Gabriela Margareto (Barcelona, 1989) is a telecommunications engineer with more than a decade of experience in the industry, leading mobile network deployment projects.

After working at Eurona and Cellnex Telecom, in 2024 she joined the team at APFutura, a company that helps businesses and public entities deploy connectivity solutions such as fiber optics, WiFi, IoT, FWA, and private networks. As Director of Business Development, she channels all her technical knowledge into a more strategic vision, leading the expansion and growth project in the industrial sector.

TB: What is the purpose of your project?

GM: In an environment of constant change and service digitalization, at APFutura we help companies and public administrations deploy connectivity solutions that adapt to their needs, supporting them throughout the digitalization process in a secure, transparent, and reliable way.

TB: What stage is it at, and where do you see it in two years?

GM: We are in a growth stage and expect to see major results in two years.

TB: A key decision that has shaped your project.

GM: The decision to commit to the industrial B2B market was our turning point: a move that required us to completely reorient our commercial approach.

TB: What is the biggest challenge you have faced, and what has it taught you?

GM: Structuring the sales area and aligning all areas of the company toward the same growth objectives.

TB: The best advice you have been given.

GM: We must focus on the present, but if we want to move forward, we must always keep our eyes on the future.

TB: A professional role model who inspires you and why.

GM: I have been fortunate to work alongside highly talented professionals, but if I have to choose, I would go with all the women engineers who paved the way before me and from whom I have learned a great deal, both professionally and personally.

TB: What do you value most in the people you work with?

GM: I value people who know how to contribute as part of a team. In the end, that is what gives soul to what we do and what truly allows us to grow.

TB: A technology that will shape the future.

GM: We are in the era of AI, and we are going to see extraordinary things.

TB: A startup or company you admire and why.

GM: Innovamat, for trying to rewrite the way mathematics is taught to boys and girls, and for fostering understanding and critical thinking.

TB: What do you do to disconnect?

GM: Meeting up with my friends and laughing with them.

TB: A book to recommend.

GM: “I Gave You Eyes and You Looked into the Darkness”, by Irene Solà.

TB: A song that defines your current moment in life.

GM: “Berghain”, by Rosalía. 

TB: A recipe, a restaurant. 

GM: The roasted red pepper escalivada from the Palo Verde restaurant.

TB: A place in the world.

GM: Ilha Grande, Brazil.

TB: Where would you invest 100k?

GM: In a cure for cancer.

TB: If you were not a business developer and engineer…

GM: I would like to lead a project that had a direct social impact on citizens and on the common good.

TB: What is Tech Barcelona to you?

GM: For me, Tech Barcelona is a way to meet other people with curiosities and concerns similar to mine, and with a desire to share experiences.