Business and technology research analyst:

Interested in research about the business value of information systems, IT management and organization.

Freelance journalist:

Contributor to the leading Italian business newspaper "Il Sole-24 Ore". Covering private business, ICT, e-Gov, university, etc.

Specialties:

Research Analyst:

business technology
strategic use of IT
IT market analysis

Journalist:

business news
innovation
new media and 2.0
in-depth focus on topics

Experience

Contributor

Tuttogratis

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

March 2010 — Present (7 months)

Editor for www.vivacinema.it (movies) and www.haisentito.it (news, current affairs)
Contributor

Vivere in armonia - Club3

(Online Media industry)

February 2010 — Present (8 months)

Freelance journalist for the monthly magazine, daily collaboration with the website www.vivereinarmonia.it

I write about personal business, consumers, taxation, law.
Contributor

PC Magazine

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

November 2009 — Present (11 months)

Freelance journalist for the monthly IT magazine.

I write about social media web marketing, IT trends, software and applications.
Contributor

Il Sole-24 Ore

(Public Company; s24.mi; Newspapers industry)

January 2006 — Present (4 years 9 months)

Business and news articles for the leading Italian business daily: private and family business, ICT and technology, consumer markets / legal issues, university and education, thematic pages/dossiers, etc.
Contributor

2C edizioni

(Newspapers industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

Business news for Club3 (monthly magazine by St Pauls, www.stpauls.it): covered private business, welfare, consumer markets.
Research Analyst

BTO

(Privately Held; Research industry)

July 2008 — February 2010 (1 year 8 months)

C-level research reports/presentations for top managers, scientific
publications and events regarding Business Technology and Business Organization.

Research manager for GINeVRA, on-demand research service delivering high-value reports for customers (financial sector).

Expert use of scientific and business databases.
interviewer

Mondial Assistance

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

September 2007 — January 2008 (5 months)

Interviews on customer loyalty (net promoter score questionnaire).
interviewer

Università degli Studi di Palermo

(Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

Face-to-face deep interviews for a longitudinal medical research project
interviewer

Iref (research institute)

(Research industry)

July 2006 — July 2006 (1 month)

Face-to-face interviews for a national sociological research.
intern

Sole 24 ore

(Public Company; s24.mi; Newspapers industry)

September 2005 — December 2005 (4 months)

News articles for the leading Italian business daily: covered mainly private business, university/education, legal/tributary issues.
intern

Giornale di Sicilia

(Newspapers industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

Covered regional affairs and business
intern

Italpress

(Media Production industry)

September 2004 — November 2004 (3 months)

National news agency. Covered regional affairs and sports (Italian football "Serie A")

Education

Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'

Postgraduate Master Program , Master in Information Systems management (MaSI) , 2008 — 2008
Università degli Studi di Palermo

110 cum laude , Media studies and Communication Sciences (major Journalism) , 2001 — 2006
Liceo Scientifico A. Einstein - Palermo
Scuola media L. Da Vinci - Palermo