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Full Name
Salvatore Majorana
Headline
I'm a Tech Transfer passionate
Quote
When trying to innovate you never lose: you either win or learn. (free adaptation from Nelson Mandela's)
Long Bio
Salvatore is the Director of Kilometro Rosso (www.kilometrorosso.com), the Innovation District in Bergamo (Italy), dedicated to develop collaboration and cross fertilization between research and industry in new products & services creation.
With a solid experience in patent portfolio management, IP licensing and tech-based start-up creation, Salvatore’s core activity stays on technology valorization and new product/service development. Among his activities, he launched CYSERO, a VC Fund promoted by Kilometro Rosso and AVM Gestioni SGR to invest in startups focused on Cybersecurity and Robotics.
Salvatore is founder of Eureka! Fund (www.eurekaventure.it), a VC fund focused on early stage technology in the field of material science and engineering, aimed at creating new ventures from top quality scientific research in the field of environmental sustainability, mobility, energy and well-being.
Prior to join Kilometro Rosso, Salvatore served as Director of Technology Transfer at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, a top tier research center active in the fields of robotic, materials and life science. He was Managing Director of an investment company, Managing Consultant for AT Kearney and Deloitte, investment analyst for the KIWI Investment Fund and expert researcher at Telecom Italia Lab (CSELT).
He graduated with honor in Engineering from University of Catania (Italy), was visiting scholar at UC Berkeley (USA) and gained his MBA at INSEAD (France and Singapore). Among his appointments, he serves as Vice President of the IASP (www.iasp.ws) the worldwide association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation. Other roles include: PoC Expert Reviewer for ERC – European Research Council; Expert Reviewer for EIT – European Institute for Innovation and Technology; he's been board member at InnovUp (the Italian Association of science parks, start-ups and innovation players); President of the jury at nation-wide start-up circuit Premio 2031 (formerly “Premio Gaetano Marzotto”); member of the board at the Digital Innovation Hub of Bergamo; member of the Technical Board of the Competence Center MADE on I4.0; member of the Technical Advisory Board of the FROM Foundation for research in the clinical field in support to Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital of Bergamo. Father of three, he teaches courses on innovation and new business development and is a renowned speaker on these topics.
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