Faculty

DEAN OF FACULTY

Matthew Cooper è un leader accademico affermato e innovativo, con una vasta esperienza in tutti gli aspetti dell’Istruzione Superiore ed è Senior Fellow dell’Higher Education Academy. Ha una particolare abilità e passione per lo sviluppo e la progettazione di curriculum, con 109 validazioni di successo negli ultimi 9 anni, che includono corsi di laurea triennale, magistrale, in presenza, blended learning, apprendimento a distanza e micro-certificazioni.

Matthew Cooper serves as the Dean of Faculty of H-FARM College.

ASSOCIATE DEAN OF FACULTY, PROGRAM COORDINATOR

An expert manager, advisor, and educator, he helps executives, government officials, entrepreneurs, and students understand the fast-changing competitive landscape, design future-proof strategies, and effectively lead future-ready organisations, seizing the opportunities and challenges of turbulent environments increasingly dominated by digital business. He strongly believes in the importance of harmonising theory, practise, and skills.

He practises meditation regularly and has been a meditation teacher since 2007. He plays the electric guitar in a blues-rock band with friends.

Raffaele Testorelli is the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the coordinator of the following programs:

BSc in International Business Studies
BSc in Digital Economics & Finance
MSc in International Business

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With 25 years of experience, Alessandro is a veteran in the Technology industry, focusing on Digital Transformation in the Global Arena, holding CEO / MD positions with focus on Business Development, Commercial Strategy, Channels, Partnerships and Sales.

He spent the last 20 years living, working and sturying in the UK and also in the US, Singapore, Germany, France, Hungary, Spain. Alessandro is adept at ‘joining the dots’ between Technology Players, Telecom Communication Providers, Digital Disruptors and Ecosystems.

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I’m a statistician and a data scientist working on challenging applications motivated by problems in life sciences, social sciences and business.
I work as an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistical Sciences of the University of Padova. I have been an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. I teach courses on Data Mining [2022 -23], Functional Data Analysis [2023], Health Data Science [2021], Risk Analysis [2020-22], Social Media [2020-21] and Market Segmentation [2022].

More details and a complete CV are available on my personal page https://emanuelealiverti.github.io

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Nicolò Andreula is an economist, strategic consultant and corporate trainer. He has over 15 years of experience in consulting companies, multinationals, governments, institutions and international organizations.
In this period he had the opportunity to apply, in different contexts, skills ranging from strategic analysis to storytelling.

In his spare time, or between projects, he cultivates his passion for writing. After the success of his first book (“Flow Generation – survival manual for unpredictable lives”), he published with Hoepli “Phygital – the new marketing between physical and digital”.

Alberto Antinucci is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience living and working in China. He is a Global Public Speaker and Business Coach, specializing in business strategies in China and digital marketi

ng strategies for international brands and large retailers in China. He is also skilled in product design and manufacturing process management, with a strong understanding of intercultural manufacturing management.

Alberto is passionate about start-up management and professional training for international marketing and distribution sales channeling. His passion for technology and hi-tech solutions let him prime into futuristic projects that distinguish his vision and mission as an innovative problem solver.

He is an investor and business angel for enterprises in various countries including Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, and the USA.

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Kathlin Argiro is a fashion designer and entrepreneur whose collection has been sold to stores including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales and over 500 top specialty stores throughout the world. In 2014 Kathlin launched her consulting business, Kathlin Argiro New York, to leverage her long-standing industry connections to support emerging fashion talent. Kathlin holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and is an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She recently completed her Master’s in Global Fashion Management at FIT with a focus on leveraging Web 3 and emerging technologies to solve real-world business challenges in the Fashion Industry.

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I am currently responsible for Google Mobile Apps Ads business (small and medium clients) across Southern Europe as part of the Sales

Organization, working towards quarterly and yearly revenue and growth targets. Previously, I have matured experience in technology consulting at Accenture as well as tech startup.

