Alessandro Piana Bianco

Current

• Information Architect at Teachers TV

Past

• Project Manager at Dorna Sports S.L.
• Information Architect at Dorna Sports S.L.
• Broadcast Journalist at Dorna Sports S.L.

• Communication for Special Events at Flash Art International (Politi Editore)
• Localization at Sony Europe (SCEE Liverpool)
• Information Architect / Project Manager at Shorr Kan
• Broadcast Music Journalist at Radio Flash
• Journalist / Editor at Financial Press
• Tour Operator Planning and Content Manager at Il Tucano Viaggi

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Education

• IED - Istituto Europeo di Design
• Alicubi
• Università degli Studi di Torino

• University of New South Wales
• Università degli Studi di Torino
• Istituto Margara
• Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III)
• Liceo Scientifico Galileo Ferraris
• Educatorio della Divina Provvidenza
• Scuola Elementare Maria Montessori

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My web site (awcr.org)
• My RSS feed
• follow me on twitter @kurren

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Summary

I'm an Information Professional with 10 years' experience in Managing New Media Information, and Knowledge Management. Developing Governance Models, Procedures, and Policies.

As a New Media Strategist I help organizations understand New Media, and provide analysis on Content Policies across Private, and Public Networks.

I'm an Information Architect with a strong background in Back End/Content Management Systems, and organizations' Information Workflows. Proven skills in User Centered Design, and Findability.

A self-taught Marketer, I'm using my knowledge of New Media to help organizations face challenges in New Media scenarios, tracing trends and rethinking brand positioning. Proven expertise in web content optimization for SEO and SEM.

A background as a Professional Journalist, with experience in Communication, I have exceptional presentation and communication skills. A strong cultural background, I'm fluent in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. I have a basic knowledge of Catalan.

Worldwide working experience, I'm used to working in and operating with multi-cultural environments/scenarios.

Experience working in busy corporate environments, and to strict deadlines, maintaining the ability to think logically and analyze complex processes and issues.

I make complex issues easy to understand, facilitating access and use of tools.

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Specialties:

· Content inventory, strategy, and management;
· Records management classification schemas and retention policies.
· Taxonomy development, mapping, and implementation in complex environments;
· Implementing taxonomies in conjunction with navigation systems;
· Planning and development of CMS;
· Planning and overseeing user research, and usability tests;
· User Research and Usability Testing via Persona, Card Sorting, Focus Groups.
· Wireframes, mock ups and prototypes;

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Experience

• Information Architect

  Teachers TV

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Information Architect for teachers.tv
  
  Teachers TV is the digital channel for everyone who works in schools. Teachers TV is operated by an independent media consortium, Education Digital, which was selected by the DfES (now the Department for Children, Schools and Families).

• Project Manager

  Dorna Sports S.L.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Sports industry)

  September 2007 — August 2008 (1 year )

  Project Manager New Media, and motogp.com 2008 web site project.

• Information Architect

  Dorna Sports S.L.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Sports industry)

  May 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  In house Information Architect in charge of the Information Architecture for the Official MotoGP World Championship web site (http://www.motogp.com).
  
  · Wireframing, mock ups and prototyping;
  · Taxonomy development and implementation in complex environments;
  · Developing, mapping, evaluating, and maintaining taxonomies;
  · Training on taxonomy maintenance and tagging;
  · Implementing taxonomies in conjunction with navigation systems, (SEO) Search Engine Optimization and (SEM) Search Engine Marketing;

• Broadcast Journalist

  Dorna Sports S.L.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  May 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Broadcast Journalist, live commentating the MotoGP World Championship for Italian mobile operators.
  
  Broadcats Journalist, voice over for editorial videos for online publishing.
  
  New Media Journalist, for motogp.com, the official web site for the MotoGP World Championship.

• Communication for Special Events

  Flash Art International (Politi Editore)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)

  Communication advisor for special events for Flash Art International - The World's Leading Art Magazine.

• Localization

  Sony Europe (SCEE Liverpool)

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  May 2004 — October 2004 (6 months)

  Videogames content localization.
  
  Games Credited:
  Jackie Chan Adventures (2004), SCEE; SingStar Party (2004), SCEE
  
  Uncredited Games:
  EyeToy: Kinetic; Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves; DJ: Decks & FX House Edition; The Getaway: Black Monday; Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal;
  
  Bio on Moby Games: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,159710/

• Information Architect / Project Manager

  Shorr Kan

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 1999 — April 2004 (4 years 6 months)

  Main Responsibility : Information Architect/Project manager
  
  Other Responsibilities : Producer, Content Manager, Team Leader, Accessibility and Usability Expert
  
  Core Competencies : Deployment of Content and Document Management procedures and custom CMS/DMS. Information Architect for intra/extranets.

• Broadcast Music Journalist

  Radio Flash

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

  Radio Show Presenter.

