Gabriel Gonzalez-Castañe

Head of Strategy, Research and Innovation

County Cork, Ireland

About

I like arts. Painting, sculpture and architecture. That's my passion. Without understading much why - maybe trend of the moment - ended working with science and innovation. I love to make the things to work and to have impact - doesn't what everyone wants? I like to work in multidisciplinar environments - on different areas of interest. As researcher I found the free spirit and time of blue sky thinking. With companies, I found how to generate competitive advantage and ROI. Anyway, here it is a bit of my past work: I've been working on many different projects, industrial and research, during the last few years. My scientific background was in DES simulations and multiagent systems, I've been always passionate about robotics, computer vision and embedded systems. Furthermore, I developed skills through different projects in resource management, HPC systems, operations research, trustworthy AI and ecosystem development. I am a curious thinker and in any area that is unknown to me, I like to connect these with ideas I know to make it better. I love to work on strategy, building a common view across European initiatives - not only on AI. Furthermore, I like to work on knowledge transfer between researchers and industry. I strongly believe that any piece of research unused is effort lost that could improve society and well-being in many directions.

Experience

  • Head of Strategy, Research and Innovation at Adra - AI-Data-Robotics-Association
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Industrial AI Strategy Lead at BDVA - Big Data Value Association
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Senior Research Coordinator at University College Cork
    Aug 2016 - Sep 2024 · 8 yrs 2 mos

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Dublin City University
    May 2015 - Jul 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos