Cristina Riesen is a seasoned entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the fields of strategic communications, innovation, technology and education. A lifelong learner by design,
she is an EMScom graduate, certified strategic foresight practitioner and
design thinking professional.
In recent years, Cristina was General Manager EMEA at Evernote,
managed the launch of the Swiss Edtech Collider at EPFL Lausanne, worked with the Strategic Development team at ETH Zurich and founded Educreators Foundation,
an impact organization supporting systemic change in education.
In 2021 she joined Taskbase, a research driven edtech company on a mission to bring formative feedback at scale, currently acting as Board Member.
She is an edtech expert for organisations such as the European Commission
and a Steering Board Member of DigiEduHack.
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Cristina was named Digital Shaper by the leading Swiss economic
magazine Bilanz in 2019 and 2020.
Current Projects
Educreators Foundation
Founder and CEO
An interdisciplinary network on a mission to support systemic change in education through participatory design, innovation and entrepreneurship. Informed by research and working closely with strategic partners, we create initiatives aiming to deeply help transform primary and secondary education in Switzerland and beyond.
Taskbase I Personalized Formative Feedback at Scale
Board Member
Founded in 2015 as ETH spin-off, Taskbase is an edtech company on a mission to bring formative feedback at scale. Its customers are leading education publishers and developers embracing advanced adaptive learning.
DigiEduHack
Steering Board Member
DigiEduHack is an EIT initiative under the European Commission's Digital Education Action Plan, led by EIT Climate-KIC and coordinated by Aalto University. This year's series of online and offline idea-hackathons will happen all around the world on November 9-10th 2021, DigiEduHack is free, inclusive, sustainable, and open to anyone worldwide. Join us and co-create the future of education in the digital age!
Innosuisse
ICT Startup Coach
Initial Coaching is the entry point to the Innosuisse Start-up Coaching at any start-up stage. The programme is limited to six months and gives you the opportunity to expose possible blind spots in your business idea and define an action plan for upcoming challenges.
Watch the interview at CNN Money Switzerland here.
Parents, educators and communities can accelerate positive change in education.
Interview aired in April 2018 on CNN Money Switzerland.
Transforming everyday places into learning opportunities.
Tamedia TX 2019
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