Published 2014-11-19

Ramon Salvadó new Director Engineering and Infrastructure

Schibsted is ramping up its technology efforts and as result expanding its Group Tech organisation. Ramon Salvadó becomes Director Engineering and Infrastructure.

Ramón Salvadó will be part of the Group Tech senior leadership team in Schibsted Media Group, and report directly to Rian Liebenberg, CTO for Schibsted Media Group. Responsible for all infrastructure within Group Tech, he will be key in creating a highly scalable Infrastructure environment, security policies, and tools for development teams to centrally collaborate, share and deploy services and functionality more rapidly. This will benefit all the companies and brands across Schibsted Media Group.

Salvadó’s background is in Maths and Statistics, and he has worked in various organisations within software development & systems infrastructure. Most recently, he has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in SCM Spain. Salvadó has delivered significant contributions which has helped consolidate the disparate technologies used by SCM Spain, and enabled more rapid development of features and capabilities, which has had a positive impact on the products in the Spanish market.

“All through my career I’ve been working in the area of technology, ranging from system administration and devops to software development and project management. I have always strived to build the best possible solutions, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I’m really pleased to get the opportunity to join the Group Tech organization to help build secure, resilient and scalable worldwide systems and solutions for Schibsted Media Group as a whole,” says Ramon Salvadó.

“We are all very excited that Ramon has decided to join Group Tech. He brings a wealth of highly relevant experience in building and leading fast moving, impactful teams, with focus on results that have meaningful impact for the businesses he works with. Most notably, he has made significant contributions within SCM Spain, with enormous positive impact. He will now scale his efforts and focus up to cover all of Schibsted’s operations. I am certain his contribution and impact will scale proportionally,” says Rian Liebenberg, Group CTO in Schibsted Media Group