Pep Orellana Gavaldà

The Organization area of the General Management's Office works to improve processes and administrative efficiency by implementing improvement projects. 

Curriculum 

Born in Tarragona in 1982, I have been an entrepreneur and director of open innovation in the strategy and innovation consultancy firm SDLI and coordinator of innovation at ACCIÓ - Agency for Business Competitiveness (Government of Catalonia). 

I received my academic training mainly at the URV, where I studied Biochemistry (2000-2005). In 2005 I was given the award for the best academic record and subsequently joined the RDI team at Borges SAU. I then studied for a doctorate in nutrition and metabolism at the University of Barcelona (2007-2011). 

As specialised additional training in business and organisational management, I took an Executive MBA at EADA (2017-2019) and a Success in Innovation programme at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management (2018). 

I have worked at the URV as a predoctoral scholarship holder (2005-2007), a postdoctoral scholarship holder (2013) and an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Oenology and the Faculty of Economics and Business (2005-2006; 2012-2014; 2021- 2022). I have also worked at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Barcelona (2007-2015) and as a collaborating lecturer of innovation at the UOC on the UOC-EADA MBA programme (2021-2022). 

I am proactive, enthusiastic, creative and communicative. I like innovation and facing new challenges to achieve the set goals. I strongly believe that complex problems can be solved through collective knowledge.