In my personal time, I am a curious entrepreneur with a passion forthe latest technology trends. I have started 2 drop shipping businesses and, more recently, co-founded Brokko.nu, the first video messages platform from celebrities in the Netherlands. This combination of professional experience and personal entrepreneurial ventures is what I bring to my students during my

Visiting Professor classes at H-Farm, a business school and startup incubator in Italy.

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Michela has 15 years of Experience in Healthcare and Lifesciences as Strategic Consultant working in Milano, Boston and Paris, and as Head-Hunter with worldwide reach.
Since 2020, she’s also been directing the Executive Master in Management and Innovation of Lifesciences, MAMIL, at H-FARM College.

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Assistant professor (RTDa) at the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua. My research is about medical statistics, epidemiology, and social statistics. In particular, I work on applications on cancer data analysis, advance techniques in epidemiology, spatial epidemiology, use of machine learning and deep learning in medical statistics, text mining applications and drug safety applications.

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Economist with a passion for understanding and shaping global economic trends. With a MSc in International Finance from a prestigious Italian university, I had over a decade of experience in conducting groundbreaking research in economic and financial analysis, providing insightful econometric models and methods for investment decision processes.

Always eager for new experiences and with a desire to make a positive impact, I worked in Investment Banking and Asset Management Companies to keep up with the most innovative economic and financial developments.My expertise spans from econometrics and macroeconomics to finance; I was sought after as speaker at economic client meetings.

Through my accessible and data-driven approach, I aim to demystify complex economic concepts and promote informed decision-making. When not immersed in the world of numbers and graphs, I enjoy exploring mountains and sees, contemplating and admiring the life around us.

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La Dott.ssa Nur Suhaili è una dedicata docente presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Il culmine della sua ricerca post-dottorato in Italia e il conseguimento di un dottorato in Gestione presso l’acclamata Università di York nel Regno Unito arricchiscono significativamente i suoi ruoli professionali. Gli sforzi didattici e di ricerca della Dott.ssa Nur si estendono su diversi paesi, includendo materie come Gestione Aziendale, Imprenditorialità, Business Internazionale, Strategia di Marketing, Microeconomia, Introduzione all’Economia e Ricerca Aziendale. Prima di intraprendere la carriera accademica, ha goduto di successo come Analista di Sicurezza delle Reti Informatiche per ExxonMobil e come Consulente SAP HR per NorthgateArinso, lavorando con importanti clienti come Enel Energia Italia, Bank of America, Barclay’s Capital UK, e EuHReka Belgio. Le sue notevoli contribuzioni le hanno fruttato numerosi finanziamenti per la ricerca accademica e per viaggi, e ha pubblicato ampiamente con le dovute citazioni.

Dopo aver lavorato nel dipartimento di Ricerca e Sviluppo di aziende nella Silicon Valley tra il 2000 e il 2001, Alvise è stato ricercatore laureato presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Scienze Informatiche dell’Università della California a Berkeley dal 2002 al 2007, con un focus principale sulla ricerca nei sistemi embedded e nei sistemi wireless.

Dal 2004 al 2007, Alvise ha lavorato come consulente privato per diverse aziende italiane nello sviluppo di sistemi wireless per scopi industriali. Durante questo periodo, ha sviluppato alcuni brevetti nel campo della robotica.

Dal 2007 al 2009, Alvise ha lavorato presso McKinsey & Co. come associate, con responsabilità di gestione del team, lavorando su vari settori industriali.
Alvise è entrato in Atlante Ventures nel marzo 2009 come Investment Manager e poi come Investment Director, con esperienza in tutte le fasi del deal flow e con un focus principale sui settori ICT, sistemi embedded e dispositivi biomedicali.

A partire da maggio 2018, Alvise è partner presso Indaco Venture Partners sgr (la più grande società di gestione di venture capital in Italia) dove ricopre il ruolo di Investment Director per il nuovo fondo Indaco Ventures I.

Attualmente è membro del consiglio di amministrazione di diverse aziende del portafoglio.

