Martin is Web Standards Expert at EU.SID CBG Huawei Europe. Engineer in Computer Science, he joined the EU.SID team in September 2020, representing Huawei’s interests in Web-related standards bodies like the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and the Alliance for the Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI).
Martin joined W3C in 2005 as Technical Manager of the W3C Spain Office. Early in his career, Martin took part in dozens of development projects, especially during the paradigm change towards mobile-first Web applications. Martin was involved in numerous W3C Working Groups, leading some Semantic Web activities and developing technical standards for European governments’ interoperability.
In 2009, Martin was appointed Manager at the W3C Spanish Chapter, representing W3C and establishing developer relations in the Spanish-Speaking countries. Along with the W3C role, he has worked as a Web standards consultant, performing various projects for the European Commission as an advisor in interoperability, transparency, and accessibility. Martin led the former European open data initiative, organizing exclusive meetings with top representatives in the EU national governments and gathering the technical community to implement transparency and open data initiatives through Web standards. Also, he was involved in different European Commission’s ISA (Interoperability Solutions for the European Public Administrations) working groups, which develop technologies and mechanisms to enable interoperability among public sector bodies.
Martin wrote over thirty publications related to Web standards, including books, academic papers, and general information blog posts in specialized media, and giving more than a hundred public talks in diverse events.