M.O.B. Vanguard OCTOBER 2022 - PRESENTLicensing Agent for Italy and beyond in the field of Board Games and Role Playing GamesIl Folletto, Biella (Italy) — Retail Store OwnerDECEMBER 2001 - PRESENTOpened the first store in the historical center of the city.Moved to a bigger location to support the growth of the business and of the community in 2007.Awarded as Best Physical Store of the Country in 2017 (from the influential Boardgames.it blog).Playtrade — Retail Store AdvisorPlay Festival, Modena 2017-2019Supervised the connection between Brick and Mortar Stores, Editors, and Distributors during the first Business to Business event held in Modena Play, by far the biggest game convention in Italy. Hosted and Moderated talks about the Future of the Retail, Board Game Cafés, Kickstarter, Bringing Game into the SchoolsHeld two Workshops about How to Open a Successful Game Store.Served as connection between the Fair and the International Guests (as Shane Hensley, Pinnacle Entertainment or Luke Crane, Kickstarter)Eccellenza Ludica— Community Creator & AdvisorNetwork of Independent Stores in Italy 2018-PRESENTManaged to create a network between 50+ independent store owners all over the country to work together on the most important topics of the trade.Run cohesive marketing campaigns for the launch of new games such a Root, partnering with the italian editors.Worked to promote different Kickstarter projects helping the editors to find a strong ally in the support of their campaigns. (Conan Gdr by Wyrd Edizioni, Terraforming Mars Turmoil by Ghenos Games or Last Aurora by Pendragon Game Studio).Io Gioco, Gioconomicon — Freelance Reporter and JournalistInternational Game Conventions 2018-PRESENTWrote articles and blog posts for the only printed game magazine in ItalyAttended Gencon 2018/9, Essen Spiel 2018/9, Le Festival du Jeux de Cannes 2019, Nürnberg Spielwarenmesse on behalf of the magazine, running reports and interviews.