Bio

Culture curious, tech passionate & leadership scholar Born in 1960, he completed classical studies, has a degree in computer science, a “McKinsey MBA” and completed his education with a post graduate specialization in psychiatry. He started working as a researcher in the National Research Council, spent 3 years with the Montedison Group, then he joined McKinsey & Company and, later, Telecom Italia founding and becoming CEO of tin.it (the Internet service of the group) and later responsible of all the R&D activities of Telecom Italia Group, where he also launched a VC fund and a Design School. He is currently founder of Kanso, a consulting company specialized in the exploitation of technology-enabled innovations. He is a scholar in the new frontiers of leadership & entrepreneurship: digital readiness, soft skills & rhetorical abilities (i.e. digital humanities) He is deeply involved in bringing innovation in Small & Medium Enterprises (Italy’s connective tissue). He lectures at many Universities, he has been member of many boards and advisory committees and has published many books on digital technologies and innovation