Dr. Monica Florea acts currently as Head of the European Projects Department in SIVECO Romania, leading SIVECO participation in various R&D projects under Horizon 2020, FP7, FP6, LLP, ITEA, and AAL programmes. Her duties include the coordination of SIVECO projects co-financed by European Commission and collaboration with national and international bodies in the framework of European Union programs. She has two degrees: Computer Science and Finance and Banks, an MSc in Distributed Processing, a PhD in Management, a PMP certification and Management of Risk Practitioner certification. She is also Project Manager in many European and national R&D projects, responsible for the management, Quality Assurance and Risk Management Strategy.