Iván Antonio Mantilla Gaviria

Iván Mantilla is Vice Minister of Connectivity in the ICT Ministry, where he has been part of the modernization of the sector.

Previously, he served as a policy advisor at the National Spectrum Agency (ANE) and as the Director of Digital Development at the National Planning Department (DNP).  He has also served as Development Engineer in the Applications Institute of the Advanced Information and Communication Technologies in the Community of Valencia, Spain and as a professor on radiocommunications at Polytechnic University of Valencia, and on digital economy and ICT policies at Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Mr Mantilla has published more than thirty scientific papers, most of them for international journals.

Mr Mantilla received holds a PhD in Telecommunications, a Master’s degree in Technologies, Systems and Communication Networks from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain, and a Master’s degree in Strategic Thinking and Prospective from the Universidad Externado of Colombia.  The Cum Laude for engineer’s degree, the international certified Cum Laude for PhD’s degree, Mr Mantilla was recognised as an illustrious graduate by the Universidad Santo Tomás. He received his undergraduate degree on telecommunications engineering from the Universidad Santo Tomas of Bucaramanga, Colombia.