Manuel Pérez

Manuel Pérez Cortés has been an Aeronautical Engineer since 1982 and Doctor of Aeronautical Engineering since 1985 from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He completed his training with an Executive Development Program at IESE. He is a Full Professor at the Technical College of Aeronautical Engineers at the Polytechnic University of Madrid since 1987. He is also the Director of the Spanish School of Flight Testing and Airworthiness at UPM (E4A).

His career has been tied simultaneously to the University, where he has taught since he completed his degree, and GMV, where he has worked since its creation in 1984.

At GMV, he has worked in different fields, especially in the development of applications for the aerospace and defense and security sectors, both in satellite navigation systems and in training simulators, research and engineering of different types of vehicles: command and control systems and, in general, information system integration. He has held a number of positions at GMV, and he is currently the Defense and Security General Manager.