Lead The Future Mentorship

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Gabriele shared his experience as Scientist + Software Engineer.

Gabrile is a (Scientific) Software Engineer for the CliMA project at Caltech in Pasadena (CA). At CliMA, they develop robust and accurate open-source models for climate modeling in Julia.

Before taking this role, he completed his PhD in computational astrophysics at the Astronomy Department at The University of Arizona in Tucson (AZ), where he was a NASA Future Investigator for Space Sciences. He worked with Vasilis Paschalidis on various topics in gravitational physics. He used and extended the Einstein Toolkit to perform dynamical-spacetime simulations. His PhD was awarded the 2024 Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Fabrizio earned a PhD in Computer Science from the Università degli Studi di Pavia. In 1994, he founded Internet Graffiti, the first Italian web company, and later, in 1997, he launched STIGMA On-Line. This company developed a web document management product (SolWeb Intra), which became the backbone of the Intranet for companies such as Kraft, Novartis, Italian Broadcasting Television, and the Italian Stock Exchange.

In 1999, Fabrizio moved to Silicon Valley, where he founded two startups: Funambol in 2002 and TOK.tv in 2012. These companies pioneered the model of the Liquid Company, with headquarters in Silicon Valley and engineering based in Italy.

After TOK.tv was acquired by Minerva Networks in 2019, Fabrizio became the Chief Innovation Officer of the company. In 2022, he returned to Italy, settling in Valtellina while continuing to work remotely.

In September 2024, Fabrizio launched The Liquid Factory, a Startup Studio based in Sondrio, aimed at multiplying the model of the "Liquid Companies."

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Alessandro Gnoli shared his experience as Engineering Captain Google.

Alessandro has spent the last 15 years working in the tech industry, beginning as an engineer and later becoming a captain. His experience spans companies of all sizes, from co-founding small startups with just three people to working for big tech firms.

Throughout his career, Alessandro has explored various domains within technology. He has navigated from the frontend’s “gardens” to the “dark caves” of infrastructure and the “swamps” of backend development, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the field.

Now, Alessandro is focused on transforming the role of managers. His mission is to eliminate traditional management structures by turning managers into captains—leaders who actively participate and engage with their teams.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Francesco Lescai shared his experience as an Associate Professor of Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics Laboratory.

Francesco is a Medical Biotechnologist with an expertise in statistical genetics and computational biology. He is an Associate Professor of Bioinformatics at the Università degli Studi di Pavia where he leads the Computational Genomics Laboratory.

Francesco has a broad range of experiences within academia and industry. He has worked at UCL in UK, in Denmark at Aarhus University first and then in QIAGEN Digital Insight, and finally again in UK for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency before moving to Pavia.

Francesco is always eager to build projects in his areas of expertise and is dedicated to advancing precision medicine and public health.
He has contributed to science policy expert groups and participated in initiatives for responsible innovation.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Francesca shared her experience as MD and Founder’s Associate at Syntropic Medical.

Francesca works in the healthcare sector. She is resilient and a risk-taker at heart, both in her professional life and in the sports she practices, which strengthen her bond with the wonderful Alps from which she hails.

She recently joined Syntropic Medical, a pre-clinical stage medical device start-up based in Vienna. She is involved in the day-to-day running of the company, working closely with the CEO on business development, market analysis, go-to-market strategy, and clinical operations.

Her contributions are crucial in bridging the business and medical aspects of this innovative solution for treating depression.
Francesca graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padua in 2023. Her academic background provides a solid foundation for her role in a medical device start-up, combining her medical expertise with a keen eye for the business side of healthcare.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Arjuna shared his experiences as Director of Computational Biology Altos Labs Bay Area Institute of Science.

In the last decade, Arjuna has worked in startups and big tech companies like Facebook, Instagram, Evensi, and TikTok, building and managing teams while structuring operations and company culture. His career highlights the importance of seizing global opportunities and continuous learning.

Arjuna completed his MSc in Udine, Italy, and began his professional journey working as an IT consultant for regional companies. He then advanced to a research position, receiving an Assegno di Ricerca at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Udine.

In Ireland, Arjuna became the first hire at a startup, showcasing his ability to contribute to emerging companies. He subsequently joined Facebook, further specializing in his field at Dun Laoghaire.

Arjuna’s career in the USA included working at Facebook in Silicon Valley and Instagram. He pursued continuing studies at Harvard and Stanford universities, enhancing his expertise. His journey continued with a role at TikTok in Los Angeles, and he later moved to New York, becoming the first hire at Confirm.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Serena Perfetto shared her experience as Technical Program Manager, Education Platform @ Pinterest.

At Pinterest since 2018, with previous experiences at SAP, Google and Airbnb. She leads programs that ensure organizations reach their business goals through ongoing strategic initiatives. Her responsibilities include streamlining processes and resources to improve efficiency and effectiveness across projects and teams; ensuring that individual project objectives align with larger business goals; and working to mitigate and manage risk for an increased chance of success.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Alessandro Solbiati shared his experience as Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Meta - AI and Social Impact

Alessandro speaks Mandarin, English, Python and C++. First-hand software engineering experience both in seed-stage startups ( Anyhelper, Shanghai ) and Big Tech ( Facebook, London ). Always walking off the well-worn path, looking for high-risk/high-reward opportunities. Bsc Computer Science Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Volunteer and Musician.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Max Brigonzi shared his experience as Head of Data and Research @Mind the Bridge LLC.

Innovation specialist with 10+ years experience in startup advisory and mentoring, open innovation best practices, international project management, data and research, data visualization, UI and UX.
Eclectic and passionate, hard-working, detail-oriented but with a keen eye for the big picture.
Pragmatic and effective manager, contributed to the success of multi-million € projects.
Guest lecturer at top universities (Sant’Anna Pisa, Insubria, UPO) and innovation/technology forums (Scale-Up Forum Seville, ESOF), always open to collaborations. Silicon Valley Study Tour 2010 Alumnus . Top graduate with honours. “You must fall in love with your work” his mantra.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Laura De Bortoli shared her experience as Sales & Energy at Air Liquide.

Laura is an Innovation eager, thrilled by international working environments.
She is attracted by the technical world, as well as by the business one. Her main goal is to make these two worlds communicate by acting as a bridge to match their needs and foster innovation.

Her life motto is: “Experience as much as you can to be open-minded”. That is why, during her studies, she took part in several extra-curricular activities, like the Silicon Valley Study Tour and the Boston Study Tour 2022, as a team leader.

 Previous experience at CNH Industrial. Education: Master degree in Innovation Management in Trento University and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa; MBA at College des Ingenieurs.

Don’t miss the upcoming sessions of Inspiration Valley, a virtual journey where you’ll hear the stories of Italians working in Silicon Valley and around the world.