A Place to Say Hello!

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Permalink Reply by Adriano Santarelli on December 21, 2009 at 10:04am

Hello to everyone,

I'm a new member on this site and I was very surprised to find out that a community this big and active exists to sustain professional development between the US and Italy.
I'm a fresh graduate in Business and Economics in Roma Tre University, and I signed up on this site to start looking for a way to find a job opportunity in California, since I grew up in the United States and would really like to come back and live there as soon as possible.
Hope to meet new people here,
Adriano

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Permalink Reply by Antonio Leonforte on January 4, 2010 at 10:30am

Hi everyone,
I joined BAIA US in 2007 (paid my first subscription on May 31, 2007). At that time I was looking for information about moving to the Silicon Valley, and people at BAIA US had been so kind, responsive and helpful (via both emails and Skype) that I decided to join the association as a way to demonstrate my gratitude and appreciation.

At that time my current startup fhoster.com (actually the third company I’ve founded in my life) was entirely self-funded so I finally decided to stay in Italy in order to take advantage of lower average salaries and of my connections with many universities. However, we have been lucky enough to be seed-funded in Italy, and should we close a decent first VC round in Italy we would definitely try to spend a few months in a Plug&Play center and see which opportunities valley-based VCs can offer.

I’m an Electronic Engineer (a software engineering degree was not an option in Rome back in 1992, when I graduated) but I’m in software development since 1983 (my first game, fillerball ) . Once graduated I’ve been working for the European Space Agency for a few years (one year at the ESTEC center in Holland), and then 1995 I co-founded my first company (INTEGRA Sistemi) focused on the development of large information systems (government, ticketing, command&control, defense, etc.). Both my first two companies are up and running, but all my efforts and passion is now on the new baby (fhoster.com), a cloud-computing platform with an alternative approach to the development of business-grade database applications.

Favourite sports: paragliding, windsurfing, skiing, scuba-diving and in-line skating.

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Permalink Reply by Marika Arcese on February 4, 2010 at 12:55pm

I'm Marika,

from Rome, but currently I'm living in Berkeley (CA) for a visiting research period (PhD from La Sapienza) in economics related to ICT. This group seems perfect for my interest and my current life.

I just want to say hello to everyonel!!
Marika

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Permalink Reply by Franco Folini on February 4, 2010 at 1:00pm

Welcome Marika! I would recommend to join us for the February 18 event in San Mateo. You will have the opportunity to meet several BAIA people in person!

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Permalink Reply by Marika Arcese on February 4, 2010 at 1:26pm

Thank you!

I will try to come.
m.

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Permalink Reply by Antonio Leonforte on February 4, 2010 at 1:16pm

Ciao Marika. I was quickly going through your linkedin profile and I just I stumbled upon the "methodology to measure innovation" you're working on. I would be interested in knowing more about that, maybe you can share the basics here if you like or provide some references (but I'm not an economist, so do not go too much in details). All the best.

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Permalink Reply by Marika Arcese on February 4, 2010 at 1:48pm

Ciao Antonio,

I'm surprised about your interest in my research project, but very glad about that. I don't go into details, of course, also becouse it's still a 'work in progress', but in general my research project investigates the economic and social impact of software and software based services monitoring the quali-quantitative aspects in the present and its probable evolution. The aim of the research will be the development of an integrated methodological and analytical framework based on public data sources, qualitative methods and quantitative metric with the specific purpose of making it reusable by the stakeholders.

I know it's not sufficient to clarify the metodology, but it's a point of departure...

I have looked too on your LinkedIn profile, and it's really interesting. Maybe I can ask you for some advices related to my project, if for you it's ok. (maybe in Italian)

Anyway, thank you and have a good day,
m.

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Permalink Reply by Gaspare Roma on February 9, 2010 at 1:29am

Dear Franco, dear all.

My name is Gaspare and I am an Italian lawyer working in Milan. It is a pleasure for me to be a member of BAIA and I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with all other members of BAIA in the future.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,


Gaspare

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Permalink Reply by Mara Virani on March 9, 2010 at 8:24am

Hello everyone,
I'm Mara. I'm a new member and I am living in Milan.
I'm looking for a job opportunity in US, specially in Miami, a city where I put down roots in the past.
I hope to give the community a good support with my participation.
Thank you for welcoming me to this site!

M.

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Permalink Reply by francesca de nardi on March 11, 2010 at 10:30am

hy,
i'm just a new member and above you can read my presentation,very general.
To get more info about one of my fields and interestes maybe it could be better do a clear request.
nice to meet you here for the moment...
fdn
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working in fashion&costume...design research prototype production PR personal shopping brand/image consulting outsourcing supplier sponsor props..studio base in Rome...tourism field in managing&fashion tour...travel 4job&dance4plesaure...

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Permalink Reply by Paolo Todeschini Premuda on March 23, 2010 at 4:05pm

Hi to everyone!

I've graduated in law at the University of Ferrara in July, after a semester of lawyer traineeship in a law firm in Padova I have been admitted for an internship at the European Commission in Busseles. I'm currenly working in DG Competition, and in particular in the unit that deals with state aid for R&D, Innovation and Risk Capital.

I really like the "BAIA idea" and I hope I can learn something interesting from you all!

If some of you is in Brussels in this moment let me know!

In the meanwhile I post you a link to the Transatlantic Innovation Dialogue (I don't work in this specific field but maybe someone is interested to know that this Forum simply exist): http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item...

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Permalink Reply by Federico Ballarino on April 1, 2010 at 2:05am

Good morning,
my name is Federico Ballarino and I work as business development manager for a transport company located in the north-west of Italy. I've been practicing this job since May 2004 acquiring big clients for the companies I worked with and getting quite good personal successes. I'm looking forward a job that will allow me to work and live in the USA simply because I love the country and the opportunities it provides. My plan is getting an intense English course in Berkeley with EF and then finding a good job on the West Coast. I've been studying Computer Science at the Politecnico of Turin from September 1998 to May 2004.

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