I am a a senior European project manager with over 19 years of experience in coordinating teams and EU consortia in R&D support programs. I collaborated in over 20 EU projects, coordinating two of them, in different programs: R4SMEs, ICT, NMP, SHH and under different funding framework (FP5, FP6, FP7, ICT-PSP, H2020, Tenders). I am a certified coach of the European Commission under the SME support program and certified mentor under Lean Startup Machine workshop, a three day programs aimed at validating products and services. I have been also advisor for Regione Lombardia for the design and launch of the Regional Open Innovation platform.