Guillem Cavaller Francés

Guillem Cavaller Francés

Data & AI Strategy and Governance Leader

Barcelona, Spain

@guillem_cf

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About

Data and AI governance leader with 12 years of experience spanning technical foundations, consulting leadership, and global governance programmes in regulated industries. Has built Data Offices from scratch, led Data & AI Governance practices, and currently manages global R&D data governance at Johnson & Johnson.

Experience

  • Data Governance Manager – Global R&D
    Johnson & Johnson
    Mar 2026 – Present

    Lead the data governance strategy and operating model for R&D at global level, covering data and AI governance. Own change management, data and AI literacy, onboarding of data owners and stewards, and manage external vendors.

  • Account Manager, Data & AI Governance Practice Lead – Iberia
    IBM · Spain
    Feb 2022 – Feb 2026

    Led data and AI governance practice for Iberia; managed accounts end to end; designed and deployed Data Offices and governance frameworks for clients including Naturgy, Fluidra, Correos, ASISA and Heineken; defined AI governance frameworks and adoption roadmaps; built AI-based accelerators.

  • Data Strategy Manager
    SDG Group · Barcelona
    Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

    Created a Data Office for Veolia, implemented governance strategy, led rollout of the corporate data platform, defined data and AI strategy for Xella, and led data strategy and governance practice.

  • Senior Business Analyst, Advanced Analytics (APAC)
    Ingram Micro · Barcelona
    Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

    Built a Share of Wallet model for marketing and automated product and pricing data collection.

  • Manager, Big Data & Analytics
    PwC · Barcelona and Madrid
    Mar 2018 – Aug 2020

    Built the Data & Analytics team in Barcelona, managed consultants and client portfolio, defined commercial strategy, and delivered data strategy and use cases for clients including Amadeus and Inditex.

  • Senior Consultant
    SDG Group · Ireland
    Feb 2016 – Mar 2018

    Defined big data and analytics capabilities for clients and delivered data warehouse management and BI/ETL solutions.

  • Data Analyst
    Everis (now NTT Data) · Spain
    Mar 2014 – Feb 2016

    Fixed data inconsistencies after a large system migration and managed a Hadoop data lake.

Education

  • MSc in Project Management and Business Administration
    La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull · Universitat Ramon Llull
    Project Management and Business Administration · 2016 – 2017
  • Master in e-Learning ICT
    Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
    e-Learning ICT · 2013 – 2014
  • Bachelor in Audiovisual Systems
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
    Audiovisual Systems · 2009 – 2012

Skills

5 to 8 years 5 to 8 years A long stretch - five to eight years.
1 to 2 years 1 to 2 years A year or two of steady use.
6 to 12 months 6 to 12 months Most of a year behind them.

Tools / apps / platforms

5 to 8 years 5 to 8 years A long stretch - five to eight years.
Tableau Microsoft Power BI
2 to 5 years 2 to 5 years Several years of experience.
Oracle Talend Alteryx Informatica Apache Hadoop
<3 months <3 months Just getting started - under three months. This is also what shows when a level has not been set.
Atlassian JIRA

Languages

Native / Bilingual Native / Bilingual Their first language, or as strong as one.
Spanish Speak Catalan Speak
Fluent Fluent Comfortable using it for work.
English Speak
Basic Basic A few words and simple phrases.
German Speak

Courses & certifications

  • IBM Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals · IBM · 2024
  • IBM watsonx.governance: Technical Essentials · IBM · 2024
  • IBM Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals · IBM · 2024
  • IBM watsonx.governance: Technical Essentials · IBM · 2024

📚 Publications

  • Data Mesh for Pharma
  • The commercial side of Data Governance
  • Governing unstructured data with AI
  • It's a match: Teal Organizations & Data Mesh
  • Generación Ctrl+C / Ctrl+IA

🎯 Hobbies & interests

  • Running
  • Cycling
  • Swimming
  • Skiing
  • AI
  • New technologies

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