Javier Marcipar is the CEO of CIMNE Tecnologia S.A. He is in charge of Technology Transfer activities of CIMNE. Previously occuped the position of CEO at Quantech ATZ and President at Buildair Engineering and Architecture. Both Quantech and Buildair are spin-off companies of the “International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering” CIMNE (www.cimne.com). Since 2001, he has been linked to CIMNE, being one of the leaders in development and management of R & D projects, at European, national and local level. He has participated in the creation and development of the Transfer of Technology Department at CIMNE, promoting entrepreneurship and managing the relationship with business.