People

  • Chief Executive OfficerDr. Rafael Sánchez-Diezma
    Rafael Sánchez-Diezma leads the Hyds executive team and supports the technological development. Rafael started working within the weather radar and hydrometeorological field during the late 1990s, and he gained a degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) in 2001. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as a Chief of Research and Development Officer at GRAHI-UPC.


  • General ManagerArnau Galí IzardAs general manager of Hyds, Arnau compliments the Hyds team perfectly as he combines a scientific background with large managing experience. Arnau studied chemistry at the university Ramon Llull in Barcelona. Furthermore,  he holds two diplomas related to business management and business development.  He managed during six years OMICRON CIRCUITS SL (Gurb) as general manager which was also founded by him.


  • Product and R&D ManagerDr. Monika PfeiferMonika is the product manager of Hyds and also in charge of research and development. She studied meteorology at the university of Munich before  spending 4 years working at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). She received her Ph.D from the University of Munich in 2007 and her main research interests are in polarimetric radar technology and quantitative precipitation estimation and forecasting using numerical weather prediction models.


  • Project ManagerDavid López i Pons David is software engineer and project manager at Hyds. He studied computer engineering at the University of Lleida (UdL) and the Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC). He worked at GRAHI-UPC (2002-2004) developing hydrological models and weather radar applications. From 2005 to 2006 He gained experience as analyst and software designer at INDRA and A3Software.


  • Software EngineerMarion HenryMarion is responsible for the development and integration of the radar products from GRAHI and McGill in the Hyds software architecture. She holds a master in signal and image processing and a master of electrical engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute Grenoble (INPG), France. After her studies, she worked for more than 4 years in the automotive and aeronautic industry as software and R&D engineer.


  • Ph.D studentOlver HernandezOlver is Ph.D student working in the field of nowcasting and very short term forecasting. He studied informatics and holds a master in computer science from the National University of Colombia. Olver has large experience in hydrological data processing and time series forecasting and, besides from his Ph.D., works in the product development at Hyds.



  • Ph.D studentFelipe Quintero DuqueFelipe Quintero is a PhD student working in hydrological modeling. Felipe holds a degree in Civil Engineering and a MSc degree in Water Resources Management from the National University of Colombia (2006). His research interests are surface hydrology, watershed management, multicriteria analysis and hydrological modeling using GIS.