• Journalist / Editor

  Financial Press

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 1997 — September 1999 (1 year 11 months)

  Journalist for a Economical and Financial Press Agency, Content Editor

• Tour Operator Planning and Content Manager

  Il Tucano Viaggi

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  April 1996 — November 1997 (1 year 8 months)

  Content Manager and Travel Planning for Africa/Middle East routes.

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Education

• IED - Istituto Europeo di Design

  Master , Videogame Design , 2003 — 2003

• Alicubi

  Master , Editing for Print Publishers and New Media , 2002 — 2002

  Book editing: Publishing House Organization; Editorial Notation; Editorial Editing; Notation & Indexing for Print Publications; Educational Publishing; Translation Editing; Desktop Publishing: tools; Printing Techniques; Publishing Workflow: cost analysis; Editorial Art Direction; Copyrights basis.
  
  Writing Fundamentals. Internet Editorial Writing.

• Università degli Studi di Torino

  Cinema, Television & Photography 1994 — 1996

• University of New South Wales

  English Language Proficiency , English Language , 1993 — 1993

  3 Months English Language Course
  Combined University Language Test - CULT
  
  UNSW - The University of New South Wales (http://www.unsw.edu.au/)
  CULT (http://www.lang.unsw.edu.au/cult/index.htm)

• Università degli Studi di Torino

  Communication Sciences 1990 — 1993

• Istituto Margara

  Diploma di Maturità Scientifica , 1988 — 1990

• Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III)

  French Language Proficiency , French Language , 1987 — 1987

  1 Month Summer Course in French Language
  
  Université de Montpellier III (Paul Valéry) - (http://www.univ-montp3.fr/)

• Liceo Scientifico Galileo Ferraris

  1986 — 1987

• Educatorio della Divina Provvidenza

  Diploma di Scuola Media Inferiore , 1983 — 1985

  The Educatorio della Divina Provvidenza is located in the heart of Turin (Italy), in the pedestrial area of 'la Crocetta' quarter, and is one of the more ancient cultural institution of the town, being founded in 1735. The Educatorio della Divina Provvidenza has always been an example for its innovating spirit, for its family support and its link with the local community.

  Activities and Societies:

  Boy Scout (AGESCI - Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts of Italy)

• Scuola Elementare Maria Montessori

  Diploma Scuola Elementare , 1980 — 1982

  Montessori (pronounced MON-tuh-SORE-ee) education was founded in 1907 by Dr. Maria Montessori, the first woman in Italy to become a physician. She based her educational methods on scientific observation of children's learning processes.
  
  Montessori emphasizes learning through all five senses, not just through listening, watching, or reading. Children in Montessori classes learn at their own, individual pace and according to their own choice of activities from hundreds of possibilities.
  
  To know more about the Montessori method, or to search for a Montessori school in your area, please visit the following URLs:
  
  http://www.montessori-ami.org/
  http://www.montessori.org/
  http://www.montessori.edu/

  Activities and Societies:

  Boy Scout (AGESCI - Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts of Italy)

Additional Information

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Websites:

• My web site (awcr.org)
• My RSS feed
• follow me on twitter @kurren

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Interests:

- Information Architecture, User Experience, HCI. - Journalism, New Media Communication, Photography - Virtual Worlds, Video Games. - Post Modern and Contemporary North American Literature (Thomas Pynchon, Don De Lillo, Douglas Coupland, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Chuck Palahniuk, Philip Roth), Linguistics and Semantics (Noam Chomski, Umberto Eco). - Indie Rock Music (Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Flaming Lips, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Velvet Underground), Electronic (Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Air, Chemical Brothers). - Swimming, Surfing, Snowboarding. - Backgammon.

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Groups:

Member of The Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org/) - The Information Architecture Institute is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture. Founded in 2002, the Institute has over 1000 members in 60 countries., Member Ordine dei Giornalisti (Italian Professional Journalist Association) (http://www.odg.it/), Member of The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (http://www.ifj.org/) - The International Federation of Journalists is the world's largest organisation of journalists. First established in 1926, it was relaunched in 1946 and again, in its present form, in 1952. Today the Federation represents around 500.000 members in more than 100 countries.

•    Content Management Professionals
•    Semantic Web
•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    Barcelona Professionals
•    Mobile Content
•    Social Media Marketing
•    2012 London Olympics & Paralympics
•    International project & programme management forum
•    UK Content Management Group
•    Media & Entertainment Professionals
•    Sports Recruitment International
•    Presentation Gurus!
•    MS PowerPoint professional users
•    Twittering
•    Social TV - next generation media (Web 2.0, mobile, digital video broadcast, DTV, STB, MHEG, IPTV)

Alessandro Piana Bianco’s Honors:

Featured on:

Cacciatori e prede.
Il caso "Manhunt". I videogiochi nell'era dell'isteria mediatica.
(authors: Alessandro Piana Bianco, Davide Massara, Roberto Magistretti, Andrea Villa, Andrea Bellerofonte), in "Gli strumenti del videogiocare".
Costa & Nolan. Milano 2005

WEB DESIGNERS EXPERIMENTS
Agli Antipodi del Web Design
Editoriale Sometti, Italy 2001

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