Elena Yndurain
Adjunct Professor of Information Systems at IE Business School
Biography
IE Business School
Elena Yndurain, Ph.D., MBA, is a technology strategist intrapreneur specialized in digital transformation and emerging technologies. She has experience driving high tech initiatives into the market internationally, creating new digital products, and business units from the ground up. She has worked with big corporations IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, Oliver Wyman, Ernst & Young, Cap Gemini, IADB, in executive roles creating business units to launch high-tech solutions based in mobile, AI, and quantum computing, creating the enabling ecosystem mostly for telco, finance, and health care industries.
She is passionate about the practicality of STEM and advises CXOs on how to operationalize innovation and show the practicality of forward-looking technologies by designing solution proof of concepts for health care, retail banking, social solutions, cloud computing, financial products, IoT, or security biometrics.
Elena is a seasoned professor teaching technology strategy to executives, master, and undergraduate students. Her teaching curriculum includes quantum computing, disruptive technologies, mobile computing, digital transformation, and project management strategies. She links STEM with business through outreach activities:
- Article publication at technology magazines (IBV, Byte, Computer, El Independiente, Consejeros, IEEE)
- Subject matter expert for interviews (El Pais, El Mundo, La Ser radio)
- Keynotes for international industry events: Telefonica Movil Forum. Vodafone Partner Program, IBM Think Annual Conference, CIAB Technology congress, IEEE, CSIC, InnoLab)
- Fortune 500 companies and Analysts technology briefings on Quantum, Cloud, and Mobile Computing
Corporate Experience
- Quantum Computing Business Worldwide Lead, IBM. Washington DC, New York, 2018
- Technology Innovation Principal. Inter-American Development Bank. LATAM, Washington DC, 2015
- Technology Strategist. Global Corporate Strategy. Microsoft. Madrid, London, Washington DC, 2011
- Innovation and Ecosystems Executive Director. Nokia Mobile Phones. Madrid, NY, 2014
- Oliver Wyman. Program Manager Telco. Brazil, Colombia, India, Portugal, Switzerland, South Africa, 2001
- Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young. Software Consultant. Spain, Italy, Brazil, 1996
Academic Experience
- Adjunct Professor, Information Systems, IE Business School, Madrid, 2009
- Adjunct Professor, Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III, 2010
- Invited lecturer: MIT SLOAN, Universidad Politecnica, 2006
- Panel jury: MBA entrepreneur projects, Telecommunications Engineering BSc, MSc, and PhD, 2010
- Mentor: IE Impact Labs, IE Women in Tech, Universidad Carlos III Undergrad Engineering Thesis, 2010
Academic Background
- Continuous Education Program in Quantum Computing. MIT. Cambridge, MA, US, 2019
- Certificate: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for business strategy. MIT. Cambridge, MA, US, 2018
- Certified Scrum Product Owner ® (CSPO #790924). SCRUM Alliance Worldwide, 2018
- Ph.D. Telecommunications Engineering (Telematics) focus on ML. UC3M. Madrid, Spain, 2012
- Short program “Data Models in Engineering, Science, & Business”. MIT. Cambridge, MA, US, 2009
- M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (Telematics). UC3M. Madrid, Spain, 2008
- Graduate course “Cross-Border Innovation”. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA, 2006
- Executive MBA. IE Business School. Madrid, Spain, 2003
- B.Sc. Double major Mathematics & Computer Science. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI, 1996
Videos
technology innovation
11 Financial Intitutions in Quantum Santander LLOYDS JPM BBVA MIZUHO Goldman Barclays/Elena Yndurain
7 Financial Application In Quantum Computing- Elena Yndurain
Progress and Adoption Of Quantum Tech/ Elena Yndurain
Financial Institutions are getting Ready for Quantum/ Elena Yndurain
AI/ML Solution Quantum-enhanced Support Vector Machine (QSVM)- Elena Yndurain
Finance Scenario Simulation Quantum Amplitude Estimation (QAE)/ Elena Yndurain
Future of Financial Services - Session 4
Quantum Computing Algorithm Developments/ Elena Yndurain
IMBA Women & Tech Mentorship Program | Elena Yndurain & Blanca Ferrero | IE Business School
Quantum Finance Gain of Research and Applicability (QAOA) Algorithm/ Elena Yndurain
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