Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de la Comunidad de Madrid

What Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de la Comunidad de Madrid does

Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de la Comunidad de Madrid (CPIICM) is a public-law professional corporation (Corporación de Derecho Público) created by Madrid regional Law 6/2010 of 25 October, headquartered at Trafalgar 1, Madrid. It functions as the official regulatory body for graduate informatics engineers (Ingenieros en Informática) practising or residing in the Community of Madrid, with statutes first published in the BOCM on 9 February 2013 and last amended on 7 June 2022. The college operates a membership model, enrolling professionals holding official Licenciado/Máster-level informatics engineering titles, and provides services including a professional register, expert witness (peritaje) assignments, document certification (visado) of IT projects, a Corte Arbitral for binding IT dispute resolution, and continuing professional development programs. It also issues proprietary technical standards, notably CPIICM-N2016-02 and the upcoming NTPII-2026 co-developed with the País Vasco college, which are referenced in public-sector IT procurement.

The underlying "technology" consists of professional standards, regulatory frameworks, and a Ventanilla Única single-window portal rather than a software platform; CPIICM does not develop or sell technology products. The college is affiliated with the national Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería en Informática and is a member of the Unión Interprofesional de la Comunidad de Madrid (UICM), a network of 42 professional colleges representing approximately 400,000 professionals who collectively generate around 24% of Madrid's GDP.

CPIICM generates revenue through two primary streams: recurring membership dues (one-time inscription fee of €50 plus an annual quota of €134, payable in two installments of €67 in May and November) and fees for professional services such as document certification, arbitration, expert witness referrals, and course registration. It is governed by an elected Junta de Gobierno chaired by Decano Joaquín González Casal (collegiate number 2) and is not a commercial enterprise — it is a non-profit, member-governed corporation with no parent company, no funding rounds, and no ownership structure in the conventional sense.

Name

Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de la Comunidad de Madrid

Legal name

Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de la Comunidad de Madrid

Website

https://cpiicm.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CPIICM is the public-law professional corporation regulating graduate informatics engineers in the Community of Madrid, providing membership registration, expert witness rosters, arbitration, project certification, and technical standards for the profession. It serves individual informatics engineers, students, and organizations needing IT dispute resolution or certified project documentation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: The college generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees charged to all registered colegiados (members). One-time inscription fee and recurring annual quota.
2. Professional services fees: Fees for document certification/visado, arbitration proceedings, expert witness referrals, professional development course registration, and professional societies registration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CPIICM is the official public-law professional college for Informatics Engineers in the Community of Madrid, created by Law 6/2010. Its core offering is the regulated Colegiación (professional membership registration) complemented by expert witness services (Peritajes), arbitration via its Corte Arbitral, certification of computer engineering project documentation (Visado), and continuing professional development programs. Membership is voluntary but grants legal standing as a qualified informatics engineering expert witness and access to specialized IT dispute resolution.

Product overview

CPIICM is a professional association (Colegio Profesional) that provides a portfolio of professional services organized around membership management, dispute resolution, project certification, and professional development. The core offering centers on Colegiación (professional registration), Peritajes (expert witness/forensic services), Arbitraje (arbitration), and Visado de proyectos (project certification). Supporting services include the Corte Arbitral for binding dispute resolution, professional development programs on expert witness practice and project management, and student services. The association also issues technical standards (Normativa Técnica de Proyectos) and facilitates commercial partnerships through member agreements. Services are delivered through a single-window portal (Ventanilla Única) and are designed to serve computer engineering professionals in the Community of Madrid.

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Brands

• Corte Arbitral del CPIICM: The Arbitration Court of CPIICM, established under Law 60/2003 of 23 December on Arbitration, composed of expert computer engineers and a licensed lawyer, issuing binding and enforceable arbitral awards within a maximum of six months.

Products and services

• Colegiación (Professional Membership Registration) Voluntary professional membership registration service for Licenciado/a, Ingeniero/a, and Master's-level informatics engineers residing or practicing in the Community of Madrid, including issuance of professional credentials and annual membership management for €50 inscription fee and €134 annual quota.
• Peritajes (Expert Witness Services) Computer forensics and expert witness services for IT-related litigation, delivered by registered IT professionals on the Turno de Actuación de Peritos roster, addressing disputes in civil, commercial, and criminal proceedings.
• Arbitraje / Corte Arbitral del CPIICM (Arbitration Court) Arbitration tribunal composed of expert computer engineers and a licensed lawyer operating under Law 60/2003 of 23 December, issuing binding and enforceable arbitral awards within a maximum of six months for civil and commercial IT disputes.
• Visado de Proyectos (Project Documentation Certification) Professional project certification and documentary integrity review service for computer engineering projects, based on the CPIICM-N2016-02 / NTPII-2026 technical standards aligned with AENOR UNE 157801 and UNE 157001.
• Programas de Desarrollo Profesional (Professional Development Programs) Continuing education programs in expert witness practice and computer engineering project management and direction, including the 100-hour online Peritaje course run over 18 weeks.
• Ventanilla Única (Single Window Portal) Online single-window service portal providing access to all CPIICM member-facing services: professional registration, societies registry, member directory search, citizen inquiries, and annual report access.
• Servicios a Estudiantes de Ingeniería Informática (Student Services) Professional orientation, university encounters, and guidance on recognized degree titles for informatics engineering students at Madrid universities, delivered in partnership with CODDII.

