About Me
Written on March 11th, 2009 by Vincenzo Vecchio
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I always look for very innovative (and in some cases high risk oriented) talents, that combine enthusiasm for the idea and at the same time a clear view on market opportunities and barriers. Hundreds of ideas I have seen lately have very original technology but do not look at what is going on in the world, relegating them in a closed space. I love ideas that seamlessly integrate with other proven success technologies and market accepted innovations or habits.
I received my university degree in Computer Engineering from University of Naples in 2000, and in the last years I received several IT and project management certifications such as EUCIP (European Certification of Informatics Processionals), ISO 27001 Lead Auditor of security management for information systems, Management of Technology Transfer – University of Naples, PRINCE2 Certification for Project Management.
I have worked on many projects, financed by the European Union – IV, V, VI, and VII Framework Programme. Working for for University of Naples and CINI (National University Consortium of Computer Engineering) since 2001, where my activities where focused on e-learning technologies first and then moved on wireless, mobile and ubiquitous computing. In 2002 and 2004 I worked for University of Maryland, College Park MD in the United States.
From 2003 to 2006 I was CEO of an IT company where I was involved in project management for the design and deployment of wireless networks and for the design of an access control and billing software for Wi-Fi networks. I work as a consultant for IT companies in Italy, UK and USA mainly for project management and sales/marketing activities.
From 2009 I am Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives in Europe for a US based start up company (SentiMetrix) specialized in sentiment analysis and web analytics.
Short CV
Professional studies
- 1993: High School Diploma at Liceo “Umberto I” in Naples
- 2000: University Diploma in “Computer Science Engineering” – Università di Napoli “Federico II”. Thesis title: “A system for multimedia learning resources management via web, using Java/Xml/Xsl”
- 2002: University Laurea in Computer Science Engineering – Università di Napoli “Federico II”. Thesis title: “An XML repository querying system”
- 2004: EUCIP Certification, European Certification of Informatics Professionals
- 2005: Class Cisco Networking Academy, “CCNA”
- 2007: Course on Software Dependability: models and methods
- 2007: ISO27001 Certification for Lead Auditor ISO IEC 27001 for Information Security Management Systems
- 2007: Master on Management of Technology Transfer – University of Naples Federico II
- 2008: PRINCE2 Certification for Project Management (PRojects IN Controlled Environments)
- 2009: Course on Management of VII Framework Programme EU funded projects
Abroad working experiences
- 1999: Hardware and software assistance, Win 95 bug resolution, network support, HTML developing – “Fogarty International Center” – Bethesda, MD (U.S.A.)
- 2002: University of Maryland, College Park, MD (U.S.A.) – Collaboration on the IMPACT (Interactive Maryland Platform for Agents Collaborating Together) project: design and development of advanced search and retrieval systems for multimedia databases, native XML databases, MPEG-7.
- 2004: University of Maryland, College Park, MD (U.S.A.) – Collaboration with the Computer Science Department for advanced RDF-based search engines.
Experiences
- 1995-2000: Web design, development, testing and deployment
- 1998-2000: Design and development of city portals
- 2000 (Jul.-Nov.): Development of Data Bases with XML technology (Computer Science Department – University of Naples “Federico II”)
- 2000-2001: Working on the EASEL Project (“Educator Access to Services in the Electronic Landscape”), EU funded 5th Framework Programme R&ST:
Financial sponsor: European Union – IST Progam – 5th Framework Programme R&ST
- 2001: Design, development and testing of the national portal of AIDEA (Associazione Italiana Dottori in Economia Aziendale)
- 2001-2003: Working on the GUARDIANS Project, EU funded 5th Framework Programme R&ST:
Financial sponsor: European Union – IST Progam – 5th Framework Programme R&ST
- Sept. 2001 – July 2002: Research assistant at CINI Consortium (National Inter-University Consortium for Computer Science in Italy) on the “Labnet2” project.
- Aug. 2002 – Mar. 2003: Research assistant at CINI Consortium (National Inter-University Consortium for Computer Science in Italy) on the “Labnet2 Infrastrutture” project.
- Jan. 2003 – Jun. 2003: Research assistant and scientific consultant at the Computer Science Department of the University of Naples “Federico II”: research activity for ELASIS (FIAT Group) for the analysis and design of an advanced e-learning architecture.
- Jul. 2003 – 2006: working on the FIRB (Italian Funds for Basic Research) project for the analysis and experimentation of emerging technologies for advanced services on ubiquitous computing systems.
- 2003 – 2006: CEO of Wi-Fi People SRL, a company specialized in wireless infrastructures, and Wi-Fi networks access control.
- 2006 – now: Project management and support – Computer and System Engineering Department University of Naples “Federico II”
- 2007: Information Security Manager at ITEM Laboratorio “C. Savy” di Napoli
- 2008 – 2009: Operations Manager at Silensec LTD
- 2009 – now: Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives – Europe, at SentiMetrix Inc.
