Our Team
Our Team
Our Team
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Team
Team
Miguel Estruch
Co-Founder
Miguel is an innovation and entrepreneurship geek. With a BSc in Biotechnology and an MSc in Entrepreneurship and Business Design.
Miguel started up and has been in the founding team of 5 start-ups and companies in different fields, ranging from MedTech, CleanTech and AI.
He has also experience in consulting,
Now, besides co-managing Viromii, Miguel helps cleantech start-ups as a business coach in Climate-Kic.
Vicente Barberá
Co-Founder
Vicente has a strong background in life sciences and innovation management. He has a BSc in Biotechnology, an MSc in Intellectual Capital Management and an MBA in the pharma industry.
He has experience in the Pharma and MedTech industry, having worked for Eli Lilly and Company, in the IP department of Philips and as business developer and market analyst in Ondosis, an Astrazeneca Spin-out.
Apart from co-managing Viromii, Vicente regularly organizes trainings about innovation and tech-transfer in several universities and business schools.
Laura Núñez
senior project manager - engineering
Laura is a forward-thinking industrial engineer. Her passion for business development and project management lead her to specialise in Marketing, Interactive Technologies, and Business Administration.
Laura describes herself as ambitious, driven, and enthusiastic. Her diverse background expands from industries such as mining, public transportation technologies, and advertising. Laura’s career started in Colombia and looking forward to broadening horizons she then moved to Spain.
Now, as part of Viromii, she is engaged with her contribution to Business Analysis and Project Management.
Noelia Mas
senior project manager - biotech & health
After her BSc in Biotechnology, Noelia continued working as a researcher at her local university and KU Leuven, but she soon realised that the lab bench was not for her, and started looking for other ways to help the research effort.
That is how she decided to enter into the Tech-Transfer world and studied an MSc in Biosciences Innovation; in fact, she finished her MSc with a Master Thesis evaluating Tech-transfer efficiency among different biomedicine research institutions.
Now, at Viromii, Noelia works as Project Manager and trains the new members of the team.
Begoña Iborra
project manager - cleantech & sustainability
Her curiosity about genes and science led her to study Biotechnology at the University of Valencia. She was a researcher at the IVIA (Valencian Institute of Agrarian Research) when she realized that her proactive and extroverted personality didn´t fit with the laboratory work.
Then she studied an MBA focused on agri-food companies and that is where she learned about consulting work applied to technology transfer and she found her vocation: the valorization of all that technology developed in the laboratory.
Without leaving her passion for science, at Viromii, Begoña works on technical textiles, pharma and agri-food sectors.
Pablo Lago
project manager - energy & chemistry
Pablo studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
After finishing a training course in Industrial Robotics Programming, he traveled around several European countries working for relevant companies in aeronautic, logistics, and automotive sectors programming PLCs until arriving at Valencia.
During the pandemic and tired of traveling around, Pablo decided to study an MSc In Chemical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
At Viromii, he works on projects for the chemical and energy sectors.
Nuria Bas
project manager - pharma & agri-food
Nuria is a Biotechnologist with a Master’s degree in Quality Management and Food Safety. She has participated in several research projects with the University Institute of Food Engineering for Development of the UPV.
Here, she studied alternatives for petrochemical materials for food packaging as well as new waste management methods, which allowed her to gain knowledge in sustainability and circular economy. These investigations awarded her the UCV Innovation Project Award in 2021.
She considers herself disciplined, detailed-oriented and a team-player. At Viromii, Nuria works on business development and market analysis in the agri-food, pharma and biotechnological industries.
Marta Quintana
data analyst
Marta is an Oceanographer and Biotechnologist. She has carried out different research projects, both in Spain and abroad, working as a Marine Scientist in the Maldives, researching tropical ecosystems and coral reefs, whilst continuing her formation as a disseminator, which allowed her to acquire multidisciplinary and transversal knowledges about environmental competences.
She considers herself ambitious, enthusiastic and with a passion for outreach and science.
As part of the Viromii team, Marta works researchinga and helping companies, providing solutions according to their needs, applying her innate curiosity in a professional way.
Lola Pinar
Marketing & communication
Lola has a degree in Administration & Finance and in Business Administration & Management at the UCAM (Universidad Católica de Murcia).
