computer Engineer and the holder of a Master's degree in Computer Graphics. He was director of marketing at Red Hat and is currently CEO of Strands. A multiple entrepreneur and executive in innovative companies, he was the founder of Polymita (acquired by Red Hat), Enzyme (acquired by the Nexe Group), Intelligent Software Components S.A. (acquired by a Private Equity fund), Altea Consulting, iSOFACT and Wannay. Guest lecturer at IESE, Esade and the UPM.
Buxadera Vidal, Mercedes

Superior Telecommunications Engineering UPC. He worked as a consultant at Accenture Sales and Finance until 1997, from 1997 to 1999 he worked at Antonio Puig S.A. as Area Manager Sales & Finance. Since 1999 she is CIO South West Europe Danone Danone Group.
Castells Odena, Jordi
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Computer Engineer by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Management Development Program (PDD) by IESE Business School and Master in Business Management and Organization (MBA) by the School of Business Administration (EAE Business School). He has a long career in the ICT sector, in service companies (Price Waterhouse, CSC, KPMG) and software (Microstrategy). He was Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Miguel Torres, S.A. for twelve years and is currently corporate general manager at Happy Punt, SLU. He has been a member of the boards of directors of AUSAPE, the Council of CIOs of Catalonia and FIB Alumni. He has collaborated as a consultant for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)'s Computer, Multimedia and Telecommunications Studies.
Gibert Oliveras, Karina
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Ph.D. in Computer Science at UPC. Associate Professor at the Dep. Statistics and Operations Research (UPC), leading courses related with her research areas in Degree in Statistics, D. in Informatics Engineering, Master in Informatics Engineering, M. in Artificial Intelligence, M. in Sustainability, all at UPC, and its associated PhD programs. ViceDean for Big Data and Data Science of the Official Professional Chamber of Informatics Engineering of Catalonia. Subdirector of IDEAI Research center (UPC).
Hernández Barjola, Salvi
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Computer Engineer by the UPC, in the direction of the Posgraduado Technologies, an MBA from UPC-EAE. Creation Companies by ESADE and General Management Program (PDG) by IESE. Managing Director of Sigma Consulting - Arek. Consulting and advisory expert and business consultancy in Financial's managing people, Information Systems, Management of Projects and processes. Coach, lecturer and lecturer at various universities, business schools and companies.
Ruppmann Anton, Boris

Chemistry Engineer by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) by the UPC School. He has practiced for more than ten years in the world of strategic and process consulting, and accumulates a large experience leading digital transformation projects in different companies and sectors, from large companies in the energy sector to medium-sized companies in the pharmaceutical sector. He is currently main consultant at Seidor, previously he worked at Europraxis and Minsait (Indra).

Associates entities

Collaborating partners

Career opportunities

The postgraduate prepares to work as CIO (Chief Information Officer), also called IT Director or Systems Director, among other denominations. This is the management of the IT department, whether it is a company in the same IT sector or any other sector, including the public sector; as well as of any size (large company, SME, etc.).

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