Luis Salvado, Executive Chairman, Celfocus
Luis Salvado is Executive Chairman of Celfocus and Chief Executive Officer of Novabase, listed on Euronext Lisbon.
With over 40 years of experience in the IT industry, he has played a leading role in technology-driven transformation across sectors, with a long-standing focus on data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. He began working in business intelligence in the early nineties, building and leading teams dedicated to data and digital innovation.
Today, his work centres on leadership, strategy, and the organisational impact of emerging technologies, particularly how AI is reshaping organisations, redefining work, and elevating uniquely human capabilities.
A frequent speaker and industry contributor, he has been recognised with the Best Leader Award in New Technologies.
Network & InfraWe built the networks. Now we must teach them to think.
The operating model that built today’s telecom networks is no longer sufficient: complexity has outpaced human execution. Celfocus’s Executive Chairman Luis Salvado believes that the industry must shift from application-driven to intelligence-defined systems — or risk being outpaced by hyperscalers already treating networks as orchestrated software.