David Gallardo

Principal Engineer
BG Tec
David Gallardo
David started his career in IT as a System & Network Administrator with Abentel (Abengoa Group) in 1998. Working in close collaboration with Telefonica, David formed part of the technical team that began the implementation of ADSL technology in Spain, carrying out the start-up and the initial tests of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies DSLAM equipment in Andalucia. 

David moved into the MSP (Managed Service Provider) world in 2003 where he occupied various roles as Systems and Networks Administrator and Technical Support Team Lead across different companies and industries. 

In 2005 David joined a construction company operating in several countries as IT Operations Manager. David was tasked with building and managing an IT support team, digitizing the company's processes, and interconnecting and ensuring stable network communications between their office branches. 

David arrived in Gibraltar in 2013 after being offered the opportunity to design and build a new Internet Service Provider company from the ground up. During the 9 years at GibFibre David was a key member of the Network Engineering team occupying several roles such as Senior Network Engineer, Network Operations Centre Team Leader, and IT Operations Manager. 

In September 2022 David joined BG Tec, the Bland Group's technology arm, as principal engineer within the IT infrastructure team responsible for the management and administration of all the groups IT Infrastructure.