Simone Theiss

Program Manager at EPFL Innovation Park & Tech4Eva Accelerator

Simone Theiss is a seasoned professional currently serving as the Program Manager at EPFL Innovation Park, where she oversees the Tech4Eva accelerator and the Tech4Growth initiative. With over 25 years of global management experience, she specializes in event management, strategy, marketing, and community building across various sectors, particularly in healthcare, deep tech, and cleantech.

Her role at EPFL Innovation Park involves developing corporate partner programs and managing events that connect startups with corporates and academic institutions. She has a strong background in creating processes that foster partnerships and build ecosystems that support innovation and technology transfer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and regional universities.1 2

Before joining EPFL in September 2020, Theiss was the Managing Director at Tech Tour International, where she led the organization of numerous tech events globally and was instrumental in strategic operations and marketing. She also has experience working at the University of North Carolina, where she implemented graduate student programs, and SCIP, managing global operations and marketing.1 2 3

Theiss holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is fluent in English, French, and German.2 3

Experience

Program Manager at EPFL Innovation Park, Tech4Eva Accelerator

Project Management, Strategy & Marketing Consultant (Independent Consultant), Managing Director & Head of Events and Marketing (Tech Tour International SARL), Operations & Marketing Director (Tech Tour International SARL), Director of Graduate Students Support Services (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Global Operations & Marketing Manager (SCIP), International Membership & Marketing Manager (SCIP), Assistant Researcher (Fuld + Company), Assistant to Program Directors (UNC School of Government), Operations Intern (Freudenberg Group)

Education

Certificate in Digital Marketing, Customer Engagement, Social Media, Planning & Analytics at Columbia Business School (EMERITUS online) (2019 - 2020), BS in Economics at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1990 - 1994)