He holds a degree in Economics at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali and a Master in Business Administration from Boston University where he studied as Fulbright student (United States-Italy Fulbright Commission). He completed his Phd at London School of Economics with a thesis on the effectiveness of spending tax payers" money on R&Doctorate in less developed regions and a focus on Structural Funds.
He is Advisor to the Italian Minister of Education, University and Research regarding smart cities and innovation. He is an affiliate Professor at Sant"Anna School of Advanced Studies and he also advises European Commission and Directorate General Regio on smart specialization strategies. He is managing director of Vision&Value, a consultancy firm running projects for multinationals and Public Institutions amongst which the European Commission.
He is also director of the think tank Vision, where he leads projects on the "university of the future" and "social innovation".
Both companies are located in Rome, London and Brussels. Previously he worked for Bank of Tokyo in London, as manager for the Italian market.
Moreover, he has been associate with McKinsey. He also published for the United Kingdom web magazine OpenDemocracy.
He wrote four books and a number of referred scientific articles focused on regional innovation strategies.
Currently he is regular columnist of Il Messaggero and he holds a blog for Il Mattino, Reset and Linkiesta. His analysis have been quoted by international media, such as The Economist and The Guardian and he has been interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation.
