JAVIER
BOUZAS ARUFE

Bachelor of Business Administration (2007) with honors, and dual Master’s degrees in Marketing (University College Dublin, 2008) and International Management (University College Dublin & University of Sydney, 2014). I am currently an associate researcher at IGADI and a PhD student at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where my research focuses on the internationalization of Galician entrepreneurship. As part of this work, I published the article 'The Galician Entrepreneurship Internationalization Matrix: A Regulatory Framework' in the Revista Galega de Economía, proposing a regulatory framework to better understand and promote the global expansion of entrepreneurial initiatives in the region. With professional experience across four continents, I have led significant projects, including opening the first Latin American office for one of Europe’s top e-learning companies, facilitating the international expansion of a small family-owned business, and securing a distribution contract with the world’s largest construction materials distributor within the first year of launching my own company. Additionally, I have trained over 1,500 students in information technology, economics, international business, and operations management.