Cristobal Costa Soria

Cristobal Costa Soria serves as the Director of the R&D projects promotion area and Project Manager in the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Department at ITI - Instituto Tecnológico de Informática since June 2014. Responsibilities include collecting data on technological and political trends, identifying RTD project opportunities, preparing European RTD project proposals, and monitoring ongoing European research projects. As a Partner at DIH4CPS since January 2020, Cristobal contributes expertise in strategic project management. Previous experience includes R&D Projects Manager & Consultant at Global Metanoia, where exploration of advanced software engineering trends occurred, as well as roles at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and University of Leicester. Cristobal holds a PhD in Software Engineering and multiple degrees in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de València.