During those years she obtained an award for the best academic record and looking for the next step she studied dietetics and entered the world of Marketing through several specialization courses.
Her curiosity, diligence and commitment led her to take her first jobs in the agribusiness sector where she found her place and went on to obtain an MBA in Management and Marketing of agri-food companies at the UPV (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).
At Viromii, she works as Marketing and Communication Manager, always open to new challenges and knowledge.
Lola Pinar
MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
Lola has a degree in Administration & Finance and in Business Administration & Management at the UCAM (Universidad Católica de Murcia).
During those years she obtained an award for the best academic record and looking for the next step she studied dietetics and entered the world of Marketing through several specialization courses.
Her curiosity, diligence and commitment led her to take her first jobs in the agribusiness sector where she found her place and went on to obtain an MBA in Management and Marketing of agri-food companies at the UPV (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).
At Viromii, she works as Marketing and Communication Manager, always open to new challenges and knowledge.
Joan de la Concepción
Business Analyst
Ángela Galindo
Business Analyst
About me
After her BSc in Biotechnology, Noelia continued working as a researcher at her local university and KU Leuven, but she soon realised that the lab bench was not for her, and started looking for other ways to help the research effort. That is how she decided to enter into the Tech-Transfer world and studied an MSc in Biosciences Innovation; in fact, she finished her MSc with a Master Thesis evaluating Tech-transfer efficiency among different biosciences research institutions. Now, at Viromii, Noelia works as Project Manager and trains the new members of the team.
Miguel Estruch Soler
Co-Founder
miguel@viromii.com
Miguel is an innovation and entrepreneurship geek. With a BSc in Biotechnology and an MSc in Entrepreneurship and Business Design, Miguel started up and has been in the founding team of 5 start-ups and companies in different fields, ranging from MedTech, CleanTech and AI. He has also experience in consulting,
Vicente Barberá
Co-Founder
vicente@viromii.com
Vicente has a strong background in life sciences and innovation management. Vicente has a BSc in Biotechnology, an MSc in Intellectual Capital Management and an MBA in the pharma industry. He has experience in the Pharma and MedTech industry, having worked for Eli Lilly and Company, in the IP department of Philips and as business developer and market analyst in Ondosis, an Astrazeneca Spin-out. Apart from co-managing Viromii, Vicente is involved in the Biotech Gap-Summit as Marketing Ambassador.
Laura Núñez
Business Analyst
laura@viromii.com
Laura is a forward-thinking industrial engineer. Her passion for business development and project management lead her to specialise in Marketing, Interactive Technologies, and Business Administration. Laura describes herself as ambitious, driven, and enthusiastic. Her diverse background expands from industries such as mining, public transportation technologies, and advertising. Laura’s career started in Colombia. Looking forward to broadening horizons she then moved to Spain. Now, as part of Viromii, she is engaged with her contribution to Business Analysis and Project Development.
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
HENRIC RHEDIN
INDUSTRY, TECH-TRANSFER AND LICENSING
Henric is the President of ASTP Proton, the European leading knowledge transfer association. Henric has experience from industry as CEO and has been board member of several companies. Henric has a PhD in Physics and works for the Institute for Innovation and Social Change, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
BOWMAN HEIDEN
IP, OPEN INNOVATION, KNOWLEDGE-BASED BUSINESS
Bowman is the Co-Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP), and directs the Impact Accelerator at the Sahlgrenska School of Innovation. Previously, Bowman was Innovation Director for the Qatar Science & Technology Park. During his career, Bowman has managed over 100 innovation projects with industry, research institutes, and start-up.
Interns
Viromii runs an active internship programme to engage and attract talent
Carles Sendra
Business Analyst
Emily Vallee
Business Developer
Erin Formulak
Marketing & Communications
Elide Ferrer
Business Analyst
RAQUEL MARTÍNEZ
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Anca Papainog
Business Developer
Niccolo Fidale
Business Developer
Raúl Núñez
Business Developer
Guillermo Lillo
Marketing & Communications
Elena Nieto
Business Analyst
Amanda Lindenmeyer
Business Developer
Takki Tsui
Marketing & Communications
Enrique Fabre
BUSINESS ANALYST