Ha conseguito una Laurea in Tecnologie della Comunicazione presso l’Università di Padova e un Master of Science e PhD in Ingegneria Elettrica e Scienze Informatiche presso l’Università della California a Berkeley.

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Head of Design at PagoPa full-time;
Design Thinking and UX Design Professor at H-FARM College;
Member of the Advisory board at Product Service System Design Master Degree of Politecnico di Milano.

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Andrea Bulgarini d’Elci, art director e graphic designer, lavora nel branding e nel design editoriale dal 2016. Dal 2018 fa parte di Multiplo, per il quale sviluppa e gestisce sistemi di comunicazione in contesti museali ed espositivi internazionali.

Per lo studio, oltre al design sui media tradizionali, si occupa anche della produzione di motion graphic. Dal 2020 affianca al suo lavoro in studio anche l’attività di insegnamento.

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Leonardo Buzzavo è Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Management dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Ha tenuto lezioni e corsi di formazione presso numerose istituzioni e aziende, e ha partecipato come relatore a più di 200 convegni e conferenze in 20 paesi, principalmente su argomenti legati alla strategia e al marketing nella catena di fornitura automobilistica.

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Anna Cacciaguerra is a Chartered Accountant and Auditor. After graduating in Economics and Commerce and after an MBA with a specialization in Administration, Finance and Control, she has been working for over 20 years in the field of corporate, financial and business consultancy for businesses throughout the national territory, developing professional skills in corporate and tax consultancy, national and international contracts, business crisis management, extraordinary transactions, structured finance, appraisal of businesses and companies, management consulting, organizational restructuring and process review.

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Esperta dell’evoluzione dell’organizzazione delle risorse umane, dei processi, dell’Employee Experience e dell’Adozione del Cambiamento per i Programmi di Trasformazione Digitale, sfruttando le tendenze all’avanguardia della gestione del cambiamento (orientata all’umanità, agile e digitale) e le tecnologie applicate (Intelligenza Applicata e Robotica, Analisi, Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata).
Negli ultimi anni, ha gestito progetti innovativi focalizzati sull’esperienza dei dipendenti, sul lavoro intelligente, sulla forza lavoro liquida e sul potenziamento digitale basato sulle analisi organizzative.

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Gianluca is a non-tenure track assistant professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. He worked for his postdoc and PhD in the ACADIA Center at the University of Venice under the supervision of Professor Agostino Cortesi.

From July 2018 to March 2019, he was a full-time researcher contributing to an international project among several Universities at Gachon Univerity (Seoul, South Korea) in the “A.I. and Smart Society Laboratory” under the guide of Professor Young-Im Cho.

He is mainly focused on security enhancements of cyber-physical systems (CPS) with particular emphasis on robotics and distributed connected devices, e.g. data distributed system (DDS), oneM2M.
His research aims to explore the trade-off between security and usability for Internet of Things (robotic) applications. Working on the widely used robotic middleware Robot Operating System (ROS), his work targets on providing automatic tools for security assessment and verification of the system. Currently, he focused on the mathematical verification of properties in a multi-agent distributed environment (e.g. smart cities scale) and privacy enforcement in dynamic networks.

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Camillo: Technical Leader and AI Specialist.
Had the first contact with a computer with an 8086 in 1986 and since that moment computers have always been in his life.

Studied Computer Science and works in the field since 2000 as a developer, solution architect, technical leader and AI Specialist.

Working daily with international AAA clients, his main focus has been to create and manage complex scenarios, with a heavy role in tutoring and onboarding non technical figures involved in the process on the complexities of the task at hand.

Science lover and videogames enthusiast.

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Commercial photographer since 1989, specializing primarily in design, but also in fashion, still-life, architecture, landscape, portraits, and personal research.

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Experience Designer with 10+ years of experience in the most recognized communication firms. Expertly coordinate team, manage digital complex projects and lead new business.

