

Dr. Juan I. Barrios A. MD Msc.
Senior Advisor in Health Information Systems
Health BIG DATA specialist.
Big DATA, AI and Health Information Systems
📍 Barcelona, 08029 .
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EDUCATION
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Master´s Degree in Data Science and BIG DATA.
2019-current
IEBS Barcelone , Master´s degree in Business Intelligence and IT consulting, 2016-2017
Pan American Health Organization, 1987-1988, Health Information Systems advisor
EACM, Medicine and Surgery Degree . CR. 1980-1985
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PREVIOUS
Science, Technology and Telecommunications Ministry, Costa Rica. E-Government and Cybersecurity team
leader
2014-2015.
Casa Presidencial , Costa Rica, CTO.
IT Government Projects.
2010-2014
Costa Rica Foundation for Sustainable Development, Costa Rica, Executive Director. LINCOS Project Manager.
1998-2010
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CURRENT
Universitat de Barcelona, Medical Informatics, Visiting Profesor.
2015-(Current)
Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Visiting researcher 2016
Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica, IT consultant,
1998-(Current)
Col.legi de Metges de Barcelona ( Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Barcelona ) 2017- # colegiat 54.272
Sumary
For the last 35 years I have successfully combined career responsibilities in Medical Informatics, Public Administration and Information Technologies . I have extensive experience in the public sector, in private consulting and non-profit sector management. with considerable international experience. I was one of the inspirers and promoters of the successful LINCOS ( little Intelligent communities ) initiative.
Now I am living in Barcelone Spain, improving my knowledge in fields such as mHealth, mGovernment, Business Intelligence, BIG DATA and Medical Informatics. (Bioinformatics). I am currently a member of the Col.legi de Metges de Barcelona ( Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Barcelona, associate number 54.272 )
Specialties: ICT Industry, Medical informatics, m-Health, Business Intelligence, Health BIG DATA
Profesional Experience
Universitat de Barcelona / Hospital Clinic – Barcelona
Visiting Professor
June 2015 – Present. Barcelona Area, Spain
Cátedra de Informática Médica, Carrers: Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Visiting Researcher
2016 . Barcelona Area, Spain
Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica
ICT Project´s main advisor
1998 – Present
Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica
Information Technology Chief Officer / IT president´s advisor
May 2010 – April 2014
IT Planning
Team leadership
Social Media
Telecommunications
Networking
IT Countrywide planning
Datacenters
Cloud computing
smscelular.com
CEO
2006 – 2010
Small comercial development oriented to applications on SMS platforms
Central America Autonomous University, UACA, Medicine School
Medical Informatics Professor
May 2009 – May 2010
Development of basic skills in Informatics for Medicine students
Development of the first e-learning infrastructure for Medical Informatics.
Costa Rica Foundation for Sustainable Development
Executive Director, LINCOS Project Director, Board of Directors , Advisor
August 1998 – Present. Costa Rica
Empowering sustainable technologies for the undeveloped world
University of Costa Rica
PROSIC: Program for Information knowledge society,
Associate researcher for the evaluation of Government IT projects
University of Rochester Medical Center
Preventive Medicine. Faculty member ( for the Medical Informatics degree)
January 2002 – December 2006
Adjunct Associate
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, effective
December 1, 2019
Telemedicine
Tele Health
Medical Informatics
Master level training
Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica
CTO
National Health Information Systems Manager
May 1994 – May 1998 (4 years )San José, Costa Rica
Countrywide policy making for health statistics
Contrywide health statistics managing for health services and communicable disease
Health information technology systems manager
Health informatics
Costa Rica’s Government
IT senior advisor
May 1994 – May 1998 (4 years, )
Digital policy making support
Promote the use and take advantage of Information technologies in the public sector
To coonect and promote the first Internet connections for public institutions
Telemedicine project design and management.
Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica
Primary Health Care, Chief Information Officer
January 1985 – Apr 1990 (5 years 4 months)San José, Costa Rica
Primary Health care information gather, process and data analyze
Technology Plataform migration
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE & CAUSES
Causes Juan cares about:
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Health
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Science and Technology
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