Miquel Comas

CTO | IT Director | Security Expert

Premià de Dalt, Catalonia, Spain

About

Experienced and versatile IT Director with a strong blend of strategic leadership and deep technical expertise. Proven track record in ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance of complex IT systems and services to drive organizational efficiency and innovation. Skilled in managing cross-functional teams, overseeing large-scale infrastructure and software projects, and aligning IT initiatives with business goals. Extensive hands-on experience in systems architecture, networking, cybersecurity, and database environments.

Experience

  • Chief Technology Officer at Qida (home-care)
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    Lead the company's technology strategy, aligning digital development with business objectives. Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and optimization of technological solutions that drive efficiency, competitiveness, and digital transformation within the organization. - Provide leadership for effective strategic and tactical planning in the use of technology. - Managing a team of over 20 technical staff. - Define and execute the long-term technology vision, aligning it with the company's mission and business goals. - Oversee the design and implementation of scalable and secure technological infrastructures, ensuring data protection and regulatory compliance. - Coordinate key technology projects from conception to delivery, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

  • Sabbatical at Sabbatical Break
    Jun 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr

  • Scytl Innovating Democracy ()
    • IT Director
      2007 - Jun 2021 · 14 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for the day to day IT requirements of the company such as user management, trouble shooting, help and advice. Maintaining desktop applications, local area networks, IT security and telecommunications. - Provide leadership for effective strategic and tactical planning in the use of technology. - Managing a team of over 20 technical staff. - Reorganize Information Technology department by separating support tasks, creating new leadership positions and implementing best practices. - Create and promote operational policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and best practices. - Strengthening the IT infrastructure through to implementing new technologies. - Manage the IT budgets and expenditure on hardware, software and services. - Recommending and implementing improvements and efficiencies. - Having excellent time management, confidentiality & communication skills. - Facilitate the collection, storage, security and integrity of electronic data while ensuring appropriate access. - Having strong IT, commercial, planning and budgeting skills to evaluate, test, advise, train and support I.T. related projects. - Procurement of IT hardware, software and maintenance products & services. - Responsible for the recruitment of new staff. - Manage transition to Cloud services and Devops culture.

    • IT Manager
      2006 - 2007 · 1 yr

      - Managing a team of over 8 technical staff. - Responsible for hardware and software installation, maintenance. - Performing routine audits of systems and software. - Developing & maintaining the company IT systems, software and databases. - Management of server software and associated backup routines. - Writing documentation for ICT procedures, security and disaster recovery. - Maintaining documentation of changes regarding users, functions & systems. - Managing the internal & hosted network infrastructure including: firewalls, servers, switches and telephony. - Design and maintain corporate network based on Cisco(LAN and wifi) Fortinet (WAN/Firewalls), packetfence (NAC) - Linux subject matter expert.

    • Systems administrator
      2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs

      - Install company’s new systems like: subversion, mediawiki, dhcp, dns and other internal services on top of vmware and linux - Samba and LDAP domain implementation - Define backup policies and procedures. - Install Hardware and Software - Install, configure and operate ticketing system to support internal users. - Participate in company’s projects as a IT expert

  • Systems Administrator at Tecnosistemi s.p.a
    2003 - 2004 · 1 yr

  • Systems Administrator at RSB Systemas
    2002 - 2003 · 1 yr