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Tatiana Coviello is an expert in human resources with a strong international background, a passion for technology, and a deep commitment to the personal and professional growth of individuals. With a degree in Economics obtained in Germany and a second degree in Psychology, with a specialization in Cyber Psychology, obtained in Italy, Tatiana Coviello combines multidisciplinary skills to deeply understand human dynamics and the impact of technology.

She holds the position of HR Director and is also an International Coaching Federation certified coach.

Author of the book “The Artificial Intelligence made easy book: Don’t bury your head in the sand. Become future proof with this self-development and simple to understand Ai Workbook” (2019), Tatiana Coviello is a pioneer in the integration of Artificial Intelligence in the HR sector. Her vision does not see technology as a mere substitute for human beings but as an enhancement of human capabilities, promoting a co-intelligence approach.

Tatiana is also the creator of TIA, her digital twin, with which she explores new frontiers in the interaction between humans and technology.

As a lecturer, Tatiana is passionately dedicated to training students, preparing them to face the world of work. She has developed a test to identify the type of job seekers and how to best prepare for a job interview. At H Farm, she offers courses on how to enter the job market and teaches an advanced course for undergraduate students on AI Leadership, where she shares her expertise on artificial intelligence applied to human resources and organizational contexts.

Tatiana firmly believes in the value of emotional intelligence, ethics, self-determination, and curiosity as fundamental tools to connect the dots and make new discoveries, values she enthusiastically imparts to her students and her son, because they will be the ones to create and lead the companies of tomorrow.

For more information, visit the website www.tatianacoviello.it.

With an international academic background from UNC and WU Vienna, Andrea graduated in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology from Bocconi University. Starting as a financial analyst at a hedge fund in London, he transitioned to marketing roles at H-FARM and Jakala.

Now Managing Director at Reelevate, he teaches at GSoM POLIMI, H-FARM College, and Bologna Business School.

Active in gaming and esports, he founded a startup that aggregates videogame skins

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Sebastiano is the Head of Corporate Learning at H-FARM Business School, managing training programs and learning events for organizations. He holds a PhD in Enterprise Engineering, and he is author of more than 15 scientific publications and organizer of 2 international conferences. Since 2018, he has been working on projects in the area of Strategy & Operational Excellence in numerous industries.

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Pierluigi has 35 years of experience mostly in executive positions in technology transformational roles in companies like Allianz Group, Novartis, The Global Fund and Swiss Re.
Pierluigi’s recent work has been focused on the development of digital strategy and enabling the digital transformation program introducing global operating models and driving significant business growth as well as establishing operational excellence.
He has been leading the way in innovation on products and knowledge by implementing Big Data, Smart Analytics and Cognitive computing by forging strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Amazon and Google.
In his capacity of Chief Technology Officer of Swiss Re Institute, he worked on the technology frontiers leading joint Research programs with some of the most prestigious universities, such as MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Cambridge, ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, Tsinghua and New York University.

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Luca Fattore (Venice, 1990) graduated with honors in Industrial Design from the IUAV University of Venice. Since 2017, he has been the artistic director of Multiplo.

Since 2015, he has combined teaching at IUAV University of Venice, ISIA Padova (SID), and the Academy of Fine Arts in Udine with exploring phenomena influencing contemporary communication in the fields of design, fashion, and lifestyle. Over the years, he has worked on projects for Casino Luxembourg – Venice Biennale, Museo del ‘900 in Milan, Italian Council, and the Ljubljana Design Biennale.

He has exhibited at the ADI Design Museum, HKDI Hong Kong, RomaEuropa Festival, MKV Mannheim, Berlin Kulturspace, and has been a guest at the Milan Triennale.

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Graphic designer freelance con sede a Treviso (Italia) con oltre 10 anni di esperienza.
Specializzato nell’identità visiva, nel web design e nei sistemi di grafica con un approccio moderno ed estetico.
Collaboro con diversi clienti, dalle start-up alle grandi aziende, e collaboro con diverse agenzie di comunicazione.

