Assistant Professor – Chair Researcher

Román López Cortijo

He holds a Degree in Computer Science from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1984) and a Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2006).
Professional certifications: Peoplecert AgileSHIFT® APPROVED TRAINER, Peoplecert DevOps® APPROVED TRAINER, Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
My passion: Transforming “weak” teams to “strong”: true value creation teams with mature agility.
My skills: Entrepreneur, consultant and trainer in Software Engineering and Product Development.

Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. More than 30 years of experience in software engineering. Main areas of consulting and research are: Mature Agility, Innovation Management, Product Development Flow for Value, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Kaizen, QA and Agile Testing, Continuous Improvement, ISO 9001, CMMI 2.1. Currently CEO of Progresion SMP SRL and Researcher at BTO Research, working in several companies in various sectors: insurance, IT services, telecommunications and banking.
Promoter of the Business Agility Research initiative, of which he is founder in 2016 (https://www.businessagilityresearch.com/).
Outside the professional activity, regular collaborator since 2012 of the NGO Helsinki Spain where he is a member of the executive board (http://humandimension.net).

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