With over 20 years of professional experience, Isabel Velarde has been at the forefront of steering both local and international ventures at the intersection of technology, business, and innovation. She has engaged with the Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in several countries including the United States, Argentina, Panama, Brazil, Portugal, and France. Currently, she serves as the Founder & CEO of Innovation Hub Consulting®, which was recognized as 'Top IT Provider in Peru for 2024' by Clutch.co. In 2024, Isabel was honored to be appointed as a 'Luminary Thinker' with RedBoxMe in collaboration with Cartier, contributing to a distinguished think tank that champions technological innovation, values diverse perspectives, and advances the empowerment of women in leadership roles. She is also an Advisory Board Member at Unify Platform AG in Switzerland/Japan.

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Isabel holds the position of President of the Gender Equality in Technology Committee at WBAF, chaired by H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is the Country Chair for the World Business Angel Investors Week 2022-2024 and an esteemed Senator at the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion in Turkey since 2021. Additionally, she is a founding member, board member, and angel investor for the Latin America & Caribbean Trade Association for Business Angels – LACBAN, Mexico since 2023, and was a distinguished member of the Global Science, Technology, and Innovation Committee from 2021 to 2023. Currently, she is also a member of the WBAF 2024 Global Women Leaders Committee. As the founder of the Women in Tech® Peru Chapter (2020) and Regional Director for Women in Tech® in Latin America (2020-2023), Isabel was honored with the 'Highest Impact Business Award' at the 2022 Global Summit in France and was named 'Women in Tech® 100 Top Speakers 2023'.

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Isabel was also a distinguished member of the inaugural Mission Impact Changemaker (1st Cohort), selected as one of 50 women globally in 2022. She has served as a Committee Member of the 'Leaders for Gender Equity' initiative at IPAE since 2021 and has been an esteemed mentor in technology and innovation at AnitaB.org and UTEC Ventures from 2020 to 2023. She was selected for the Peruvian Pavilion at the SXSW 2020 Trade Show in Texas, invited by HubSpot to the INBOUND16 Conference in 2016 in the US, and by the Inter-American Development Bank - IDB for the 'Made in the Americas Global Digital Services Summit' in 2019 in Argentina, demonstrating her leadership in the tech industry. Isabel previously served as a Committee Member of Peru's National Digital Talent Strategy Committee under the Ministry of Government and Digital Transformation in 2022 and was a Consultant for the United Nations LAC Program from 2020 to 2022 in Panama.

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In 2023, she became a member of the PMI® Silicon Valley, California chapter to keep abreast of the latest project management practices within Silicon Valley’s vibrant technology sector. Since 2023, she has been certified as a Scrum Product Owner by the Scrum Alliance®, applying Agile methodologies to elevate product development and team leadership. Her involvement in the Silicon Valley Agile Leadership Network has also allowed her to spearhead Agile practices and initiatives in Latin America, fostering a culture of rapid and effective development. Isabel's roles as a speaker and advisor have been pivotal. She shared insights on digital transformation at the "II International Congress on Digital Transformation 2023" and discussed technological empowerment for women at Universidad de Lima’s "Women in Tech® Talk." Additionally, as an advisor at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC), she helped integrate business insights with technological trends, providing strategic guidance on curriculum development and fostering industry-academic collaboration. Notably, she holds advanced certifications that reinforce her expertise and leadership in technology and project management, including Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn (2023) and certifications in Artificial Intelligence from LinkedIn (2023). Her commitment to ethical technology practices is underscored by a certification in Ethics in the Age of Generative AI from LinkedIn (2023).

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These engagements and qualifications underscore Isabel's ongoing commitment to leadership, ethical practices, and the advancement of women in technology.

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