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Genoa Area, Italy

• Leading expert in the high-level – business/user oriented - design of innovative solutions integrating mobile/wearable technologies, sensors platforms, VR/AR, AI and machine learning as well as other key enabling technologies for exponential disruption in workplace activities support, safety and wellbeing.• Expert in the consulting practice addressing the design of (micro)services-based architectures with IoT edge delivery into industrial, healthcare and smart cities outfits.• Consultant in open innovation and disruptive technologies adoption, RD project management, usability and highly interactive systems design.• Fund-raising for research and innovation projects, both at National and EU levels.

Chiavari, Italy

Professional consultancy, for both private customers and pubic bodies, including: • Definition of customised innovation strategies, business/use cases identification, feasibility studies, human-centred/service-oriented design of innovative solutions and technology analysis with a focus on the following fields:o Mobile and wearable solutions and applicationso Sensors, IoT, AI and machine learningo Home automation and ambient assisted leavingo Healthcare, telemedicine and active ageingo Smart society and smart citieso Industry 4.0• Fund-raising for research and innovation projects, at both EU and National levels.o Monitoring of funding programso Customer-oriented reporting about most relevant opportunitieso Analysis of selected calls and tenderso Drafting of preliminary project ideaso Supervision of customers participation in the proposal preparation phaseo Support in the negotiation phase, in case of pre-selection of projects for funding• Support to the management of financed projects throughout their life cycle:o Initial project setupo Business/user-oriented requirements engineeringo State-of-art definition and existing technologies reviewo Support to high-level solutions designo Workplan management, support totechnical and administrative reportingo Support to meetings preparation and other consortium activities

Milan Area, Italy

Professional consultancy to support the company research and innovation policies aimed at the design and development of games-based applications for ambient assisted leaving, sustainability and environmental protection, smart cities, ageing society and healthcare. More specifically:• Adoption of user/business-oriented design and usability/acceptance/effectiveness assessment methodologies.• Highly-interactive solutions design and development• Serious games-based and virtual/augmented reality solutions development• Mobile and location-based tourist and citizens solutions design and developmentAs EU-funded research and development activities expert, company project manager of the following projects:• SUPERHUB (“SUstainable and PERsuasive Human Users moBility in future cities”, Project ID: 289067, Funded under: FP7-ICT) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/101216_en.html • REHAB@HOME (“Engaging Game-based Home Rehabilitation for Improved Quality of Life”, Project ID: 306113, Funded under: FP7-HEALTH) https://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/177772_en.html Authoring and co-authoring of several project proposals under EU funding program FP7. Amongst the winning proposals REHAB@HOME can be mentioned, as well as the following:• DOREMI (“Decrease of cOgnitive decline, malnutRition and sedEntariness by elderly empowerment in lifestyle Management and social Inclusion”, Project ID: 611650, Funded under: FP7-ICT) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/110829_en.html • PEGASO (“Personalised Guidance Services for Optimising lifestyle in teen-agers through awareness, motivation and engagement”, Project ID: 610727, Funded under: FP7-ICT) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/110906_en.html • SmartSociety (“Hybrid and Diversity-Aware Collective Adaptive Systems: When People Meet Machines to Build a Smarter Society”, Project ID: 600854, Funded under: FP7-ICT) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/106959_en.html

Genova, Italy

At the Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIBE), professional consultancy with focus on:• User-oriented specification and design of biomedical, healthcare, active ageing, urban sustainable solutions.• Remote sensing and environmental applications.• Teaching support (probability and stochastic processes, electrical communications, signal and image processing)• EU-funded research and development projects expertiseTeaching assignment in “Remote Sensing: theory and applications” by PerForm (Permanent training Centre of the University of Genoa) within the program of the Second Level Master’s Degree in Engineering of Complex Electronic Systems at the Armed Forces Telecommunications School “G. Leone”, editions 2010 and 2013.

