Emilio Daroch
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Professional trajectory

Professional experience

My professional background combines R&D management, applied research and engineering. I currently lead initiatives integrating artificial intelligence, digital twins and advanced technologies to address industrial and business challenges. My earlier experience in naval engineering, planning and operations management provides a technical and managerial foundation for developing these solutions.

Engineering and R&D trajectory

  1. R&D leadership

    QUANTIA · 14 October 2025 – Present

    Leading the R&D portfolio: consortium coordination, direction of specialist teams and technical governance of the projects under way.

  2. Research and European projects

    University of Granada · 5 May 2023 – 14 October 2025

    The bridge between structural engineering and European R&D: research on structural monitoring and digital twins inside a Horizon Europe project, with digital and AI methods.

  3. Engineering foundation

    ASENAV · October 2011 – February 2021

    Ten years of naval engineering at a shipyard: first project engineering on vessel structure and certification, then planning and control of complete construction programmes.

Roles, most recent first

  1. R&D Manager

    14 October 2025 – Present· Current role

    QUANTIA

    Leads the R&D project portfolio, consortium coordination, funding governance and compliance, and direction of specialist teams.

    Role detail: R&D Manager
    Projects
    DONES-AXIA, TSEISS, QORUM v1.0

    R&D domains

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Explainable AI
    • Trustworthy AI
    • Digital Twins
    • Semantic Technologies
    • Reliability Engineering
    • Predictive Maintenance
    • Physics-Informed Machine Learning

    Professional capabilities

    • R&D Project Management
    • European Project Management
    • Consortium Coordination
    • Multidisciplinary Team Leadership
    • Risk Management
    • Funding Compliance and Reporting
    • Technical Writing
    • Ontology Engineering
    • Knowledge Graph Engineering

    Technologies

    • Knowledge Graphs
    • Ontologies
    • RAG
    • LLM
    • Microsoft Azure
    • REST APIs
    • RDF
    • OWL
    • SPARQL
    • SHACL
    • SKOS
    • PROV-O
    • SOSA/SSN
    • QUDT
    • Python

  2. Project Manager & Researcher

    5 May 2023 – 14 October 2025

    University of Granada

    Managed UGR participation across the BUILDCHAIN consortium work packages, with responsibilities across the Hospital Real pilot and exploitation activities; technical delivery of the demonstrator and coordination of a surrogate-model digital twin for Bayesian structural inference with decentralised Knowledge Graph and Blockchain integration.

    Role detail: Project Manager & Researcher
    Projects
    BUILDCHAIN

    Research areas

    • Structural Health Monitoring
    • Structural Engineering
    • Digital Twins
    • Bayesian System Identification
    • Semantic Technologies
    • Artificial Intelligence

    Professional capabilities

    • European Project Management
    • Consortium Coordination
    • Structural Health Monitoring
    • Bayesian Inference
    • Digital Twin Architecture
    • Knowledge Graph Engineering
    • Finite Element Analysis

    Technologies

    • Knowledge Graphs
    • Blockchain
    • REST APIs
    • SQL
    • MongoDB
    • Python
    • FEA

  3. Management Advisor

    May 2020 – November 2021

    Dulce y Lluvia S.p.A

    Management advisory and development of the online store: website programming and design, accounting and sales-recording software, and sales data analysis.

    Role detail: Management Advisor

  4. Shareholder & Operations Manager

    May 2017 – November 2019

    Vientos del Sur

    Management, R&D and management control of the company; strategic plan for the business units, production standardisation and production innovation.

    Role detail: Shareholder & Operations Manager
    Products
    Blonde Ale · Red Ale · Porter

  5. Planning Engineer

    March 2017 – February 2021

    ASENAV

    Coordination between shipyard production and engineering, and control of complex shipbuilding programmes through CPM-PERT, S-curves, milestones, resource forecasts and corrective actions, coordinating engineering, supply chain, production and subcontractors.

    Role detail: Planning Engineer
    Vessels associated with this career stage
    • Patagon XIMO 9906843 · 2021
    • OwurkanIMO 9911044 · 2021
    • Patagon IXIMO 9877743 · 2020
    • Magellan ExplorerIMO 9822516 · 2019
    • Cruz del Sur IIIIMO 9852042 · 2019

    Professional capabilities

    • Project Planning and Control
    • CPM / PERT
    • Project Management

  6. Project Engineer

    October 2011 – February 2017

    ASENAV

    Naval architecture and project engineering for large vessels: structural and accommodation drawings, cathodic protection calculations, coating selection, finite-element analysis and technical certification management for offshore vessels, ferries and small expedition cruise ships.

    Role detail: Project Engineer
    Vessels associated with this career stage
    • Pelee Islander IIIMO 9784348 · 2018
    • PanguipulliIMO 9805386 · 2017
    • Ventus AustralisIMO 9805403 · 2017Classification rules American Bureau of Shipping
    • Maersk CutterIMO 9649938 · 2016Classification rules Lloyd's Register
    • Patagon VIIIIMO 9555010 · 2016
    • CaburguaIMO 9731494 · 2015
    • CalafquenIMO 9731509 · 2015
    • NeltumeIMO 9740689 · 2015
    • RiñihueIMO 9740691 · 2015
    • Don Juan IIIMO 9731511 · 2015
    • Maersk ClipperIMO 9649926 · 2014Classification rules Lloyd's Register
    • Rio Dulce III2013
    • Punta PereiraIMO 9646223 · 2012
    • Punta DiamanteIMO 9646235 · 2012 (delivery per ASENAV, under review)
    • Don JaimeIMO 9626467 · 2012
    • Stella AustralisIMO 9534676 · 2010

    Engineering domains

    • Naval Architecture
    • Structural Engineering

    Professional capabilities

    • Structural Analysis
    • Finite Element Analysis
    • Technical Certification and Class Requirements

    Technologies

    • FEA
    • Abaqus
    • Ansys

  7. Freelance Engineer

    2011 – 2012

    RS Ingenieria

    Sporadic freelance activity, not continuous employment: two finite-element analysis jobs for the mining industry.

    Role detail: Freelance Engineer

    Professional capabilities

    • Finite Element Analysis

    Technologies

    • FEA