ABOUT ME: WORK & ACADEMIA
I hold a Bachelor degree in International Studies from University of Trento, a MSc in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University (with an exchange semester at Stockholm School of Economics), both earned with honors. In June 2023 I earned my PhD (cum laude) in Business Administration & Management at Bocconi University.
I have served as students' representative in the PhD School Council (4-years mandate) and I have been teaching at the executive, graduate and undergraduate levels since my second year of studies, alongside conducting several projects together with leading firms in the Italian innovation landscape.
Before starting the academic path, I have worked as an Economic Consultant for the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg.
In September 2023, I accepted the challenge of an innovative hybrid position between academia and the private sector. I serve as the Chief Research Scientist at Cerved, one of Italy's leading data providers for banking and economic data, while continuing to pursue academic research as a Fellow of the ION Management Science Lab at SDA Bocconi .
MY VOLLEYBALL STORY
I have been a proud and passionate volleyball player since 2006, and I thought that this webiste deserved a small section on this important chapter of my life.
I started playing when I was 14, in the youth teams of Trentino Volley, where I won several regional championships and (above all) the Youth Italian League in the 2010-11 season. Pursuing my childhood dream of becoming a professional player, I played for two seasons in the top Italian league (Superlega - Serie A1) with San Giustino Volley and Verona Volley. Meanwhile, I continued my bachelor's studies and wrote my own blog for a regional online newspaper.
While loving the game and life as a professional player, I decided to prioritize my studies and declined several professional offers to start my MSc in Economics at Bocconi, while continuing to play in the Italian Serie B. I kept playing even during my Erasmus in Stockholm and my work experience in Luxembourg, where I won the National Championship with the Fentange team in the 2017-18 season.
Returning to Milan in 2018 to start my PhD, I played for three consecutive seasons with Volley Garlasco, winning the Italian Serie B league in the 2020-21 season, which earned us the right to play in the Italian Serie A3 in the 2021-22 season. Since the 2022-23 season, I have been playing in the Italian Serie B, currently being the captain of the Desio Volley Brianza team. You can find more details about my volleyball career here or here, and some media coverage about my "dual career" here and here (in Italian).