Bio

Global communications, public affairs, tech policy, and digital diplomacy at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. Previously at the United Nations in New York doing comms for the Italian Delegation to the UN Security Council. Background in journalism and communications. Currently experimenting with TikTok and TikTok for Good. Author of ''Digital Diplomacy: Conversations of Innovation in Foreign Policy''​ (Rowman & Littlefield, January 2015). Currently working on a new book on the digital economy and the future of the tech industry and Silicon Valley. As a public speaker, I often participate in international conferences with a focus on technology and innovation, including TEDxStockholm, DigitalBeltway by Mashable, and Berlin's International Conference on Political Communications. Recent speaking gigs: Digital Strategy Innovation Summit (San Francisco - Sept 2017), PubCon (Las Vegas - Nov 2017), Digital Marketing World Forum (New York - Nov 2017), Ragan's Social Media Conference (Orlando - Mar 2018); Quadriga's Social Media Conference (Berlin, Sept 2018); Social Media Strategies Summit (New York - Oct 2018); and City Nation Place Conference (London - Nov 2018). Very active on social media, including here on Linkedin, and a contributor for the Huffington Post, LSE's Global Policy Journal; BigThink.com; Hackernoon. Editor of the blog Digital Diplomacy on Medium.