Elena Contioso-Fleming, MSc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Seville studied abroad at the University of Technology, Business Design Konstanz. In 2011, she took the Management Development Programme for International Centres of Excellence at the EOI Business School.
Before being appointed as Interim Regional Director South Elena was the Ecosystem Lead for Southern Europe based in Spain. She joined EIT Digital Digital as the Madrid Co-Location Centre Manager in 2018.
She started her career with startups simultaneously working as an entrepreneur in Germany. Prior to joining EIT Digital, she worked as General Manager at FIUS, the Research Foundation of the University of Seville. At the International Campus of Excellence Andalucía TECH, she was accountable for the execution, operations, and budgetary control. Over the last decade and a half, she has held management roles in the domains of technology transfer, research and innovation.