Óscar Gómez Barbero (born June 28, 1961 in

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

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) is the corporate director of Information Systems at

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, the Spanish state railways. He has been charged with the implementation of a €156 million four-year ICT (

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) modernization process to conclude in 2010. Previously Gómez Barbero was a partner at

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and a

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of the Basque publicly owned railway corporation

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. He is a graduate of the

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University of Deusto The University of Deusto (; ) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university ...

and holds an

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from the same institution. He is married and has three children.

References

Mr Gómez Barbero talks about RENFE's transformation at ESADERENFE Official Website
* Wikipedia entry about RENFE Spanish business executives 1961 births Living people University of Deusto alumni {{Spain-business-bio-stub