Raffaele Giordanelli
Cofounder, CEO and CTO
Raffaele Giordanelli was one of the Eco4Cloud’s founders and he managed the first growth of the company, working in particular on prototyping business solutions, raising capitals (DPixel, Principia II and Tim Ventures invested in Eco4Cloud) and securing important clients.
Previously Researcher at the Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking of the Italian National Research Council (ICAR-CNR). His research interests include grid and cloud computing, P2P networks and bio-inspired computing. After his first publications, he grew passionate about startups, and he is well-known into the italian startup community.
Ivana Pellegrino
Co-founder and CFO
Graduated in Economics, Entrepreneur, Business Consultant and Advisor.
Broad experience in IT Projects, especially ERP solutions. She holds the ISIPM Certification from the Italian Institute of Project Management.
Ivana covers the full spectrum of corporate governance and corporate finance, and specializes in granting public funds for Italian and international projects, and in administration and financial accounting.
Carlo Mastroianni
Co-founder and Chief Scientist
Computer Engineer, Researcher at the Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking of the Italian National Research Council, ICAR-CNR, Cosenza, Italy. Previously, he worked at the Computer Department of the Italian Prime Minister Office. Internationally renowned research activity on Cloud and Grid computing, nature-inspired algorithms, multi-agent systems. Articles on some of the most prestigious journals, e.g. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems. Best Paper Awards at European Grid Conference 2005 and CCGrid 2009 (Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing).
Agostino Forestiero
Co-founder and Chief Architect
Computer Engineer and PhD in Computer Science. Researcher at the Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking of the National Research Council of Italy. He coauthored over 50 scientific papers published in international journals and conference proceedings.
Best Paper Award at Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing Conference 2009 (Shanghai). His research interests include cloud and green computing, P2P networks, cyber security, and swarm intelligence.
