Rafael Sotelo

CEO

Uruguay34 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Contact

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Experience

34 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
10 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
30 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Ieee region 9

Vice Chair of Technical & Educational Activities

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos

  • In this new role (and as a voting member of the IEEE Region 9 Regional Committee), I will coordinate and provide strategic oversight to strengthen alignment and collaboration among key regional committees:
  • Chapter Operations Support Committee (previously Technical Activities)
  • Educational Activities Committee
  • Humanitarian Activities Committee
  • Industry Engagement Committee
  • Latin American Transactions Committee
  • The goal is to support high-impact initiatives across the Region: strengthening engagement with IEEE Chapters, fostering educational programs, promoting humanitarian technology activities, enhancing collaboration with industry, and supporting the visibility and quality of IEEE Latin America Transactions.

Ieee entrepreneurship

IEEE Liaison, IEEE Quantum Week

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • https://entrepreneurship.ieee.org/our-team/

Ieee

Student Branch Counselor - Universidad de Montevideo

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Universidad de montevideo

3 roles

Decano

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Director of Research

Mar 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Director ICT Department

Sep 2002 – Mar 2021 · 18 yrs 6 mos

Ieee consumer technology society

4 roles

IEEE Consumer Technology Society - Board of Governors Member-at-Large

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Chair of the Quantum in Consumer Technology Technical Committee

Jan 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • https://ctsoc.ieee.org/technical/technical-committees/qct-tc.html

Regional Director Latin America - IEEE Consumer Technology Society - Board of Governors

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

Chair of the Quantum in Consumer Technology Technical Committee

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • https://ctsoc.ieee.org/technical/technical-committees/qct-tc.html

Quantum-south

Co-Founder

Nov 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 6 mos · Madrid, España. Montevideo, Uruguay.

Ieee

6 roles

Broadcast Technology Society: Chair of Education Committee

Jan 2019 – Dec 2023 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Broadcast Technology Society: AdCom Member at Large

Jan 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Broadcast Technology Society: AdCom Member at Large

Jan 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Chair Uruguay Section

Jan 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

Vice Chair Uruguay Section

Jan 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

Chair (founder) of Broadcast Technology Society Uruguay Chapter

Jun 2012 – Present · 13 yrs 11 mos

Laboratorio tecnológico del uruguay (latu)

Technical consultant

Apr 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Development of electro-electronic laboratory.

Ict4v

Miembro del comité ejecutivo

Jun 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 11 mos · Montevideo

Ministerio de industria, energía y minería

Technical Advisor

May 2011 – Feb 2020 · 8 yrs 9 mos · Montevideo, Uruguay

Saeta

4 roles

Director of Engineering

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

Chief Engineer

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs

Assistant Chief Engineer

Jan 1995 – Jan 2004 · 9 yrs

Engineer

Sep 1991 – Dec 1994 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Universidad de la república

Associate Professor

Jul 1995 – Present · 30 yrs 10 mos

Education

Universidad de Vigo

PhD — Telematics Engineering

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

Universidad de Montevideo

MBA

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999

Universidad de la República

Electrical Engineer — Ingeniería de telecomunicaciones

Jan 1987 – Jan 1994

JICA