Education
University of Picardie Jules Verne.
University of Picardie Jules Verne.
On 16 May 2012 she was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research in the French government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. Since 2008 she has been deputy for the Economy, Universities and Research for the City Council of Grenoble. During her previous term she was Deputy assistant for the Economy, Innovation, Trade and Craft, and First Vice-President of Metro -Agglomeration community of the Grenoble Alpes Métropole-, in charge of economic development.
Since 2003, she has been the Chief Executive Officer of the South.E.M. Minatec Entreprises (public-private venture, entrusted with the marketing of high-tech building of Minatec).
She also serves as Chair of the Institut d"Administration des Entreprises Grenoble, Business Administration Institute of Grenoble. A student of Hypo-Khâgne, she continued her studies and obtained a master"s degree in English, then worked as an English teacher in Amiens.
In 1978 she left teaching and moved to Grenoble, where she served first as Information Officer, then managing Documentation and Press for the City of Grenoble, where she began collaborating with Hubert Dubedout, city"s mayor and Member of Parliament, and became his parliamentary attaché in 1983. In 1985 she participates in the cantonal electoral campaign, alongside Michel Destot.
From 1989 to 1995, she participates in the management team of Corys, a startups of the Center for Educational Affairs. From 1999 to 2001, Fioraso was director of the Agence Régionale du Numérique, a regional agency set up by the digital network of cities of the Rhône-Alpes region.
From 2001 to 2004, she was a senior marketing manager at France Telecom, in charge of emerging markets in the social-health sector.
At the National Assembly, she is a board member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and various left group. Member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, the Environment and Territory. And member of the Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST, Office parlementaire d"évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques).