Christina Stathopoulos

Christina Stathopoulos is an international data specialist, participating regularly as an executive advisor, consultant, educator and public speaker in the field. While specializing in analytics, data strategy and data visualization, she has developed an advanced data career in tech at Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, she spent over five years leading data strategy and related projects across various teams at Google and Waze. With a successful career spanning between the United States and Spain, she has combined her love for data, technology and education to bring the power of data to the masses, democratizing the use of data for all. She also acts in a unique position as a ‘data translator’, bridging the gap between business and technical teams to realize the full value underlying data assets. 

On the academic side, Christina has been most heavily involved with IE Business School over the years, teaching frequently as an Adjunct Faculty member, writing occasionally for IE Insights magazine, and participating widely in other parts of the University such as Campus Life and the High Impact Online Programs.

In addition to her regular corporate and academic work, Christina is an Instructor for LinkedIn Learning, building out content for their data course library, and a podcast host for EM360 where she leads a bi-weekly program with international data leaders to shine light on the latest advancements in the field. She has also been a featured speaker at the Smart Future World Expo, the World Knowledge Forum, the Women Presidents Organization Annual Conference, the Global DIY-Summit, Africa Communications Week, the DATAcated Conference, Association of European Business meetings, and TechIE, among others, with speaking appearances in over 10 countries and virtually around the world. With an extensive LinkedIn following, Christina is recognized globally for her content creation on the platform that spans topics around data and technology as well as productivity and continuous learning through her #bookaweekchallenge.

Corporate Experience

• Independent Consultant, Global, 2022 - Present

• Instructor, LinkedIn Learning, Global, 2022 - Present

• Podcast Host, EM360, Global, 2022 - Present

• International Public Speaker, Global, 2018 - Present

• Analytical Lead, Waze at Google, USA, 2021 - 2022

• Data Specialist, Google, Spain, 2017 - 2021

• Expert Engineer in Project Development and Big Data, Nielsen, Spain, 2016 - 2017

• Associate Systems Engineer, SAS Institute, Spain, 2016

• Independent Corporate Communications Consultant, Spain, 2012 - 2016

Academic Experience

• Academic Director, Executive Program in Digital Strategy and New Technologies, IE University, Spain, 2022 - Present

• Academic Director, Saudi Aramco Master in Business Analytics and Big Data, IE School of Science and Technology, Spain, 2022

• Adjunct Professor, IE University, Spain, 2022 - Present

• Adjunct Professor, IE Business School, Spain, 2017 - Present

• Data Module Coordinator, ISDI, Spain, 2022 - Present

• Lecturer, ISDI, Spain, 2019 – Present

• Guest Lecturer, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, 2022

• Guest Lecturer, ADA University, Azerbaijan, 2019

• Guest Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2019

• Guest Lecturer, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Russia, 2018

• Guest Lecturer, American University of Armenia, Armenia, 2018

Academic Background

• Executive MBA in Business Administration, Quantic School of Business and Technology, USA, 2020

• Master of Science in Business Analytics and Big Data, IE School of Science and Technology, Spain, 2016

• Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology and Society with a Focus in Statistics, North Carolina State University, USA, 2012