I work as a civil servant in the European Commission since 2008. I am also a music producer (https://soundcloud.com/andrea-glorioso). I volunteer as a mentor to young(er) people. If you think I’d be a good match for you, do reach out.As a “eurocrat”, I dealt with cyber-security, standardization, data protection, Internet governance, international relations, and the environmental impact of digitalization. I served as a diplomat in 2014-18 in the Delegation of the EU to the USA. I facilitated transatlantic dialogue on the digital transformation of our societies. Since 2021 I work in the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL). I design policies on algorithmic management and automated decision-making, including via Artificial Intelligence; remote/hybrid work; the "right to disconnect"; and youth employment. I coordinated DG EMPL activities for the 2022 European Year of Youth.In previous episodes, I was:- 1st Executive Director of the NEXA Research Center for Internet and Society, Politecnico di Torino;- Technical Director of the Media Innovation Unit of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence; - Technology Coordinator at the "Centro Tempo Reale" Research Centre for Contemporary Music in Florence; - Software designer, sales representative, and project manager for many small, medium and large IT firms in Europe and the USA;- Member of the Italian chapter of the Free Software Foundation Europe;- Member or Creative Commons Italy;- Translator and editor (English, French, Italian);- Private teacher (IT, math, guitar). I have a Laurea Magistrale (summa cum laude) in Political Science/Sociology from Padua University, a LLM (summa cum laude) in Intellectual Property Law from Turin University/WIPO Worldwide Academy, and a Master in Artificial Intelligence & Public Services (honors for final project) from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid/Politecnico di Milano. I have certificates in Design Thinking, project management (PM2), information law, international & diplomatic affairs, and Internet governance. In 2015-2016 I was a fellow of Columbia University’s Institute for Tele-Information.I like photography, playing board/role-playing/video games, reading (graphic & text) novels, and writing fiction. I used to be a judoka (brown belt) and play soccer. Nowadays, when life becomes a bit too much, I bike around.The drawing above my profile picture is "The Fifth Estate" by Hernán Chavar — an adaptation of the “Fourth Estate” (a.k.a. “The Wave”) by G. Pellizza da Volpedo.