Jordi Ilario is the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Licensing at Fractus, a deep tech company specialized in antenna technology for the global wireless and telecommunications device industry, founded in Barcelona in 1999 as a spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Fractus is one of the most successful Spanish startups that has developed all the necessary ingredients to successfully commercialize deep tech technology. Among the numerous awards that the company has received, stands out the naming of Fractus as a Technology Pioneer Company at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2005 and the recognition of the European Patent Office (EPO) in the European Inventor Award 2014 for its award-winning technology in the field of antennas based on fractal geometry.

Since 2011, Ilario has been in charge of directing the operations of the company's licensing programs, identifying new business opportunities, leading the negotiation and signing of global licensing agreements with important companies in the technology sector, supporting the company's strategy and objectives.

Jordi Ilario has more than 20 years of international experience in Intellectual Property.

He began his career at Fractus in 2005 as part of the Intellectual Property team, coinciding with the launch of the company's licensing program that has generated more than 100 million dollars. Previously, he was an intellectual property specialist at Nokia Research Center in Finland and head of the Patent Department at Oficina Ponti, a position he held until 2005 prior to joining the Fractus team.

Graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Jordi completed his training in European patent law at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) and industrial management at the Tampere University of Technology. Ilario has a PDG from IESE and is a member of the board of directors of LES Licensing Executives Society Spain-Portugal.