Jimena joined Grupo AIA in July 1998 where she demonstrated her multidisciplinary knowledge, initiative, and management skills. She started in modeling, consulting and project management in the area of Banking and Finance, where she later held the position of Assistant Manager (1999) of the Banking and Finance Business Unit. She has also collaborated in the conceptualization of solutions to complex problems as well as in the development of a series of algorithms that are now incorporated in Internet products. Her capacities have made her a real asset for creating, leading and managing New Business Developments.

In 2000 she created in AIA, the Internet and Telecommunications Business Unit: a group that reached more than 20 people. She was the Director of this Unit until 2002, as well as a Board member of AIA. Jimena is currently Group AIA?s Vice President of New Business Development. From 2002 to 2004, she was appointed at the Pompeu Fabra University with a research position?Ramon y Cajal?, sharing her academic and research responsibilities at the Pompeu Fabra University with being an active member of the R&D and innovation committee of Group AIA.

In the Academic world Jimena has held other research positions such as: ?Researcher? at the Scientific Research Venezuelan Institute (IVIC Caracas) as well as a tenure position as Professor at Sim?n Bol?var University in Caracas (where she performed different managing positions). Jimena had visiting Positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T. at Cambridge), the Mathematical Science Research Institute (M.S.R.I at Berkeley), and the Centre de Recerca Matem?tica (C.R.M at Barcelona), among others. She is author of research papers in Mathematical Logic, Set Theory and Artificial Intelligence.

Jimena obtained her Bachelor (1983) and Master?s degree (1985) in Mathematics at the Universidad Sim?n Bol?var (Venezuela) with Honors; and her Ph.D. in Sciences with mention in Mathematics at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1989. She has 12 years of Music Studies including piano, harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Music School Juan Jos? Landaeta, Caracas (Venezuela). She has also participated in short Management courses including ?Creating value in a Company?, IESE, Barcelona (Spain).

At Sim?n Bol?var University she was also the Founder and coordinator of the Vocal Group Gar?a. A Music group of 16 Professors dedicated to Popular Music, Jazz and Latin music.

The remarkable experience combination we find in Jimena of, management, scientific and musical knowledge, made her the natural choice for Leading Polyphonic HMI.

Regina Llopis
CEO and Chairman of Grupo AIA

Juan Carlos Rovira
M&A and Financial Advisor, CEO SIP