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Digital enthusiast since I was young, actually Marketing and Technology professional with over 20 years’ experience with special focus on Madtech, Adtech, Martech, Big Data analytics implementation and adoption.

Track record of successfully start up new unit (search, analytics, programmatic, big data and martech) in agency and consultancy groups and actively participated in product development and market proposition. Trained and mentored large teams with different levels of seniority.
Proven communication Skills, Lecturer in Master (IAB Cattolica University, H-FARM College, Sole24ore Business School) and training events.

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Gloria Gardenal è attualmente Professoressa Associata presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Dipartimento di Management.

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Federica Giummolè è Professoressa Associata di Statistica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia dal 2006. È membro della Società Italiana di Statistica.

Tommaso Granziol è attualmente Associate Professor presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

I am a researcher and teacher in the field of mathematics. I earned my Ph.D. at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, have worked at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the University of Lille (in France) and given talks at conferences all around the world.
My main areas of interests within mathematics are algebraic topology, homotopy theory and operads.

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Serena Leonardi is founder of Amploom, a company that focuses on accompanying people in business innovation projects through the use of methodologies related to Service Design and Design Thinking.

Among the companies she has enjoyed working with and accompanied in this transformation are OTB Spa, Fastweb Spa, Decathlon Italia, Poste Italiane Spa, Keter Spa, Haier Europe, Confartigianato Vicenza.

He is Visiting Professor in Design Thinking at H-Farm College and part of the faculty of Talent Garden, where he supports companies in defining strategies to transform corporate culture. He is a lecturer at Politecnico di Milano in Service Design for HR, Ca’ Foscari Venezia and University of Padua.

She previously worked in Germany at Volkswagen Headquarters, where she was involved in the adoption of Design Thinking and Service Design methodology to support business transformation processes.

My name is Nicola Mazzari and I’m Associate Professor at the University of Padova. My research filed is Arithmetic Geometry.

In the past 10 years I gave lectures for a variety of classes: calculus, probability, linear algebra, algebra, number theory, algebraic geometry, maple and matlab.

I’ve organised several international conferences and summer schools in my research area. Apart from research and teaching I’ve experience as coordinator of International Bachelor’s and Master degrees. I do a lot of cycling and a few of yoga.

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Massimo Melucci ha conseguito un dottorato in Ingegneria Informatica presso l’Università di Padova. Sin dai primi anni ’90, si occupa di ricerca scientifica nel campo ora noto come Scienza dei Dati. In particolare, si occupa di Recupero dell’Informazione. È autore di numerosi articoli scientifici e libri e ha coordinato progetti di ricerca internazionali.

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Graduated in 2017 with First Class Honours, she is a business English teacher from London, with ten years of experience working in universities and business schools in France, where she has delivered over 1,800 hours of courses. Since July 2023, she has been in Italy. She has extensive experience with courses delivered to international companies, both in France and Italy, and works with both groups and individuals.

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Professor of design and 3D modeling at the IUAV University of Venice and H-Farm College. Drawing and computer science teacher in lower secondary school.
Collaborator of the MeLa Media Lab of the IUAV University of Venice.

Jonathan Molinari graduated in philosophy from the University of Bologna (2008) and received his PhD in “History of Ideas. Philosophy and Science” at the Italian Institute of Human Sciences – Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (2012). He was twice fellow of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies at the Warburg Institute in London (2009 and 2010), chercheur invité at the Institut Supérieur de Philosophie of the Université Catholique de Louvain (2011) and collaborator of the Quadriviums Humanism and Modernity project of the University of Bologna – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CNRS (2011).

In 2016, he completed a post-doctorate in philosophy at the University of São Paulo (USP) and in 2017 a post-doctorate at the Federal University of Goias (Brazil). He participated in the Equipe de recherche Théta – Théories et histoire de l”esthétique, du technique et des arts of the CNRS, Centre Jean Pépin in Paris (2008-2014) and in the International Research Networks (GDRI-STAR) Artistic Knowledge and Art Treatises from Renaissance to the Enlightenment (2010-2014).

