Lead The Future Mentorship

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Riccardo Giraldi shared his experience as Director UX at Google.

At Google Riccardo helps to shape the future of Personal AI and build solutions that are easy to use, always helpful, and accessible to everyone. Through natural interactions, contextual awareness, and human literacy – we have the opportunity to enable more people to have frictionless access to knowledge, boost creativity and productivity, and make things happen on users’ behalf.

Currently focusing on generative AI, LLMs, Bard, Assistant, Extensions, and enhancing AI capabilities.
Past professional experience at Microsoft and ZooX, Riccardo holds a Summa cum laude Degree in Design at Università degli Studi di Firenze.

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 Baschieri shared his experience as Ceo of Spreaker and today part of iHeartMedia group.

Accomplished executive and entrepreneur with a proven track record of driving business growth and innovation. Currently in New York serving as CEO of Voxnest at iHeartMedia, leveraging extensive leadership experience to oversee strategic planning, operations, and revenue growth.
He helds a Master of Computer Engineering from Bologna University , where in 2015-2017 he was Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship.

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 Rob shared his experience as Head of Storage and Digital Satellite Enel X @ Enel North America

Rob is an innovative leader with 25 years of experience in the tech industry, dedicated to advancing cleantech digital transformation.
After the Engineering Degree at Politecnico di Torino, he was CIO at Comau and cofounder of aizoOn consulting technology, leading the USA branch.

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 Caterina shared her experience as Assistant Professor at Stanford University

PhD in Physics cum Laude at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, in 2014.
From 2015 she has been Distinguished Researcher at Fermilab LHC Physics Center and Panofsky Fellow at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Assistant Professor at Stanford University since 2022.

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.
[27/06/25, 17:24:55] Eleonora Asnicar: Caterina Vernieri for Inspiration Valley - Assistant Professor at Stanford 

Unlock the insights from our webinar with Silicon Valley Study Tour and Silicon Valley Fellowship, where Davide Garofalo his experience as Founder and CEO @ Xplored.

Davide is the Founder and CEO of Xplored (est. 2008), a game innovation studio specializing in full-cycle development—from concept to release—of hardware and software IPs. He has extensive experience as a CEO and vision carrier in innovation-driven companies and has managed crowdfunding projects totaling more than $4M. His work spans gaming, extended reality (AR/VR), connected board games, smart toys, and videogames.

Xplored has researched and filed nine international patents related to technological innovations in the gaming sector—an achievement considered close to a record in Europe for this category. The company collaborates with high-profile global brands, including Hasbro, Mattel, Ferrero, Giochi Preziosi, Clementoni, and Ravensburger.

Davide brings senior expertise in business development, product management, product design, marketing & sales, and team leadership, with experience both in SMEs and multinational corporations. He co-founded his first company in 1993 and earned his University Degree in Business and Economics, with a specialization in Marketing, from the University of Genoa in 2002.

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 Mattia Bugossi shared his experience as Director, Engineering @Meta.

Mattia has a strong experience in software engineering in different companies. He is passionate about working at the intersection of hardware and software, VR and AR. MSc in computer engineer at Università Politecnica delle Marche in 2014. Since 2017 at Facebook/Meta, and since 2021 he works as director of engineering at Instagram

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 Sara shared her experience as Engineering Technician at Tesla.

Bachelor of Applied Science and Industrial Chemistry at Università degli Studi di Milano. Master of Science in Physical Chemistry at University of San Francisco in 2022. Since February 2023 at Tesla.

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 Luigi Congedo shared his experience as Venture Capital and Co-founder and Board Member of DataMasters.it, Forbes 30 Under 30.

Luigi is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder of Data Masters, an innovative and fast-growing AI online school. Luigi is also an active investor and Venture Partner at BootstrapLabs, leading Venture Capital in Silicon Valley.
Luigi has gained experience in Web3, investing in the space in companies like Twig, and many other DeFi protocols.
Luigi graduated from the University of Napoli Federico II with a B.S. in Economics and obtained his Masters Degree in International Business from the Hult International Business School in San Francisco in 2013. He has lived in Spain, Ireland, and China during his career and is now based in Silicon Valley.
Luigi was featured in Forbes as one of the TOP 100 ITALIAN LEADERS UNDER 30 in 2018. He is also frequently invited to speak as a keynote and panel speaker on innovation, technology investing, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence.
As a well-respected figure in the startup community, Luigi is actively involved in multiple startup programs as an advisor.

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 Gallotta shared his experiences as
Senior software engineer in California and New York.
Alessandro attended the three-year bachelor's degree and the master's degree in computer engineering at the University of Catania and he was also an SVST alumnus in 2013.
After completing his studies, Alessandro gained valuable experience working as a software engineer in California for companies like Sysdig and Salesforce.
Later, Alessandro moved to New York and worked for companies like Chime and Datadog, where he continued to develop his expertise in software engineering.

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.

Rivivi i momenti salienti del nostro webinar in collaborazione con Silicon Valley Study Tour, dove Andrea Michi condivide la sua esperienza come Senior Research Engineer a Google DeepMind. 

Andrea ha lavorato presso Alphabet Inc. negli ultimi 7 anni applicando le più recenti ricerche sull’intelligenza artificiale per risolvere i problemi del mondo reale: dai prodotti Google alle sfide climatiche e di sostenibilità.