Marco Bressan, Director Big Data & Open Platforms, New Technologies, BBVA Dr. Marco Bressan is in charge of BBVA’s Big Data global initiative. This responsibility includes the promotion and development of data services, data-centric operations and analytical competencies within the group. Dr. Bressan is also responsible for the Open Platform, a developer ecosystem that exposes this data, among other traditionally closed banking assets and expertise, “as a Service” to the external and internal development communities. Until 2012, Marco was Chief Innovation Officer, Transportation and Government for Xerox Corporation, one of the leading providers of parking, tolling, enforcement and public transit services to governments globally. As CIO, he was responsible for the creation and execution of an innovation portfolio addressing long-term transportation and urban trends. Smart sensor systems, real-time public transit analytics or data-driven parking solutions are sample topics covered by the projects in this portfolio. As a researcher his background is in data science, statistical pattern recognition, machine learning and computer vision. Over 30 scientific publications and 10 patents are the result of his research work. Dr. Bressan holds a BA in Applied Mathematics from the University of Buenos Aires, a M.Sc. in Computer Vision from the Computer Vision Centre in Spain and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.