Jesús de la Maza is President of the Innovalia Group, a strategic industrial alliance he has chaired since its inception. An Industrial Engineer and MBA, he brings over 20 years of experience as a European Commission expert in technological innovation for the industrial sector. He has founded and scaled more than a dozen technology-based SMEs now active in global markets. Innovalia comprises two divisions – Innovalia Digital and Innovalia Metrology – offering solutions in smart cities, Industry 4.0, and digital transformation. A pioneer in data space technologies, Jesús also serves on the board of the International Data Space Association (IDSA).