Manuel Parra

During his fourteen years in the water and wastewater business, Manuel has held different Business Development and Director positions at Telvent, Schneider Electric and, currently, AVEVA. Manuel’s main focus throughout all this time has been on the use of software and data in this industry. In his current role Manuel is responsible for leading AVEVA’s Water and Wastewater software solutions strategy and the company’s business development efforts in the Americas region.

Manuel is also a co-founder and council member of the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN), the most important digital water and wastewater organisation worldwide. Over the years, Manuel has become an avid and active voice in the smart water space and has authored numerous articles, white-papers and presentations on numerous smart water topics.