Andreu Veà Baró
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Andreu Veà (left) with his mentor and friend Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the Internet" in McLean, Virginia
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| Born |
April 6, 1969 Sant Feliu de Guíxols |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Ramon Llull University |
| Known for | The Internet Biographer |
| Awards | Honorary Professor UAI University (Argentina) ROTARY CLUB, Honor Member |
| Website | www |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Telecommunications & Internet |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | History, Society, Technology and Network Development. An exposé of the most unknown face of the Internet (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jordi Dalmau |
| Influences | Vint Cerf, Paul Mockapetris, Jon Postel, Dave Farber |
Andreu Veà, Ph.D. (1969 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Spain), is an engineer, president of the Internet Society (ISOC-ES) and member of the advisory board of the Internet Hall of Fame.
He has been appointed as Digital Champion for Spain in late 2014. Digital Champions are ambassadors for the Digital Agenda, appointed by their Members States to help every European become digital and reporting to the European Commission.
For all his activities, in 2017 he has been awarded with the "National Internet Personal-Trajectory Prize", summoned and failed by the Internet Day Impulse Committee, made up of more than 60 social Spanish organizations led by the Association of Internet Users. The prize is given by the President of the Senate of Spain during the World Internet Day (May 17th), at the Spanish Senate Palace.
Born in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona, Spain) in 1969. Telecom Engineer (’91) and Electronic Engineer (’93), Andreu Veà has an MBA in IT Management and a Ph.D. in computer networks ('02). He had his first computer (with 3KB memory) at the age of twelve, and his first international computer network experience dates from 1986. He's brother of the scientific and primatologist Joaquim Veà Baró (1958-2016).
Since 1992, he has had the word Internet on his business card, working in the private sector, in public administration, and at the university, where he has shared his knowledge with several generations of engineers. He discovered the magic power of the net early on, contributing to the local development of the incipient Spanish market in the mid ‘90s, providing first-time connections to many companies and individuals. He co-founded the 4th Spanish Internet Service Provider (ISP) in 1994.
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