Andrea Vascellari

Current

• Official Blogger at Conferences / Events
• Founder at Sometu English
• Coordinator at Suupohja Living Lab (Finland)

• Host & Producer at VMC - Vascellari Media Channel (andreavascellari.blip.tv)
• CEO and Founder at iTive.net
• Speaker & Moderator at Conferences / Events
• Author at AndreaVascellari.com

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Past

• Marketing Professor at Suupohjan Ammatti-Instituutti/Kauppaoppilaitos
• e-Learning Coordinator at University of Vaasa (Finland)
• Project Manager, X-Cell Innovation Department at SEK - Suupohjan Elinkeinotoimen Kuntayhtymä (Finland)

• Host - BEC Business English & Culture course at Suupohjan Ammatti-Instituutti/Kauppaoppilaitos
• ICT Consultant and International Coordinator at Suupohjan Kehittämisyhdistys ry (Finland)
• Founder at A-PP (Italy)
• TV-Presenter at Gruppo Industriale Milano (Italy)
• CAD Designer at ASCOPIAVE (Italy)

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Education

• Università degli Studi di Udine
• Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Andrea Vascellari’s Summary

* Communicator, Blogger, Podcaster, Entrepreneur.
* Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
* Areas of research: Emerging communication technologies, social media and their effective use in organizational communication.
* Extensive knowledge of Internet/software industry (and related technologies).
* Language skills: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Finnish.
* Programming skills: PHP, CSS, HTML, Flash (actionScript), MySQL, Pascal.
* Persona: highly self-motivated, solutions-oriented, multi-task, team player, open-minded, flexible and highly adaptive in fast paced environments.

Andrea Vascellari’s Specialties:

Online communications, PR, marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, management, blogging, podcasting, ICT, RIA, CMS.

More info at:
www.andreavascellari.com

Andrea Vascellari’s Experience

• Official Blogger

  Conferences / Events

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  My role:
  - Online event promotion
  - Live coverage from the venue (either on event's blog, andreavascellari.com or through other social media channels)
  - Long-tail coverage: back-stage interviews, video sessions, audio reports (on andreavascellari.com)
  
  Events:
  - Web 2.0 Expo (Berlin, Germany) '08
  http://www.web2expo.com/webexberlin2008
  -- Web 2.0 Expo (New York, US) '09
  http://www.web2expo.com/ny
  * Honors: Media Pass winner; Blogger Outreach Programme Award winner for overall effort and referrals http://www.andreavascellari.com/?p=892
  
  - Le Web (Paris, France) '08-'09
  http://www.lewebparis.com/
  http://www.leweb.net/
  
  - DLD Digital Life Design (Munich, Germany) '09
  http://www.dld-conference.com
  
  - Next09 (Hamburg, Germany) '09
  http://www.next-conference.com/next09
  
  - Somesso (London, UK; Zurich, Switzerland) '09
  http://somesso.com/london09/

• Founder

  Sometu English

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Sometu (http://sometu.ning.com/) is an open network for everyone interested in social media and learning (not only in the educational sector). It was founded in Finland (Nov. 2007) and today counts over 1200 members.
  
  In Oct. 2008 I created Sometu English a group that opened Sometu internationally to non-Finnish speaking audience (http://sometu.ning.com/group/english).

• Coordinator

  Suupohja Living Lab (Finland)

  (Research industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  - Project's aim: Co-operation between public, private and the third sector to innovate and develop practical, regional, national and EU’s IST (Information Society Technologies) applications.
  
  - Principal: User centered IST innovation and development in real environment.
  
  Suupohja Living Lab is part of the European Network of Living Labs. Its concept and actions are part of the Regional Development Center Programme for the District of Kauhajoki, which is managed by the Federation of Municipalities for Economic Development in Suupohja region (Finland).
  
  IST - Information Society Technologies is one of the thematic priorities in the European Union Sixth Framework Programme for research and technological development. The research activities funded in this framework address both technical aspects (hardware, software, knowledge) and societal challenges (communication, collaborative working, education) of Information Technologies.

• Host & Producer

  VMC - Vascellari Media Channel (andreavascellari.blip.tv)

  (Internet industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Today the digital economy is dominated by everyday new and wider networks, digital communities, social media and customer-driven markets. This media channel takes you into this new era where institutions, organizations and businesses embrace digital communication technologies in their everyday routine more competitively.

• CEO and Founder

  iTive.net

  (Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  iTive is specialized in digital strategy consulting. This is first and foremost a consulting firm that supports its clients to embrace digital innovation. iTive services are driven towards creative design, new media and communication.
  
