About
Director of IP & Legal Affairs at V-Nova with responsibility for all IP and legal matters. European and British Patent Attorney with both in-house and private practice experiences, and M.S. graduate in Electrical Engineering with a M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering. Advanced technical, mathematical and statistical background. Multilingual with strong communications skills and proven leadership. Committed, honest and friendly. Enjoys working in teams and determined to make a difference. EU citizen
Legal Specialties: Patent Law, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Rights, IP Development and Collaboration, Software and Open Source, EU & UK Patent Regulations and Developments, Standards Organisations and Procedures, IPR in Public Procurement.
Technical Specialties: Machine to Machine (M2M), mAnalytics, Rich Communications, Networks & Standards, Telecommunications (in particular LTE, WCDMA and multi-carrier systems), Digital Signal Processing, Statistical Signal Processing, Electromagnetics and Electronics
Work history
Director of IP & Legal Affairs
V-Nova Ltd.
August 2015 – Present (5 months)London, United Kingdom
Director responsible for all IP and legal matters, including leading on strategic and tactical IP and legal initiatives and assisting the board of directors
Head of Education & Professional Standards Committee
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
November 2014 – Present (1 year 2 months)London, United Kingdom
Chair of the Steering Committee of CIPA's Education & Professional Standards (E&PS) Committee with overall responsibility for the Committee and its governance
The purpose of the E&PS Committee is to advise Council on, and to carry out Council’s instructions on, all matters relating to professional standards and the education and training needs of CIPA members, and in particular to make recommendations on strategy and policy for CIPA on such matters
Council Member
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
May 2014 – Present (1 year 8 months)London, United Kingdom
Elected member of CIPA Council, the governing body of CIPA. Committed to represent young professionals and students
Patent Attorney
Vodafone
September 2012 – August 2015 (3 years)London, United Kingdom
Global IPR Counsel at Vodafone in charge of building and managing a large portion of Vodafone global patent portfolio related in particular to communication networks & standards, machine to machine (M2M) technology and architecture, network security, rich communication services and future technologies. Advising business on IPR contractual, commercial and strategic matters related to products, services and projects
Lead IPR counsel for Vodafone Automotive, a Vodafone company operating in the automotive and telematics sectors. Lead IP counsel for projects related to public tenders, M2M technology and architecture, communication network and standards, network security and future technologies. Lead adviser for global innovation generated in Vodafone España and Vodafone Italia.
Education Secretary
CIPA Informals
September 2011 – August 2014 (3 years)London, United Kingdom
Education secretary of the CIPA Informals, the student body of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. Responsible for coordinating education activities for trainee patent attorneys, for representing students before CIPA Education Committee and for contributing to future development of education activities within CIPA.
Trainee Patent Attorney
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co
June 2008 – September 2012 (4 years 4 months)London, United Kingdom
Trainee Patent Attorney at RGC Jenkins, assisting with drafting and prosecution of patent portfolios related to communication networks & standards, radio processors and modems, tracking algorithms, display devices and green technologies. Assisted with opposition procedures before the European Patent Office. Assisted in advising on freedom to operate for various funded projects in the energy sector.
Patent Prosecution Secondee
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
January 2012 – February 2012 (2 months)Greater San Diego Area
Secondee at KMOB San Diego, assisting with drafting and prosecution of patent portfolios related to communication networks & standards, radio processors and modems, tracking algorithms, display devices and green technologies. Assisted with opposition procedures before the European Patent Office. Assisted in advising on freedom to operate for various funded projects in the energy sector.
Honorary Secretary
CIPA Informals
September 2010 – September 2011 (1 year 1 month)London, United Kingdom
Honorary Secretary of the CIPA Informals, the student body of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. Responsible for the Informals Committee and for representing students before CIPA. The role includes organising and chairing meetings, as wells as coordinating acivities between Committee's members. Key achievements include leading the Informals to become a crucial contributor to CIPA matters, in particular relative to education, and extending the Committee activities and support to regions outside London.
Research and Teaching Assistant
Washington University in St. Louis
January 2006 – March 2008 (2 years 3 months)Greater St. Louis Area
Research and teaching assistant within the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) at Washington University in St. Louis, assisting with various projects and taught undergraduate courses
Research Scientist
Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC)
January 2005 – July 2005 (7 months)Oulu, Finland
Research Scientist at CWC, researching on a soft-iterative channel estimation in the context of turbo equalization. Designed and developed a practical and efficient estimation algorithm based on the analysis of the multipath channel subspace.
The work was the basis of my M.Sc. (Laurea) Thesis entitled "Soft-Iterative Estimation of Structured Channels for Wireless Communication Systems” and for two journal papers published on IEEE Trans. Signal Processing and IEEE Signal Processing Letters.
Education and qualifications
Queen Mary University of London
Certificate, Intellectual Property Law, Merit
2009 – 2010
Washington University in St. Louis
M.S., Electrical Engineering, 4.0/4.0 GPA
2006 – 2008
Politecnico di Milano
M.S., Telecommunication Engineering, 99/100
1999 – 2005
Liceo Classico "A. Volta"
Maturita' classica, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
1995 – 1999
