Ileana Lupsa Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Managing activities for two programmes, reporting to senior leadership: Local Public Services, collaborating with local authorities on how how tech solutions can support services delivery, and Nations and Regions, supporting regional tech ecosystems, working with start-ups, SMEs and large companies across the UK.• Creating sustainability-focused events for local councils to explore tech and digital innovations supporting their net-zero goals.• Building and maintaining relationships with industry and government stakeholders to expand networks, promote tech innovation, and identify collaboration opportunities.• Refining my public speaking skills through presentations and panel discussions for various audiences.• Leading nationwide events (workshops, webinars, panels), managing stakeholders, promoting via social media, and collaborating with key organisers.• Driving cross-programme collaborations, creating events and reports, and building relationships with SMEs and large companies.• Leading the Premises workstream within the internal Net Zero Strategy Action Team.• Authoring event summaries, blog posts, and reports to deliver value through thought leadership.• Planning and executing targeted communications via mailers and social media for events and campaigns.• Producing monthly newsletters for both programmes, collaborating with internal teams to improve quality and reach.

• Worked in Stakeholder Engagement, collaborating with academic, industry (start-ups, SMEs, large companies), and government partners to facilitate knowledge transfer for Net Zero initiatives.• Engaged cross-functionally across the organisation to align business strategies, developed a finance process, managed budgets, and tracked KPIs.• Collaborated with government departments on strategies, policies, and budgets to achieve Net Zero targets.• Conducted research on technological areas and Life Cycle Assessments to support the circular economy transition.• Expanded networks and engaged with experts at conferences and cross-sector events.• Organised technical workshops, publishing six reports identifying industry and research challenges.• Led both online and in-person events, aligning themes with strategic objectives and managing key speakers.• Developed strong presentation skills, regularly presenting to executive leadership and at external events.• Acted as a technical assessor for various funding programs (start-ups, SMEs, and large-scale industrialisation).• Advocated for diversity in engineering as part of a diversity and inclusion working group.

• Project managed key issues across five EV and ICE programmes, collaborating with Directors to implement solutions for quality, issue resolution, and overall support.• Managed production and supply chain challenges, leading daily meetings to define ownership, action plans, and confirm engineering changes impacting cost and quality.• Supported business process improvements, reporting to the Transformation Director and ensuring adoption of change management practices.• Created and presented weekly metrics to Directors, providing status updates for programme steering meetings to aid decision-making at senior levels.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Managed queries from clients and liaised with teams in KTL, BT and EE• Worked with various software tools such as Citrix, Google Earth and other online platforms• Reviewed technical drawings and created technical documentation

Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Used software tools to update the infotainment system• Working with a dedicated software tools to conduct software testing and correct software errors• Managed software tracking details of vehicles

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Chaired Student Forum meetings with students and lecturers• Collated feedback from students, solved the issues and kept track of the updates on those issues • Attended Board of Study and School meetings

Bucharest, Romania

Provided technical support for the software products created by the company• Conducted testing and debugging of several software products, including websites and e-learning platforms• Creating user manuals for the software products

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Engineering And Management, 1St - Distinction

Activities and Societies: Postgraduate Society, Coventry University Students'​ Union, Global Professional Development Programme CMI.

Bachelor'S Degree, Electronics, Telecommunications And Information Technology

Activities and Societies: Class leader Specialised in applied electronics Subjects: Mathematics (algebra, analysis, probability analysis).

Baccalaureate, Mathematics And Informatics

Subjects: Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, English language, French language