Michele Ficara [ michele@ficara.org ] Manganelli

Current

PRESIDENT at ASSODIGITALE
BOARD EXECUTIVE at GSA
SHAREHOLDER - BOARD MEMBER at KONTENT

CHAIRMAN - KEYNOTE SPEAKER at CONGRESS AND BUSINESS MEETING
ASSOCIATED and LICENSED MEMBER at A.R.I. ITALIAN RADIO AMATEUR ASSOCIATION

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Past

ANSA - Adviser Board of Directors at ANSA Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata Italiana
EUPHON Web e Interactive 100% EUPHON Spa - C.E.O at Euphon Spa (Euphon Web e Interactive)
FOUNDER - CEO - SHAREHOLDER at IMMEDIA PRESS - Partner PR NEWSWIRE - GMC ADNKRONOS GROUP

Member of the Department for Innovation of Forza Italia Italian Political Party at FORZA ITALIA
SHAREHOLDER - CEO at BIBA IDEE PREZIOSE - GIOIELLERIA.IT
INFERENTIA DNM Spa - Commercial Director at Inferentia DNM SPA now FULLSIX
MARKETING AND SALES MANAGER at Athena 2000 - Former Yond Fininvest Group - Now Mediadigit Fininvest Group
ASKESIS Spa TRABALDO TOGNA Group - Cassalombarda - Commercial and Marketing Director at Askesis Spa Trabaldo Togna Group - Cassalombarda
DIRECTOR TERRITORIAL BRANCH OFFICE at GMP FREE PRESS - MANZONI - Espresso Group
MARKETING AND EVENTS MANAGER at SPE RIFFESER Group
KOMPASS SEAT Group - Area Manager for the Lombardy at KOMPASS SEAT Group
L' OREAL ITALIA - Product Manager at L' OREAL
LIEUTENANT (OFFICER) ITALIAN AIR FORCE at ITALIAN AIR FORCE

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Education

Ettore Conti ITIS Milan Italy

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Michele Ficara [ michele@ficara.org ] Manganelli’s Summary

- Founder and President of ASSODIGITALE, the Association of Digital Industry in Italy http://www.assodigitale.it JOIN ASSODIGITALE LINKEDIN GROUP AT:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/579/495F910D59F6

- Assodigitale is the first Italian National Association that it is taken care to study the digital convergence and its applications in the processes of business.
Assodigitale is joined by main Italian Digital Industries.

- Evangelist about new shapes of video and Internet Television which NetTv - Iptv - Webtv - Videoblog - Videosharing - Streaming - Webcasting, with great passion for the creation of new content and television format.

- Expert Digital Magazine Publisher with adoption and optimizing of Google Adsense for maximizing Advertising Revenue.

- Founder e Builder of the Italian Digital Market of Press Release Distribution in partnerships with Pr Newswire and Adnkronos, the first Private Press Agency in Italy.

- I attended and often organised in quality of Chairman and Keynote Speaker many meetings organized in collaboration with the main sector companies, such as: Somedia – Business International – The Economist - Cegos – I.I.R.I. Institute of International Research – Apogeo, on the issues for the digital publishing business communication and the study of the new models of publishing business in the Internet and on new media in general.

- Evangelist about Digital Media Convergence, Web 2.0.

- Always passionate of business social networking i was between first people in Italy using Linkedin and other social networks like Viadeo and Neurona in order to create and develop my network of contacts.

-The Leading Italian Newspaper - Corriere della Sera - (over 500.000 copies sold) had featured me in an long article about LinkedIn and its job finding appliances here in Italy. Click here: http://www.corriere.it/vivimilano/speciali/2004/05_Maggio/04/lavoro.shtml

Michele Ficara [ michele@ficara.org ] Manganelli’s Specialties:

Study, analysis about new Digital Interactive TV format and Internet Television.

Study, analysis and launch on the market of start-up companies.

Expert in E-Commerce on E-Bay for the sale of various range of products (wholesale and by piece).

Expert in Merge, Acquisition and Management Buy Out about Italian Digital Companies.

Creation and Development of Business Social Network

Expertise in Digital Public Relation for Italian and European Market.

Michele Ficara [ michele@ficara.org ] Manganelli’s Experience

PRESIDENT

ASSODIGITALE

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

April 2004 — Present (4 years 9 months)

The association has the aim of promoting the new digital Italian industry sector, representing the companies operating a strategic use of its presence on digital media.

I have personally conceived and founded the association and currently, as the President, shall coordinate the development on the market and the editor of the portal Journal - www.assodigitale.it - that currently is one of digital magazine more followed in Italy on the themes of the new digital media.
BOARD EXECUTIVE

GSA

(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

March 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

GSA - ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALIZED ITALIAN JOURNALISTS is the association that protect and promotes the interests of the community of Italian Specialized Journalists.

My role IN THE BOARD OF EXECUTIVE like Responsible Institutional Relations consist in managing the relationships with the Italian agencies of government, BUSINESS WORLD, and the other associations of category.

