Vilija Balionyte-Merle
Vilija Balionyte-Merle
NTNU Digital Coordinator
Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical EngineeringBackground and activities
Tasks:
- Local Contact Point between NTNU ICT environments and the EU Framework Programmes H2020 and Horizon Europe
- Coordination of NTNU research and innovation efforts in the scope of ICT
- Identification of possible collaboration consteliations and support of existing projects
- Long-term positioning and participation in European Networks and alliances
Experience:
- 6 years Program Management at the European Commission (ICT R&D and Innovation projects)
- 10 years of Project Management in private sector (ICT, Energy & Transport)
- Strong expertise in Programme management
- An average of 8+ projects managed in parallel for a budget 20+ M€
- Business development activities
- Stakeholders management, Scope Management, Negotiations with large international Consortium
- Business Processes improvement and Requirements specifications for large scale organization
- A background of researcher focused on IT, economics and mathematics, owner of PhD in Economics
- Experience in training teams and individuals
- Broad International, Multicultural experience - worked in Belgium, France, Lithuania, the UK and Norway in private and public sectors
- Very large professional network