Manuel serves as a business leader, strategy advisor, and research advocate of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing at the forefront of technological progress, to build scalable, reliable, and responsible consumer-centric AI systems and hybrid quantum cloud-native solutions. As part of Accenture, he drives AI industrialization, Responsible AI and Quantum Technology adoption. Previously, he held various data science and technology leadership roles, drove global AI governance and ethics operationalization, ran Quantum Computing readiness programs and served as advisor for research organizations, governments and Fortune 500s. Manuel holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is known for numerous publications and keynotes.