Our Creative Sessions are back and the next theme is: ‘Innovation as a business driver’ In this session we will cover topics such as Challenges and opportunities for innovation, Financing as a driver of innovation and Open financing opportunities.
To help us with all the clarifications regarding this program, we will have Rita Santiago.
Rita Santiago is currently CEO and founder of a consultancy focused on innovation and technology. Master in Computer Engineering and Telematics from the University of Aveiro, having started her professional career as a Researcher at the Telecommunications Institute, always linked to innovation and digitalization, Rita has been working directly with innovation projects closely aligned with new technologies, such as IoT, 5G/B5G, interoperability, edge computing, data analytics, among others.
After managing the innovation department of a Portuguese SME, Rita is now working directly with national and European companies, integrated into different branches, with the aim of helping them enter into highly innovative proposals and projects, aiming at the growth of the your business.
Furthermore, Rita Santiago collaborates directly with the technical departments of these companies to ensure a coherent digitalization of operations, promoting resilient software architectures capable of responding to needs. With regard to project management, Rita Santiago has experience and courses in the area, having led multidisciplinary project management teams.
She also has several articles published in newspapers and conferences.