Biography
Edu Ortiz is a seasoned executive with more than 27 years of experience, mostly in the area of business consulting and information technology in companies such as Ernst & Young, Capgemini and Prosegur Cybersecurity . Recently, Edu has cofounded an innovation company in Spain, Atalanta, where the aim is to bridge the talent gap on Cybersecurity domain while helping organizations to face in a safer way the digital era challenges. Her main strengths are to set strategies for managing partnership ecosystems and to execute joint business plans for strategic alliances. She is passionate in driving innovation through collaborative solutions for clients. In the last years her top priorities are to develop solutions including Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, Cloud and Digital Transformation portfolio. She has a comprehensive experience in business transformation and alliances management in international and multicultural environment.
Edu is very engage in the promotion of an equal opportunities society. In that matter, she volunteers to be a change agent wherever she is and whenever she has the opportunity. She has been Board member of the Professional Women’s Network in Madrid for the last seven years. Edu serves as mentor in the Pulsar Program of Fundacion Everis and also in the Woman & Engineering Program of the Royal Engineering Academy (RAI) in Spain.
Edu is an industrial engineer (PUCMM, Dominican Republic). She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for a Master of Science in Engineering (Quality and Reliability) at Arizona State University (ASU), USA. She also holds a General Management Program (PDG) by IESE Business School, Madrid, Spain with the Lidera Scholarship and a Corporate Governance Program with the scholarship W50 Banco Santander at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management.