José David García Bravo

About

MSc Computer Science Engineer, specialist in Grid, Low Latency and High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Performed a variety of roles including HPC Consultant & Architect, Systems Architect, Infrastructure Services Manager, IT Business Analyst. Developed a rich combination of technical, leadership, business analysis and interpersonal skills. Wide international experience (UK, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Germany, Latin America). IBM Spectrum Symphony/LSF/Conductor/Spectrum Computing, IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS, Elastic Storage Server (ESS). I also lead custom IT workshops, speak/present at public IT events and deliver training for IT consultants. 100% bilingual in English & Spanish

Experience

• VP - HPC Solutions Architect at Barclays Investment Bank
  Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

• IBM (9 yrs 6 mos)
  • EMEA HPC Specialist | Grid computing for Financial Services SME
    Mar 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • SME & Technical Consultant | IBM Systems Technology Services
    Feb 2016 - Jul 2023 · 7 yrs 6 mos

• Senior IT Business Analyst at VASSIT Services Ltd.
  Dec 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

  Business Analysis assignment for the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia. Activities included: - Business requirements extraction. - Definition of Roadmap and Strategy for implementing a Key Performance Indicators BI solution. - Creation of Key Performance Indicators. - Assignment of Business and Data Owners. - Interactive workshops and presentations to various business committees.

• ITO / IT IS - Infrastructure Services Leader at Tata Consultancy Services
  Sep 2012 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  It was my assignment to design, implement and develop the Infrastructure Services Line: - IT Helpdesk / IT ServiceDesk. - End User Computing. - Datacenter Services. - Storage Mgmt. - IT Managed Security. - Enterprise Computing. - Application Mgmt Services. - Converged Network Services. Including Build, Integration, Transformation, Optimization and End to End Services. I have applied ITIL v3 into all the stages of these processes.

• IT Project Manager at Vertical Technologies
  Nov 2011 - Jun 2012 · 8 mos

  Project Manager in IT Services and on-demand software development.