From 2017 to 2022 he was Professor of History of Philosophy at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) in Brazil and coordinator of the international research group Humanism and Utopia, supported by the CNPq (National Centre for Scientific Research, Brazil). From 2018 to 2022 he was responsible for the Federal University of Pará for the international cooperation agreement between the Post-graduate Programme in Philosophy and the Department of Philosophy and Communication of the University of Bologna. Since 2019, he has been a member of the research group Ética e Política na Filosofia do Renascimento of the National Association of Philosophy (ANPOF) in Brazil. He has published two monographs and several essays dedicated to early modern philosophical thought and has lectured in various European and South American universities (including Bologna, Florence, Louvain-la-Neuve, Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Buenos Aires, La Habana, Rio de Janeiro).

His research focuses on philosophical and anthropological themes between the 15th and 16th centuries and their outcomes in the constitution of a modern conception of man and societies, with particular attention to the topic of freedom and discretion of action. A further area of investigation is that of utopias, eutopias and dystopias, analysed both in the formulations proposed by philosophers between the 15th and 17th centuries, and in the historiographical relevance they have had in the last two centuries. Since 2020 he has participated in the organization of contemporary art exhibitions, collaborating with the Marignana Arte Gallery and Spazio Berlendis in Venice. In 2022 he was awarded the National Scientific qualification as associate professor in the Italian higher education system for the disciplinary field of 11/C5 – History of philosophy.

He currently teaches at H-Farm and is an adjunct professor at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice.

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Full Professor of Marketing, Strategy & Business Model, Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Udine.

Previously director of the Department of Economic and Statistical Sciences (2007-2015). He has lectured at national institutions (Luiss, Reiss Romoli, Trento School of Management).

Research interests are related to extreme and international consumer behaviour; international business strategies; digital marketing. In the past, he has worked in support processes for the internationalization of SME companies within the Italian and European framework.

Graduated from Milan Polytechnic in Management Engineering, joined Schlumberger Oilfield Services in 1994. Worked as field engineer in Nigeria, Egypt and Louisiana, eventually landed in France and Germany in management positions. In 2001, transitioned to Accenture as a Strategy Manager in Milan, serving major corporations in the energy sector. Working now at EY as a senior partner since 2020. Married, one daughter and a cat.

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Giacomo Pasini è Professore di Econometria e Capo del Dipartimento di Economia presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.
È affiliato a Netspar.
È redattore associato di Health Economics e di Research in Economics, inoltre è membro del comitato editoriale del Journal of Pension, Economics & Finance.

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Professional photographer for interior design, product and architecture; digital photo retoucher for advertising and product catalogue; skilled craftsman in metal and woodworking.

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With 25 years in financial market, including Mediobanca SGR, UBS, Prometeia, and Eurizon Financial Group, after working as Fixed Income Strategist in the CIO of UBS in Zurich, I have served as Chief Economist at Mediobanca SGR since 2017. I hold a Master’s degree from Bocconi University and a degree in Quantitative Economics from Ca’ Foscari University. I excel in economic analysis and communication, enjoying my weekly tasks of writing the MB macroeconomics newsletter and recording the podcast.

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Fluent French and Italian; proficient Spanish.

Occasional speaker, workshop leader, and panel moderator at various institutions and events. These include Sciences Po (geopolitics and business; Paris); Germany’s foreign ministry (innovation in arms control; Berlin); Zagreb School of Economics and Management (communications; Zagreb); INNOVA-CON 2020 (the West’s cultural edge in combat); Smithsonian (the geopolitics of central Europe); College de Paris International (geopolitics; Paris); Webit Foundation (high-tech illiberalism); RSA Conference (hacking; San Francisco); the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (writing), and Scuola Holden (writing; Turin).

Extensive travel (more than 45 countries).

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Startup Founder [Exit] | Manager of the Entrepreneurship & Startup Center | Professor at H-FARM College

Zeno Tosoni is an entrepreneur with a strong passion for innovation and technology. He founded and led a startup as CEO, which eventually attracted the attention of a leading multinational, culminating in its acquisition. This experience led to the creation of Zeninvest, a company that not only provides consulting services but also invests in emerging tech startups. His professional journey further solidified at H-FARM, where he currently serves as the Manager of the Entrepreneurship & Startup Center. Here, Zeno enthusiastically works on innovative projects, offering mentorship to early-stage startups and closely collaborating with visionary young founders. In addition to his entrepreneurial career, Zeno is a respected professor in the Master’s program in Digital Entrepreneurship. His expertise has led him to be a mentor in prominent initiatives, such as the MAGICA Summer School, organized in collaboration with the European Union, and H-ACK, a project born in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo. With a solid knowledge base and a network of contacts in the startup ecosystem, Zeno is determined to guide and influence the technological landscape, combining his entrepreneurial and academic skills.

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Global executive in multinational corporations with 30+ years’ experience leadinginternational teams in Tech, Digital and Innovation and managing 1B€+ budgets. Strong track record delivering value in systemic assets in Electricity, Renewable Energy, Telco, Mobility and Transportation through optimization and digitization of technology platforms, decarbonization and cleantech.

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Videographer since 2008; Owner at CROMO, a video production house in Pordenone;
Professor at the University of Udine and IUAV in Venezia;
production and post-production expert with real-life experience in Hollywood, Rome and with clients such as Stellantis.

A graduate of the Conservatory in Trieste and the SAE Institute in Milan and Paris, he spent several years in the short movie industry while abroad.Upon returning to Italy, he established OFFLMTS Recording Studio where he supports local emerging artists.As a freelance Sound Designer, he collaborates with production companies like CROMO on commercial projects for renowned brands including Everli, Diadora, The North Face, FIAT and more.

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Director of Integrations at Tritium Software S.L. | PhD in Information Technology | Professor at H-FARM College

Filippo Zanella is an IT engineer with a passion for web3, and artificial intelligence.

A true geek and programmer at heart, Filippo has undertaken diverse projects involving Java, C#, NesC, Ruby, Matlab, React and Python, focused on open-source software for indoor localization, distributed estimation, data acquisition, real-time performance, and image processing. With his multidimensional expertise in computer science, Filippo stands ready to make an impact on the dynamic realm of technology and innovation spanning both university and corporate sectors.

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Anna Comacchio is Professor of Organization and Management and Dean of the Venice School of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and was visiting scholar at Business School – Warwick University. She was the director of the international PHD program in Management of Ca’ Foscari University and the MPhil in Management Studies, and served as vice-president of Edamba and board member of Euram. Her areas of research are at the crossroads of organization theory and innovation, focusing on the cognitive processes underlying novelty generation and sensemaking mechanisms processes for entrepreneurial identity formation. Her research has been published
in Long Range Planning, Organization Science, Technovation and Journal of Technology transfer.

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Maria Barbati è una ricercatrice senior presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. In precedenza è stata docente senior nel gruppo di Operations and Systems Management presso l’Università di Portsmouth, dove detiene una posizione di visiting fellow. Ha completato i suoi studi di dottorato sui problemi di localizzazione delle strutture con considerazioni di uguaglianza presso l’Università di Napoli Federico II. Presenta regolarmente il suo lavoro in conferenze internazionali. La sua ricerca si concentra sull’assistenza decisionale multicriterio e sui problemi di ottimizzazione combinatoria, con particolare attenzione ai modelli di localizzazione delle strutture e ai problemi di selezione di portafogli.

Elisa Barbieri is currently an Associate Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics.

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Leonardo Buzzavo è Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Management dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Ha tenuto lezioni e corsi di formazione presso numerose istituzioni e aziende, e ha partecipato come relatore a più di 200 convegni e conferenze in 20 paesi, principalmente su argomenti legati alla strategia e al marketing nella catena di fornitura automobilistica.