Activities to corollary combination of deals to protect and promote the interests of the journalists professionals in the field of the specialized press (about 800 associates) and business world.
SHAREHOLDER - BOARD MEMBER

KONTENT

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

March 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

Kontent srl (former Triple Tv) is a Italian independent operator to provide a complete and scalable TV service via ADSL telecommunications ensuring the integration with the digital terrestrial TV.

My managerial intervention materialised in the negotiations for the definition of contracts for acquisition of rights for the re-broadcasting and electronic distribution of content.

Under my responsibility is also the relapse reworking and validation of the first Business Plan in report changes in the market of digital media Italian.

KONTENT is a company that make a triple play residential and Business application for italian and european market with special features like:

- VOD - Video on demand service for residential customers in italy

- Interactive and IPTV video service

- DTT digital terrestrial television services integration

- MHP application development

- Purchasing and re-distribuiting video content and UGC
CHAIRMAN - KEYNOTE SPEAKER

CONGRESS AND BUSINESS MEETING

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 1994 — Present (15 years)

I attended and often organised in quality of Chairman and Keynote Speaker many meetings organized in collaboration with the main sector companies, such as:

Systech - Somedia - Ticonuno – Business International – Cegos – I.I.R.I. Institute of International Research – BVE European Virtual Bank – Apogeo on line, The Economist.

On the issues for the digital publishing business communication, Internet Television such as Iptv NetTv WebTv UGC User Generated Content UGA User Generated Advertising new Interactive TV Format Mobile TV Triple Play and the study of the new models of publishing business in the Internet and on new media in general.

I organized and conducted a series of seminars financed by the Province of Milan and by the European Community concerning digital literacy of entrepreneurs and dedicated use B2B of the Internet by companies.
ASSOCIATED and LICENSED MEMBER

A.R.I. ITALIAN RADIO AMATEUR ASSOCIATION

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 1986 — Present (23 years)

A.R.I. ITALIAN RADIO AMATEUR ASSOCIATION is the first Italian Association of Radio amateur. My old callsign was IW2FTJ and my new callsign is IW2NIQ.

We work strictly with Italian Governement for new forms of analog and digital trasmission.

Also we have a public role in assurance and support of national communication network during earthquake and bad meteorogical events like tornado and snowing or when normal telecommunications going down for electrical blackout.

I am offically licensed by Italian Ministry of Communication.
ANSA - Adviser Board of Directors

ANSA Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata Italiana

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

May 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 6 months)

Consultant of Board with carry-over direct CEO ANSA Group for the creation of new editorial products, in this activity I have operated in concert with the consultancy Bain & associated for re-organization and re- positioning of the ANSA group .

My activity is related to the planning and realization of a innovative system of editorial products, to increasing the market penetration of the Group in the Italian and European market.

Implement new products and publishing systems capable of increasing the market penetration of the group ANSA in the market of digital media and Internet on Outdoor TV airports and highways and Business Tv.

In the ANSA Group I have coordinated a Business Unit dedicated to the development of digital products, which has daily contact with the marketing and commercial areas with three Product Manager and their assistants that I support in the many operational aspects and in relations with the many offices of the group in Italy and in the world.
EUPHON Web e Interactive 100% EUPHON Spa - C.E.O

Euphon Spa (Euphon Web e Interactive)

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; EUP-MI; Internet industry)

June 2002 — May 2003 (1 year)

C.E.O. of Euphon Web and Interactive with commitment to reorganize the controlled companies: Mozart Spa, Pivot Srl, Xmedia Srl. In these companies I covered it loads with member of the board of directors with delegation to the area marketing and trades them.

Also i have managed the agreement between Euphon web and Eutelsat Newco named Skylogic Italia for the build of Italian Satellite Uplink Teleport (Earth Station) located in our ground on Turin (Italy) for management of bidirectional internet link and application of Business Television.

This activity was part of the global plan of reorganization of the Euphon Group done in collaboration with the consultancy AT Kearney.

To this end had all the necessary operational delegation to the garrison and management of the responsibilities concerning the marketing areas, commercial and institutional communication, my activities provided the carry-over to the Board of Directors of the parent company Euphon Spa.
FOUNDER - CEO - SHAREHOLDER

IMMEDIA PRESS - Partner PR NEWSWIRE - GMC ADNKRONOS GROUP

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

January 1995 — June 2002 (7 years 6 months)

The company, which I founded in 1995 and that the1998 saw the entry in the capital of the press agency Adnkronos, work still in quality of information agency within the framework of enterprise communication (PIP-Primary Information Provider).

First in Italy Immediapress said now a new concept of "targeted dissemination" of information using all the digital media enjoyable by the public: this was the first real example (1998) of distribution "cross-media" of information primary, as widely shown by the media in the sector.

Immediapress was the exclusive partner for Italy of PRNewswire www.prnewswire.com multinational, property of the United Business Media Group (LISTED on the London Stock Exchange).

