Alicia Mancheño

Alicia believes Technology is just a means to make people´s life better. Telecom Engineer and Executive MBA by IESE Business School, she works as Managing Director of Alizent Spain, a subsidiary of Air Liquide, empowering industrial companies to optimize performance, improve user experience and reshape business models. In her previous role as Head of IoT and Smart Cities at Vodafone Spain, she was responsible for leading the strategy and defining product and long term roadmap of the Smart cities proposition. She teaches IoT in MIOTI Madrid and data analytics in IE business School. In her free time she collaborates with Technovation, helping teen girls to become technology entrepreneurs and solve social problems they experience at their community.

Her fields of expertise include Industrial IoT, Smart Cities, Utilities, intelligent buildings, smart home, data centers, disaster recovery planning and public networks. She is an active member of Toastmasters, a non-profit educational world leader in communication and leadership development.

Education

• Diploma of Education Escuela de Consejeros (2021.04 — 2021.07)
• Master of Engineering - MEng Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1990 — 1996)
• MSc Fundacion Laboral de la Construcción (2009 — 2010)

Companies

• Global Product Line Director. Alizent International Air Liquide (2021)
• Member Board of Directors and Secretary. Alizent Spain Air Liquide (2019)
• Member Board Of Directors Alizent UK Air Liquide (2019)
• Associate Professor IE Business School (2018)
• Managing Director Alizent Spain Air Liquide (2018 — 2021)
• Associate Professor MIOTI | Madrid Internet of Things Institute (2018 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor Global Alumni (2016 — 2018)
• Head of Smart Cities and IoT. Product Marketing and Business Development Vodafone (2015 — 2017)
• Principal Manager of Customer Projects. Tech. Enterprise Services Vodafone (2011 — 2015)