After an education in Belgium, England, Portugal and France, Carole Purnelle has led a career in Project Management in both fields of Design and Information Technologies, leading teams to successful projects and client satisfaction. Since 2004, she is a partner at OCUBO, company specialized in multimedia and interactive cultural projects.

Through her studio she has founded, directed and produced the LUMINA Light Festival in Cascais, Portugal. She has applied her skills in project and team management acquired in the field of design and information technologies to turn a first edition festival into a success, driving more than 400.000 visitors on 3 nights show.

She created and managed Spectrum project in the frame of Creative Europe that leads creative projects in Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Poland, Rep. Czech and Finland.