Innovation and Strategic Futures Evangelist

📄 Olman Elizondo Cordero

Innovation and Strategic Futures Manager
Unit of Innovation and Strategic Futures

AQuAS – Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya
📍 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, EU, one health
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🧭 Professional Summary

Experienced leader in public healthcare innovation, specializing in demand-driven procurement, strategic foresight, and systemic transformation. Proven track record in coordinating EU-funded projects, developing legal frameworks, and fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration to enhance healthcare systems’ resilience and sustainability.

💼 Key Projects & Roles

  • RaDAR PPI: Directed monitoring and evaluation, leading legal discussions with European partners to develop validated innovation procurement models.
  • HIPSS: Authored proposal and led AQuAS’s work package to establish systemic policies enhancing PPI adoption across the EU.
  • ADD4kids: Designed and integrated AQuAS’s work package, orchestrating events and stakeholder engagement to advance pediatric innovation.
  • iRaise: iRaise evangeslist and mentor. Adoption of innovation and transformation evangelist.
  • PiPPi: Led exploitation and sustainability strategies, contributing to the development of a Community of Practice and service catalogue for innovation impact.
  • Up-rAIHSe: Managed communication and dissemination, supporting project administration and sustainability planning.
  • Harmonics: Led economic analysis work package, integrating financial insights into stroke care innovation pathways.

📝 Publications & White Papers

  • PiPPi White Paper: Driving Advancement in the Development of Interdisciplinary Transformation through Procurement of Innovation.
    📄 Read the PiPPi White Paper
  • iRaise White Paper: A Practical Case of Industry Alliance for Education to Boost High Value Care Transformation Through Innovation Adoption.
    📄 Download the White Paper
  • ADD4kids White Paper: Fostering Collaboration for Paediatric Demand-Driven Innovation: Insights and Strategies from the ADD4KIDS Working Groups.
    📄 Access the White Paper

🌐 Project Links

🎤 Speaking Engagements

  • European Medicines Agency (EMA): Invited speaker at the High-Level Meeting of the Spanish Presidency, discussing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and One Health, representing the coordination of the RaDAR PPI.
Click on the image to access the video of the entire day of the One Health High Level meeting of the Spanish Presidency. My intervention starts at 4:07 and finishes 4:26
After the table, the director of AEMPS, Chus Lamas, had a sum up and a very interesting conversation and question with me up to 4:33
  • EHMA 2025: Presented on the systemic implementation of Harmonics high-value stroke care.

📚 Education & Training

  • iRaise Programme: Co-created training structures and educational content, strengthening Europe’s capacity for systemic change through tailored innovation procurement strategies.