Valeria is an economist from Universidad Santo Tomás (Bogotá, Colombia), Master in Intellectual Property from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), specialist in Valuation of Intangible Assets at Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia) she has taken the course in Public Policy at the London School of Economics, and has been part of additional groups in investments and open innovation.

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At the Universidad de los Andes as coordinator and formulator of projects related to Science, Technology and Innovation financed with funds from the General System of Royalties, formal and informal education projects, in charge of managing the intellectual property of projects throughout their formulation and implementation, and project design in conjunction with several of Colombia’s departmental governments for the formulation, presentation, presentation to collegiate bodies for the selection, implementation and supervision of high-impact projects in the regions in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation. Particularly noteworthy are the departments of Nariño, Bolivar, Chocó, Arauca, La Guajira and Cundinamarca.

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In 2019 she joined OlarteMoure as an associate for the Innovation, Protection and Transfer (IP&T) area and for the Asia Office and since 2022 she has been appointed director of the area. There she is in charge of the development of strategies and internal competences of clients, tools, methodologies and instruments (statutes, manuals, protocols, processes and software-intensive tools) for the identification, protection, use, management, commercialisation, monetisation, valuation and transfer of intangible assets and intellectual property rights resulting from business activities or R&D&I+e in Universities, SMEs, Institutes, companies from different sectors of the Industry and Business Groups at national and international level. In addition, her work at the firm is highlighted due to the relationship with ecosystem actors in order to contribute the firm’s position in public policy documents, especially in relation to the DNP and Minciencias. Meanwhile, from the Asia Office, she is responsible for strengthening bilateral relations between Japan and Colombia, in different activities related to international trade, especially related to transfer, entrepreneurship and innovation.