Enrique Díaz-Plaza is an Electrical and Electronic Engineer from the ICAI School of Engineering which belongs to the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid. Currently, he leads the business development for the energy sector in IBM for the countries of Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel.

He joined IBM more than ten years ago, and since then Enrique has promoted different areas of innovation related to the sector, such as smart grids or electric mobility. In addition to having been linked to the energy sector, other industries and areas in which he has actively participated can be highlighted, such as the telecommunications sector, the definition, development and deployment of smart cities (both in Spain and in other countries), the promotion of the Internet of Things, the application of smart approaches for asset management, the deployment of Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, as well as the participation and management of several R+D+i projects and programs, both national and international. On the other hand, he also has experience in the application of different technologies and methodologies such as those related to advanced analytics, blockchain, project management, agile approaches, design thinking, etc.

Previously, Enrique has managed people and technical departments in companies like Vodafone and Bull.

He is also a member of different national and international technical and standardization boards, as well as a professor in several universities and business schools.