Ana Lima is the Technical Director and Member of the Executive Committee at the CCG/ZGDV Institute. She also serves as Coordinator of the innovation research department, EPMQ – Software Engineering and Data Intelligence. She is also a member of the Board of Directors and coordinator of the Digital Axis of ProChild CoLAB – Collaborative Laboratory.

She holds a degree in Computer Graphics Engineering, a Master's degree in Information Systems Engineering and Management and a PhD in Information Systems and Technologies. She completed her “R&D Management” training at INSEAD Business School in France.

She is an invited professor at the Department of Information Systems at the University of Minho, where she teaches the following subjects: “Software Processes and Methodologies” and “Development of IT Applications”.

Author and co-author of scientific publications in the scientific areas of software project management and software management and engineering, she has participated in several European and national projects as a researcher and project manager and is also a national evaluator of research and innovation projects. She is the coordinator of the “Test before Investing” axis of the national Digital Innovation Hub Produtech DIH.