ICT Researcher and Consultant
Assistant professor and researcher in the field of data economics at the ICT Group of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and Regulatory & Strategy Consultant. Previous experience as Researcher at IMDEA Networks, as Principal at Axon Consulting, as Senior Manager at Deloitte, as Project Manager at Telefónica I+D.
Led +110 consulting projects on regulation & public policy, strategy, and operations. Clients have been telcos, regulatory authorities and governments in +25 countries in EMEA and Latin America. Received:
- A PhD in Telematics Engineering by Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (2023)
- A Master of Arts in Economics by Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia (2012)
- A MSc in Telecom Engineering from Univ. Politécnica de Madrid (2001)
Published relevant papers related to the data economy in top venues like IEEE ICDE, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Internet Computing, ACM SIGMOD Record, and ACM SIGSPATIAL.
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About the Value of Personal Data
“Data” is becoming a key production factor, comparable in importance to capital, land, or labour in an increasingly digital economy. Due to the unique characteristics of “data” as an economic good, data markets are underperforming, concentrated and geographically imbalanced, which…
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Personal Information in the context of the Digital Markets Act
«The EU can become a leading role model for a society empowered by data» (European Data Strategy) the DMA opens the door for the data of gatekeepers to be shared with third parties always with the end users’ consent. Regardless…
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia 