Résumé

EDUCATION
Laurea (Master Equivalent), Management – Università di Modena
Final mark: 105/110, with praises for the thesis work.
Final thesis in English (available online here) on International Comparative Management of Music Schools (i.e. creative organizations) in Europe, with case studies from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Italy.

During my university studies I have been a visiting student at the Humboldt University of Berlin, for a German language course; and an Erasmus exchange student at the University of Gothenburg, where I successfully completed the Consumer Behavior, Retail Management and Corporate Finance classes (plus the American English TOEFL test: final mark 267/300).

Liceo Scientifico “R.Corso” di Correggio
High school diploma, Scientific Gymnasium. Final mark: 50/60; main subjects chosen for the final oral exam: English and Philosophy.

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EXPERIENCE

March 2008 – present
Kublai
Founding team member of the first web 2.0 project of the Italian central administration, Kublai, a social network for creative people promoted by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (Laboratorio per le politiche di sviluppo). I acted as operations coordinator (in the staff and between the small project staff and the community), support, blogger/report writer, speaker, and whatever the project needed me to do. Some contributions I like to remember: the name “Kublai”, the community~coaching staff dual organization (see notes on my blog), the project maker guide (guida del progettista), and many more, just being part of a great founding team. More info in English here

September 2006 – present
The Hub Italy
Coordinator, project manager, consultant, and support staff for various international projects geared toward policies in the creative industries, such as the European Commission project Booster (IT-G2-ABR-033) in the Pescara area, and the Cities project (INTERREG IV C) for the Modena Municipality. For The Hub, I have also been a teacher of a business planning course and a speaker at various events. Company blog (now closed): The Hublog

July 2006 – December 2008
Correggio Mon Amour
Co-curator and one of the authors of the book “Correggio Mon Amour. History of stories of rock music in a small city of the Emilian province” (L.L.Radice Editore, 2008). 80+ authors; 450+ pages; 500+ images; CD attached with a collection of songs and audio files. Other related activities are still ongoing. Website: correggiomonamour.it

July 2007
ItaliaWave Festival
ItaliaWave Media Center staff and WaveCamp organization, a barcamp on creativity and new media: digital culture, copyright, creative commons, p2p, online promotion, etc.

2002-2006
CEPAM
Front desk, organization and management of the CEPAM Schools Network in Reggio Emilia (Permanent Centre for Music Activities; 1,000+ students every year). Some contributions: introduced digital database for courses and administrative management, updated website and introduced a monthly newsletter.

July 2000
Kleindienst & Reha-Lift
Summer internship in Augsburg, Germany.
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LANGUAGES
Italian: native
English: very good (TOEFL: 267/300)
German: basic
French: basic
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TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Mac, Windows and (basic) Linux operating systems.
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher), Apple iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote), OpenOffice and other most common desktop office applications.
  • In-depth experience working with distributed teams and web office tools: Google Docs/Calendar/Reader/etc, Skype/IM, wiki, blog, mailing list, Basecamp, Omnifocus, Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter, Ning, Second Life, Delicious, Balsamiq Mockups, etc. Both iPhone and iPad user.
  • Basic website creation and maintenance skills: see this blog as an example

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HONORS/ACTIVITIES
With the soccer team of my small village, in 1989:
* 1st place at the regional and 2nd place at the national UISP championship
* 9th place at the Gothia World Youth Cup

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