Xenia is an Information Systems Engineering and holds an MBA in International Management and PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Xenia has +15 years of experience Senior Project & Innovation Manager, coordinating large EU co-funded projects, implementing + 35 innovative pilots & demonstrators with emerging technologies in the areas of Behavioural Analysis, Big Data and Analytics, IoT, Language Technology based projects, Health & Wellbeing, Manufacturing, Robotics, Materials  and e-Commerce.  Also, she actively participates in technological platforms, innovation hubs, IIT oriented associations and other projects such as VOJEXT, APRIL, WeldGalaxy, ODIN, APRIL & FAITH. Previously to UPM, Xenia worked in consultancy, software development and leading ICT market research oriented projects in manufacturing (Ford Motors).