Publications
Engineering and scientific research
Optimization Based on Bacterial Chemotaxis, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Neural Networks Council, Volume 6, No. 1, February 2002
Published on the IEEE journal for evolutionary computation and cited in more than 180 scientific papers on artificial intelligence, machine learning, engineering.
Optimization Algorithms Based On Models Of Bacterial Chemotaxis, SAB 2000 Supplement Conference Proceedings Book, ISAB, 2000
Published and presented at the 6th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (Paris, 2000).
Project management, strategy and business development
The Dual Role of Project Manager/Functional Manager: Does it Work?, PMI Virtual Library, Project Management Institute, 2010
Published internationally in digital format for the Project Management Institute, translated in Spanish (¿Es bueno ser Director de Proyectos y Gerente Funcional a la vez?) for PMI Latin America and in Portuguese (O duplo papel do Gerente de Projeto/Gerente Funcional: Funciona?) for PMI Brazil.
The dual role project manager / functional manager: does it work?, PM@CH – The Swiss Project Management Review, August 2009, Project Management Institute Switzerland Chapter, 2009
Published on the PMI Switzerland Chapter journal.
Project Management: il controllo dei progetti con il metodo Earned Value, Scheda IFCAM 133 Direzione e politica aziendale, Camera di Commercio Cantone Ticino, 2009
Published on the journal of the Southern Switzerland Chamber of Commerce.
IT offshore outsourcing: i fattori nascosti che influenzano i costi globali, Scheda IFCAM 134 Direzione e politica aziendale, Camera di Commercio Cantone Ticino, 2010
Published on the journal of the Southern Switzerland Chamber of Commerce.
Se i fattori nascosti influenzano i costi, Business, Settembre 2009, Gruppo Food, 2009
Published on the Italian magazine Business (Gruppo Food, more than 50’000 printed copies).
Product management , e-commerce and mobile commerce
M-shopping: La rivoluzione è iniziata, Green Business, August 2012, Gruppo Food, 2012
Published on the Italian Magazine Green Business (Gruppo Food, more than 50’000 printed copies).
La user experience e il principio di Pareto, uxmagazine, Book 01, Sketchin, 2009
Published on the Italian web magazine on user experience uxmagazine.
Teaching
Payment cards: innovation and trends, course for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Manager and for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Fintech at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), 2018-2024.
Guest interview on payment solutions at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Europe Conference in Hamburg, Germany , 2023.
Guest speaker on “Experiences on the impact of AI on the financial industry” at the GlobalTech Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland , 2023.
Guest speaker on “Privacy: a journey into the future of payments” at the GlobalTech Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland , 2022.
Guest speaker on e-commerce payment methods for the Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera, 2021.
Guest speaker on Bitcoin and blockchain at Rotary Club Switzerland Liechtenstein, Mendrisiotto chapter, 2018.
Carte di credito e nuove app per gli acquisti senza contanti, interview at the Swiss national radio (SRG SSR, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana), 2016.
Guest speaker on innovation and future payment trends at the Visa Innovation Center @ Spielfeld Digital Hub, Berlin, 2016.
Guest speaker at the Visa Europe fair booth at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 2015, presenting and demonstrating mobile payment solutions.
Social commerce and mobile commerce, guest speaker for the Certificate of Advances Studies “Progettare, gestire e promuovere un sito di e-commerce” at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), 2013.
Speaker at the International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, organized by the International Society for Adaptive Behavior (ISAB), Paris, 6th edition, 2000.
Awards
Visa Switzerland Innovation Award 2023, for Visa Commercial Pay market launch.
Visa Switzerland Innovation Award 2017, for Samsung Pay market launch.
Visa Switzerland Innovation Award 2016, for Apple Pay and Swatch Bellamy market launches.