Antonio Ramos Guardiola
Chief Innovation and Information Officer / Executive Lead at PRITS
Antonio Ramos Guardiola is a Puerto Rican technologist who previously served as Chief Innovation and Information Officer (CIIO) and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS). His most recent appointment to this role was withdrawn by Governor Jenniffer González Colón on April 28, 2025, and he is no longer in office. Information regarding his personal life and specific educational or prior career details is not widely available in public sources.
Sources
- https://wipr.pr/gobernadora-retira-designacion-de-jefe-de-informatica-antonio-ramos-guardiola/
- https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/09/exdirector-de-prits-rechazo-contrato-de-xuvo-y-tres-dias-despues-lo-sacaron/
- https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/legislatura/notas/gobernador-retira-designacion-de-antonio-ramos-guardiola-como-director-ejecutivo-de-prits/
- https://docs.oversightboard.pr.gov/n/id6ek3qs8yrm/b/CR_PUBLIC/o/6114_PRITSandMicrosoftCaribbean(Azure)(April2025).pdf
- https://bead.wia.org/speakers/antonio-ramos-guardiola/
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI_xRiqSZ2q/
- https://www.facebook.com/notiseiswiprtv/posts/gobernadora-retira-designaci%C3%B3n-de-jefe-de-inform%C3%A1tica-antonio-ramos-guardiolala-/1143165587852143/
- https://x.com/prdirprits
- Served as Chief Innovation and Information Officer (CIIO) / Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS), appointed November 2023.
- Designations as CIIO/Executive Director of PRITS were withdrawn by Governor Pedro Pierluisi in 2024 and by Governor Jenniffer González Colón on April 28, 2025.
- Oversaw amendments to the Microsoft Caribbean (Azure) government contract as Executive Director of PRITS in April 2025.
- Rejected a proposed contract with XUVO Technologies for a digital licensing and certification system for the Department of Health on April 25, 2025, citing conflict with an active procurement process, which was followed by his removal from PRITS.
- His nomination as head of PRITS was withdrawn by Governor Jenniffer González Colón on April 28, 2025, marking the second time a governor withdrew his designation.
- His designation as Principal Executive of Innovation and Informatics and Executive Director of PRITS was previously withdrawn by Governor Pedro Pierluisi in 2024.
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prits.pr.gov/Information is fragmented and primarily drawn from news reports and conference biographies; personal details and specific prior career/education facts are not reliably corroborated across multiple authoritative sources.