Quantifiable outcome

• A landmark Audiencia Nacional sentence (November 2024) explicitly recognised that a qualified computer expert witness must be a professionally registered and officially credentialed informatics engineer, establishing mandatory standards for the profession.
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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Universidad Isabel IminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2025Framework and specific collaboration agreements between Universidad Isabel I and CPIICM providing special tuition conditions for members and their first-degree relatives: 20% discount plus an additional 5% for single payment. Free credit recognition for prior studies and professional experience. CPIICM promotes the university to its members for continuing education.
• Junta Arbitral de Consumo de la Comunidad de MadridcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Agreement signed 7 November 2024 (entered into force January 2025) between the Comunidad de Madrid and CPIICM for collaboration on consumer arbitration in the field of IT/computer-related disputes. CPIICM contributes specialized technical expertise to consumer arbitration panels for computer and digital matters.
• Banco SabadellminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 November 2023Banking and financial services partnership offering CPIICM members preferential conditions through Sabadell Profesional. The college directs members to Sabadell's dedicated professional banking page.
• AUXFISEminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAUXFISE offers tailored Professional Civil Liability Insurance (RCP) specifically designed for the IT sector, marketed exclusively to CPIICM members. The college promotes this coverage as a member benefit.
• Nueva Mutua Sanitaria (Salud Profesional)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealth insurance offer 'Salud Profesional' created by and for professionals, promoted to CPIICM members with special conditions. Includes primary care, specialist consultations, diagnostics, 24-hour emergency care, hospitalization, and therapeutic methods.
• TecnogadosminorGTM or Marketing Partner21st-century legal services provider partnership offering CPIICM members preferential pricing on legal services, particularly those related to technology and digital law.
• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería en InformáticacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational governing body for informatics engineering professional colleges in Spain, created by Law 20/2009 of 4 December. CPIICM is affiliated with this national council which coordinates standards, regulations, and professional policy across all regional informatics engineering colleges.
• Unión Interprofesional de la Comunidad de Madrid (UICM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit association grouping 42 professional colleges representing ~400,000 professionals in Madrid across Sciences, Economics, Law, Health, Social, Architecture, and Engineering sectors. UICM is the primary inter-professional platform in the region. CPIICM is a member college. UICM produces collective economic studies (e.g., 'Impacto económico de la actividad de los profesionales en la Comunidad de Madrid' 2025) and institutional initiatives including the Centro de Estudios de Colegios Profesionales (CECOP) and Interprofessional Global Space project.
• CODDII — Conferencia de Directores y Decanos de Ingeniería InformáticaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational body of directors and deans of informatics engineering schools in Spain (both public and private universities). CPIICM collaborates with CODDII to provide university students with professional orientation and labour market information. Link referenced on the CPIICM student services page.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (COIT): Adjacent Spanish professional college for telecommunications engineers. Operates a similar membership, registry, and expert witness model, with overlapping scope in IT projects and digital transformation, making it a partial substitute for some CPIICM service categories.
• Colegio de Ingenieros del ICAI: Spanish professional college for ICAI-trained industrial engineers, with similar public-law status, member services, and continuing education offerings. Adjacent to CPIICM as a peer-format professional body in the engineering domain, with some overlap in IT consulting and project direction.
• Unión Interprofesional de la Comunidad de Madrid (UICM): Inter-professional association of 42 Madrid colleges representing ~400,000 professionals and ~24% of regional GDP. CPIICM is a member college and uses UICM as a platform for joint studies, advocacy, and institutional representation rather than competing with it.

Broad incumbents

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): International computing professional society with global membership, certifications, and computing standards. Comparable to CPIICM in the standards-setting and professional development role, but operating at vastly larger scale and without regulatory legal authority.
• IEEE Computer Society: Global technical organization for computing professionals issuing standards, certifications, and publications. Overlaps with CPIICM's role in setting technical norms (e.g., CPIICM-N2016-02 references AENOR standards) but on an international, voluntary basis.
• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería en Informática: National umbrella body for all Spanish informatics engineering professional colleges, created by Law 20/2009. CPIICM is affiliated with this council, which coordinates cross-regional standards, ratifies statutes, and represents the profession at the national level.

Regional players

• British Computer Society (BCS): UK chartered professional body for IT practitioners offering chartered status, certification, and standards. Conceptually analogous to CPIICM as a regulated professional college, but operating at a national UK level with much broader membership and certification programs.

Direct peers

• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del País Vasco: Regional peer college for informatics engineers in the Basque Country. Co-developed the NTPII-2026 technical standard with CPIICM, operates the same membership/registry model, and competes for the same professional standards authority in a different autonomous community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

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