Generalitat de Catalunya

Director of Research at The Lisbon Council

General Director of Digital Services and Citizen Experience at the Generalitat de Catalunya

Strategic Government Partnerships Manager – Coursera

Born in Segovia, he is a Telecommunications Engineer, member of the Senior Corps of Systems and Information Technologies of the State Administration, Master in Systems Management and Information and Communications Technologies, Executive Master of Business Management by the School of Industrial Organization and Leadership Program for Public Management. Diploma of Advanced Studies in PhD in Applied Economics.
He has worked for more than a decade in the private sector in the areas of telecommunications (TELETTRA) and centres for urban traffic control and environmental pollution (SICE).
Since 1993 he has been a member of the Public Administration, where he worked in the Department of Tax Computing (1993-2005), in the Central Delegation of Large Taxpayers (2006-2009) and in the Department of Planning and Institutional Relations, in the State Agency of Tax Administration. General Director on Impulse of the Electronic Administration (2009-2011), responsible for the implementation of Law 11/2007 on electronic access of citizens to public services and he has been part of the Office for the Implementation of the Reform of the Public Administration (CORA), created to fight against the economic crisis, as responsible for promoting technological measures (2013-2016).
Between 2018 and 2020 he was Secretary General of Digital Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, responsible for the Digital Transformation initiatives of the General State Administration and the common infrastructures that have supported the administration during the time of confinement caused by COVID-19.
He is currently General Director of the Madrid Digital Office in charge of promoting the digital transformation process in the city, digital administration and data strategy.

Berlin Global GovTech Centre

 Strategic Advisor – LACNet

Miguel A. Porrúa is the Coordinator of the Data and Digital Government Cluster at the IFD/ICS Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to this position, Miguel was a senior e-Government Specialist at the Organization of American States (OAS) where he managed the Organization´s e-Government portfolio. Previously Miguel was the Director of Government Relations for Latin America at the electronic government company govWorks, based in New York, where he oversaw various electronic government projects in the region. Prior to his arrival in the US, Miguel lived in Montevideo (Uruguay) where he managed projects related to the modernization of the public sector for the Spanish government (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, AECID) and the United Nations (UNDP).

Shai-Lee is a leader in areas of innovation, technology and digital.
Shai-Lee is leading the strategy, development and rehabilitation of Sapir Coleedge.
Until recently, Shai-Lee was the General manager of Fiverr Business (FVRR NYSE) a global marketplace for freelancers, leading Fiverr’s new focus on the growing SMB market for freelancers and their B2B efforts, from business strategy to manage Go-to-market execution.
Before joining Fiverr, Shai-Lee has chosen to use the experience and knowledge she had gained at the high tech industry for the advancement of the Government and the public sector in Israel and served as CEO of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. As part of her role, she led the formulation of the Government’s national long-term strategy in science, technology and innovation and its implementation. Shai-Lee also participated in 2020 in the Abrahams Accords (peace agreements) where led the negotiations on
Innovation, technology and space.
Shai-Lee was also the CEO of Digital Israel, the Israeli National Digital initiative, and led the formulation of the Government’s National Digital Plan, and its implementation in areas such as digital economy, digital health, smart cities, data and digital inclusion.
Shai-Lee has extensive experience in the High-Tech world, and has served in her last position before entering the Government as VP of Marketing at Microsoft’s R&D Center in Israel and was responsible for building relations with the start-up industry in Israel.
Shai-Lee was a lecturer on Innovation at Reichman University in Israel and a member of Maoz network.
Shai-Lee has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Tel Aviv University, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University in the United States.