Chief IT Advisor at European Commission, EU
Wednesday, November 16th
16:00 - 17:30 | Session X: Government CIOs respond to local demands – Learning from Failing | Session Speaker
Francisco García Morán holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Seville and a degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
He started his carrier as a teacher and IT engineer at the University of Seville and worked for several years at the IT Departments of the Ministry of Education and Science at national level and of the Regional Government of Andalusia where he worked as a head of several IT services.
Since he joined the European Commission in November 1986, he has continued working in the IT area, first at the Informatics Directorate and then at the Directorate-General for Translation.
In 2001 he was appointed Director of Informatics at the Directorate-General for Personnel and Administration. He was responsible for establishment of the Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) in May 2004 of which he was appointed Director General in November 2005.
The Directorate-General for Informatics defines the IT strategy of the European Commission, provides ICT corporate services and is also responsible for the European programme ISA (Interoperable Solutions for Public Administrations).
In March 1st, 2013 he became the European Commission's Chief IT Advisor. He advices the European Commission's General Directorates, the other EU Institutions and EU public administrations and worldwide on important areas such as Digital Policies, eGovernment and Public Services, Information Technology Management, IT Governance and IT Security.
Between 2004 and 2013 he was member representative of the European Commission in the Management Board of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and also member of World Bank's HLEG (High Level E Transformation Group). He supervised the CERT-EU in 2012 and 2013.
He is external member of the IT Architecture Committee of the European Central Bank.
He spent the academic year 2014-2015 at the University of California- Berkeley carrying a research project on "Coproduction: How citizens and the Civil Society can help public administrations to deliver more and better digital public services".
In 2010 he was awarded the Order of Civil Merit for his professional accomplishment from the King of Spain.