Linda Franco

CEO of Machina - Wearable Technology

Linda is the cofounder and CEO of Machina - Wearable Technology, a wearable technology company that creates clothes which extend the functionality of the human body.

Linda graduated from Centro University in Mexico City and has been named one of Forbes Mexico’s 30 promises under 30, featured as one of Intel’s MakeHers, Google’s Women Tech Makers, and has given talks at the Women 2.0 events in San Francisco, Explorers Festival Lisbon, Wired London, Smart Content Conference Seoul, and other cities from Europe to USA and Asia.

Machina has been featured in the BBC, CNN, the Washington Post, Vice, Wired Magazine, among others. Linda and her team are taking the industry to the next level with the idea of open source in wearable tech.