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Sebastiano Cattaruzzo holds a double degree in Economics from Ca’ Foscari University and Georgia State University. After a research internship at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, he earned his master’s degree in economics from the University of Pisa and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Subsequently, he won a Marie-Curie scholarship to pursue his doctoral studies at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, complemented by visiting scholar experiences at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice where he teaches Economics of Innovation.

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Luca Cosmo ha conseguito il dottorato in Informatica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia nel febbraio 2016, dove attualmente ricopre una posizione di ricercatore post-dottorato. I suoi interessi di ricerca spaziano tra diversi aspetti della Visione Artificiale e del Riconoscimento di Pattern. Recentemente, la sua attenzione si è spostata verso l’applicazione delle tecniche di Visione Artificiale per eseguire un tracciamento rapido e affidabile di dispositivi attivi e passivi basati su fotocamera.

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Lisa Crosato è attualmente Professore Associato di Statistica Economica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

Paolo is associate professor of Computer Science at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he teaches Software Security (MSc), Software Development Methodologies (MSc), Project Management (BSc), and Autonomous Distributed and Pervasive Systems (PhD course).
Before he led the Secure Software Engineering research group at UEL, and his research interests include Software Protection and Security, Software Engineering, and Systems Modelling.
Paolo has been Principal Investigator for UEL in the European FP7 project ASPIRE (Advanced Software Protection: Integration Research and Exploitation) jointly with six companies and universities from across Europe.
Paolo got the Italian certification as full professor in computer engineering (“Abilitazione Nazionale Professore Ordinario di ingegneria informatica ING-INF/05”).
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, CSSLP certified, Oracle Java Certified, and an amateur chess player

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Pietro Ferrara ha 15 anni di esperienza nella ricerca scientifica nell’applicazione delle tecniche di analisi statica al processo di ingegneria del software, comprovata da circa 50 articoli scientifici, 20 brevetti, 60 interventi in varie conferenze tecniche, università e fiere, supervisione di una dozzina di dottorandi, laureati e laureandi, coinvolgimento in diversi progetti di ricerca dalla stesura della proposta allo sviluppo e alla conclusione del progetto. Si è unito all’Università Ca’ Foscari come professore associato con tenure track nel novembre 2019.

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Gloria Gardenal è attualmente Professoressa Associata presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Dipartimento di Management.

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Andreas Hinterhuber è attualmente Professore Associato di Marketing presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Pietro Lanzini è Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Management e membro del Comitato Direttivo del CAMI – Centro per l’Innovazione dell’Automotive e della Mobilità presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Federica Lucchetta è Dottore Commercialista, iscritta all’Albo di Treviso. Attualmente ricopre il ruolo di Revisore presso PricewaterhouseCoopers SpA.

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Leonardo Maccari è Professore Associato presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Alessandra Melonio è attualmente Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Andrea Rizzi è Docente di Planning and Management control systems (Practice module) presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

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With 25 years in financial market, including Mediobanca SGR, UBS, Prometeia, and Eurizon Financial Group, after working as Fixed Income Strategist in the CIO of UBS in Zurich, I have served as Chief Economist at Mediobanca SGR since 2017. I hold a Master’s degree from Bocconi University and a degree in Quantitative Economics from Ca’ Foscari University. I excel in economic analysis and communication, enjoying my weekly tasks of writing the MB macroeconomics newsletter and recording the podcast.

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Salvatore Russo è Professore Associato di Business Economics presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Oktay Surucu is currently Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
He is currently also the Head of Mathematics Department, IB Mathematics and Economics Teacher, IB examiner at H-FARM International School.

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Since 2005, Giuliano Zanchi has taught at the Departments of Economics and Management of Ca’ Foscari University. He is currently responsible for the following lessons: Introduction to Law [ET2014], European Private Law I [ET4003], Fundamentals of IT Law [ET7004] (at H-FARM College – Roncade).

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