The ibs.GRANADA and FIBAO are committed to successful companies such as NIS
Naranjo Intelligent Solutions is the dream come true of Jaime Matas, a computer engineer with two master's degrees and a professor of Vocational Training who, tired of seeing how the talent of his students and fellow researchers at the University of Granada was wasted due to the crisis, decided to promote a business project that today is about to be completed. revolutionize the field of healthcare.
NIS is a knowledge-based company that emerged within the UGR, in the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, with the aim of creating ICT solutions with an R&D&i component that would provide the research experience of University; professional development by engineers in computer science, telecommunications and electronics; as well as a marked innovative character, to ensure that "our clients could enjoy natural and simple ICT solutions", explains the general manager of the company from Granada.
To do this, they specialized in three technologies: the development of software in the cloud or cloud computing, circuits and sensor networks, which are the basis of the so-called internet of things, and bioinformatics or artificial intelligence. "Our goal has always been to create innovative products that are useful and help people in their day to day," says Matas.
After two years of great effort, dedication and dedication, the "great team" of NIS has developed an R&D project that has led to the registration of a patent in the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office.
It is an intelligent system for improving drug dispensing and administration processes in hospitals and is currently in a pilot phase at the Clinical Hospital of Granada. “The system uses artificial intelligence to help toilets to avoid mistakes, but it is not designed to replace people”, Matas abounds.
With personal funds, a lot of time and the support of CADE in Granada, NIS is now a reality. "We have had scholarships from Banco Santander and the University of Granada for R&D projects that have helped us survive in these early years," says the head of the company, who acknowledges that they have carried out all kinds of projects also for be financed, such as mobile applications. "Now we have aroused the interest of private investors," he points out proudly, acknowledging that "there is still a long way to go."
Generate employment in Andalusia
The first step in this journey will be the release of this intelligent system for dispensing medicines, for which they have the support of the Andalusian Health Service. Throughout the manufacturing process, Naranjo Intelligent Solutions has opted for other Andalusian firms as suppliers. “Our objective has always been to generate employment in our region and, although our projects are planned globally, we work locally to achieve it”, he deepens. “Although going out to manufacture would be cheaper, it is a matter of business philosophy. We want to promote the development of the Andalusian productive fabric and that is why we are committed to SMEs in the region”, affirms the general director of the company from Granada.
Not surprisingly, SMEs are one of its main clients, as well as research groups and public institutions. NIS is responsible for the creation of a business management system (ERP) in the cloud for the Andalusian textile chain Grupo Isamar, and "which was the first stone to start its commercialization in the rest of Spain", as well as other educational software for opposition academies, or hammock management for businesses on the Andalusian coast. In addition, it also has a prototype human resources solution focused on talent management, so fashionable among large international corporations, which promises to be a success.
It has been two years "of a lot of work but without a doubt exciting", says Jaime Matas, who recognizes in his team, young engineers between 27 and 32 years old, “To the true heroes. Dani, Chema, José María, José Carlos and Paco are an example of entrepreneurs who are going to manage to overcome the crisis without leaving their land”. The success of NIS lies, according to its head, "in a team of good people, well trained and very talented, who have known how to jump into the business world at the right time, because undertaking is not easy", he asserts, when time that has been fundamental, as well as surprising”the interest of institutions such as FIBAO or Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada, in contacting companies and researchers so that they can generate projects that can have real application and improve the health system”, he concludes.
Awards and acknowledgements
After two years of work and effort, the recognitions have begun to arrive. Naranjo Intelligent Solutions has been distinguishedas the best Spin-Off of the University of Granada in 2014. In addition, Naranjo Intelligent Solutions has been the winner of the Andalucía Emprende award in the creation modality in the province of Granada and will represent the province in the regional phase of the second edition of these awards promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Job.