  - Clients: Corporate, government, education system, SMEs, non-profit, individuals/freelancers

• Speaker & Moderator

  Conferences / Events

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  I keynote, moderate, and speak at industry conferences, corporate events, and training workshops.
  - Topics: Online Communications, Social Media, Marketing and PR.
  - Past engagements: http://www.andreavascellari.com/?page_id=1162

• Author

  AndreaVascellari.com

  (Internet industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  AndreaVascellari.com is dedicated to PR, marketing, social media and communications.
  On this blog in addition to my usual posts, I share anything from my experience that could help you. Suggestions, tips, strategies…

• Marketing Professor

  Suupohjan Ammatti-Instituutti/Kauppaoppilaitos

  (Education Management industry)

  August 2008 — July 2009 (1 year )

  (Finland) The course gives an introduction about ‘strategic marketing’ and goes deep into the structure of ‘operative marketing’ and ‘relationship marketing’ with focus on their evolution.
  The last part of the course is dedicated to ‘new marketing’ concentrating on how the Internet and emerging technologies are reshaping classic business models & entrepreneurship.
  
  Few of the activities done with the students:
  http://www.andreavascellari.com/?p=2845
  http://www.andreavascellari.com/?p=2717

• e-Learning Coordinator

  University of Vaasa (Finland)

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

  October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)

  e-Learning Coordinator in Corporate University Project (Vaasa; Finland) (http://www.uwasa.fi/english/)

• Project Manager, X-Cell Innovation Department

  SEK - Suupohjan Elinkeinotoimen Kuntayhtymä (Finland)

  (Government Relations industry)

  June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)

  Aim: X-Cell is testing, piloting and presenting new social media solutions for organizations, educational system and companies.

• Host - BEC Business English & Culture course

  Suupohjan Ammatti-Instituutti/Kauppaoppilaitos

  (Education Management industry)

  February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)

  I hosted BEC a Business English & Culture course for Finnish managers and executives.
  
  Objective:
  To give a solid preparation aiming to develop the participants' understanding of business English communication and business culture.
  
  Course:
  The course combined the core basis of business English with a wide range of social and cultural aspects that are essential in today’s business world. In addition to this with BEC I provided a full package of tips and digital tools to help the attendees and their organizations to better communicate at international level.

• ICT Consultant and International Coordinator

  Suupohjan Kehittämisyhdistys ry (Finland)

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)

  My work focused on: The use of new ICT (Information & Communications Technologies) to better respond to the needs of today's companies, organizations, public administration and local actors in business in order to grow, improve and get ready for the internationalization.
  At the same time I worked on side projects to create new business opportunities through international cooperations between Finnish companies and companies from other countries.

• Founder

  A-PP (Italy)

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1998 — 2005 (7 years )

  In 1998 I started A Project Productions (A-PP) my first own company working as a professional dee jay. Through the years A-PP grew and with my staff we focused on music industry events PR & marketing. Among the different multimedia channels adopted to better reach target audiences, the Internet is what became the center of A-PP activities.

• TV-Presenter

  Gruppo Industriale Milano (Italy)

  (Media Production industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  I worked as a presenter and interviewer in four different TV programs:
  - Shakerplanet
  - Agenda Aperta
  - Sky
  - Queen
  These were music-networks programs.

• CAD Designer

  ASCOPIAVE (Italy)

  (Design industry)

  1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

  Designer in the CAD department.

Andrea Vascellari’s Education

• Università degli Studi di Udine

  Economics 1999 — 2006

  [Country: Italy]
  Master’s Degree in Business Administration
  - Specialization: Entrepreneurship
  - Thesis: New Information and Communication Technologies
  - Honor: First English written Thesis - University of Udine, Italy (Faculty of Economics)
  
  Additional courses:
  - Business English
  - ACCENTURE Business Plan Course

  Activities and Societies:

  Mentor to International Exchange Students

• Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

  Economics 2003 — 2004

  [Country: Spain]
  Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
  
  Additional Courses:
  - Inglés Comercial
  - Investigación Comercial

Additional Information

Andrea Vascellari’s Interests:

sport, traveling, reading, photography, video, new media, music, learning new languages, embrance new challenges, push personal limits forward

Andrea Vascellari’s Groups:

•    Friends of Finland
•    Virtual Networker Society
•    "friendfeed" friends
•    Sometu
•    Web 2.0 Expo

Andrea Vascellari’s Honors:

- First English written Thesis - University of Udine, Italy (Faculty of Economics) title: New Information and Communication Technologies
- SOCRATES scholarship (2003/04)
- BOP Award Web 2.0 Expo ( http://www.andreavascellari.com/?p=863 )

Andrea Vascellari’s Contact Settings

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