Francisco Ros

Secretary of State, Spain Ministry of Industry

Born in Lorca (Murcia), Spain, Mr. Ros holds two PhDs, one from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and another from the Technical Engineering University of Madrid (Telecommunications). He also holds an Advanced Management Program degree (PADE) from the IESE Business School in Madrid. Appointed in May, 2004, Mr. Ros is Spain’s Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society. In 2003 he joined Qualcomm as Country Manager, responsible for operations of the company in Spain and Portugal. Prior to that, he was co-founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Alúa - BroadBand Optical Access. In 1996, Mr.Ros was appointed President and CEO of Unisource.From 1988 through 1996, Mr. Ros headed several business areas within the Telefónica Group, of which he was Managing Director as well as a member of the Executive Management Board, and responsible for the International Communications area from 1994 to 1996. Among others, he has been a member of the Board of AT&TMicro-electronics, WorldPartners, and Infonet in the U.S.,Mannesmann Arcor in Germany, Siris in France, and CTC in Chile.