Rome Area, Italy

Professional consultancy, for both pubic bodies and private customers, including: • Monitoring of funding programs at both European as well as national levels. Periodic reporting about most relevant opportunities for selected customers. Support in the analysis of calls and understanding of their requirements.• Support to the preliminary description of a project proposal including goals, advances to the state-of-art, expected commercial results, project structure, definition of a suitable consortium structure.• Coordination and supervision of customers participation in the preparation phase for a project proposal, including management of administrative aspects.• Support in the negotiation phase, in case of pre-admission of a project for funding.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Professional consultancy and projects supervision, from a research and development as well as business perspective, in the field of innovative serious games design/development and related activities.

Sestri Levante, Italy

Highly specialised consultancy, with a specific focus on:• Support to both the design of innovative solutions and the definition of suitable technological proposals in the fields of home automation, lighting and energy saving. Support to energy certification.• Fund-raising for energy saving/home automation related projects, both for private customers and public institutions.• Promotion of innovative solutions within the core business of the Company.

Sestri Levante, Italy

Company project manager in several RD projects funded by the European Union (FP4, FP5, FP6, FP7, MEDEA, eContent Plus):• IEYE - “Interacting with Eyes: Gaze Assisted Access to Information in Multiple Languages”• UFACE - “User friendly access control systems for healthcare applications” • UPLOADED-IT - “User-Based Personalisation of Learning Objectives and Activities in Distance Education through Digital Interactive TV” • E-TRACKING - “Eye tracking analysis in the evaluation of e-learning systems” • IM4DTTV - “Integrated Modem for Digital Terrestrial TV” (MEDEA-EUREKA Programme)• MOBILearn - “Next-generation paradigms and interfaces for technology supported learning in a mobile environment exploring the potential of ambient intelligence” • WearIT@Work - “Empowering the mobile worker by wearable computing” • NATACHA - “Network Architecture and Technologies for Airborne Communication of Internet High Bandwidth Applications” • CELEBRATE - “Context eLearning with broadband technologies” • TENCompetence - “Building the European Network for Lifelong Competence Development” • ELU - “Enhanced Learning Unlimited” • E-CAB - “E-enabled Cabin and Associated Logistics for Improved Passenger Services and Operational Efficiency”• ICOPER - “Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven Society”• TARGET - “Transformative, Adaptive, Responsive and Engaging Environment” Authoring and co-authoring of a high number of project proposals under most relevant EU funding programmes. Amongst the winning proposals WearIT@Work, ELU and E-CAB can be mentioned, as well as PROTAGE, CONTSENS, GRAPPLE. From 2003 up to 2007, reference in the company for all the activities related to the user-centred specification, UML-based design and development of innovative service-oriented architectures for delivering contextualised and personalised services in mobility scenarios (daily life support, tourism, industrial applications).

In the context of a cooperation between DIBE and Whitehead Alenia S.p.A, development of methodologies and software tools (using MATLAB) for the analysis and visualization of signals from sensor-equipped heads for oil drilling.Supervision of the activities carried on by the Research Unit at the University of Genoa in the context of the project “Integrated system based on electric vehicle for the collective and individual mobility of disabled people in the urban environment” co-funded by the Italian Ministry of the University and Scientific and Technologic Research (MURST-COFIN ’99): design and development of a mobile system, based on GMS communication, for the remote monitoring of both passengers’ electrophysiological parameters and vehicle functions. Preparation of several R&D project proposals submitted for funding by the European Union (FP5 – IST), the Italian Ministry of University, Scientific and Technological Research (COFIN ’99 and COFIN 2000), the Italian Space Agency (ASI, call for funding ’98, ’99 and 2000) and the European Space Agency (several call for tenders).Author and co-author of many conference papers about remote sensing, related technologies and applications.

Development of a tool for the extraction, rendering, navigation and manipulation of detailed 3D models from large medical datasets (CT and RMI). The tool has been integrated in the core product of the company: a suite for the processing and visualisation of medical data.

Ph.D. In Space Science And Engineering, Remote Sensing

Ph.D. course in remote sensing, satellite image processing, data classification and data fusion, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and SAR.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Electronics Engineering

Acquired background in mathematics and physics, electronic components, telecommunication (both analogue and digital), computer systems.