Ana is the Executive Director of the Innovation X Hub at Porto Business School. Throughout her 20 years over career she has worked in the areas of innovation, management, knowledge valorization and digital transformation. She has a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management and international experience. Her background includes industrial companies as well as institutions of the Portuguese Scientific and Technological System, having worked in the areas of manufacturing, teaching, consulting, innovation management, digital transformation, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, capacity building and courses designing, development and management of digital platforms or communication and backoffice management (finance, ICT, people). She has worked for institutions such as INOVA+, COTEC Portugal for 13 years, University of Aveiro, INEGI or Philips.