Immediapress issues news releases and pictures THROUGH its multichannel digital circuit that include: the adnkronos wire network, Immediapress' website and its network that consists of 11,000 websites, 350,000 e-mail Alerts diffused daily, the Teletext of Mediaset Television and Wap.
Member of the Department for Innovation of Forza Italia Italian Political Party

FORZA ITALIA

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 11 months)

Member of the Department for Innovation coordinated by Antonio Palmieri Responsible Internet and Communication of Forza Italia (the Political Party of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi).

I have the task to support the Government, and in particular the Ministers for Digital Innovation Stanca and the Ministers Gasparri for Communications in the research and development of innovating plans about E-Government and Electronic Commerce for the Technology for Italian Enterprises.

The consultant activities carried out for the Department have contributed to the approval of:

- Law 17/12/2003 Named "Stanca" on accessibility of the Multimedia Communication Project

- Contribution of State for purchase a PC for the Young people

- Regulation on using the European Patent for the Computer

- Contribution of State for purchase the TV Terrestrial Digital Decoder DTT

- Creation of the Guidelines for informatization in the Italian Public Administration and Governement.
SHAREHOLDER - CEO

BIBA IDEE PREZIOSE - GIOIELLERIA.IT

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

January 1995 — February 2002 (7 years 2 months)

Is the leading italian producer of Handmade Custom Jewellery and Bijoux(Rings, Earrings, Necklace, Bracelets, Home Furniture) made by Swarovski (R) Original Crystal Component and pure 925 silver.

We are also Owner of the biggest Ebay jewellery shop in Italy with over 1.500 products for sale online.

We produce about 70.000 pcs for month.

All our products are styled by Italian Hand and are totally Made In Italy.

We sell directly our products by internet at http://www.gioielleria.it

We produce also Promotional and Company Gift especially designed for professional needs.
INFERENTIA DNM Spa - Commercial Director

Inferentia DNM SPA now FULLSIX

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; INF-MI; Internet industry)

June 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 2 months)

Commercial Director Inferentia Spa Adnkronos Group, Today Benatti Group, quoted to the New Market of Borsa Italiana.

Here I hold the Commercial Direction with analyzing and perfecting the strategies of business on the new digital relationship media world with particular reference to the Web Marketing and to the new digital media planning.

Within the framework of strategic advice, I created and led to the implementation of certain events milestones in the history Internet Italian:

• E-shop, done under the auspices of SMAU and launched during many manifestation of 1999, was the first concrete example of electronic commerce in Italy and indicated as a pilot project Italian White Book in the Ministry of Industry.
• Web Marketing Zone, the first area of strategic advice on the new digital economy and the interactive marketing, made for 3 consecutive years within the field internet world of SMAU, which saw the presence of more than 150,000 visitors.
MARKETING AND SALES MANAGER

Athena 2000 - Former Yond Fininvest Group - Now Mediadigit Fininvest Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Commercial and Marketing Director at Athena 2000 Spa (Company founded by Veronica Berlusconi and currently pertaining to the Fininvest Group), with assignments of definition of the business strategies and of marketing for the development of systems of digital communication and the creation of virtual communities of interest.

In this position I also coordinated the delicate relationships with the other societies of the Fininvest/Mediaset Group bringing back directly to the property (having also attend contacts with actual Prime Minister of the Italian Government Silvio Berlusconi husband of Founder and Owner Veronica Berlusconi)
ASKESIS Spa TRABALDO TOGNA Group - Cassalombarda - Commercial and Marketing Director

Askesis Spa Trabaldo Togna Group - Cassalombarda

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

June 1994 — June 1995 (1 year 1 month)

Askesis Spa was one of the first Internet Service Provider to Complete Cycle in Italy, where I have planned the first plans of communication integrated on the World Wide Web and services of strategic web-marketing, coordinating the relationships with the companies of the Trabaldo Togna Group - Cassalombarda.
DIRECTOR TERRITORIAL BRANCH OFFICE

GMP FREE PRESS - MANZONI - Espresso Group

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

June 1992 — June 1994 (2 years 1 month)

Director of the subsidiary territorial Milan Province and Brianza, where, for the first in Italy in the context of the Group, I introduced the use of the Internet in the marketing/relational and managed the migration of the supports for the production editorial Agency towards the Apple Macintosh platform.

Also I managed the migration of the supports for the publishing production towards the platform Apple Macintosh.

For my activities I directly to the direction of commercial group
MARKETING AND EVENTS MANAGER

SPE RIFFESER Group

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

June 1990 — June 1992 (2 years 1 month)

As Marketing and Events Manager of the advertising concessionaire of the Riffeser Group I was responsible for the development of the definition of the relative marketing plans to the positioning on the market of the new advertising shapes tied to the sponsorship of events.

Such often my activities are made with the other structures of the group and therefore under my responsibility fell the management of the opportune synergies with the other structures of the Riffeser group.
KOMPASS SEAT Group - Area Manager for the Lombardy

KOMPASS SEAT Group

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

June 1988 — June 1990 (2 years 1 month)

In quality of Area Manager for the Lombardy I took care myself of the definition of the strategies of positioning of the first products of Directory on CD-ROM analyzing all the problematic related to the human resources using about of the new digital support.
L' OREAL ITALIA - Product Manager

L' OREAL

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Cosmetics industry)

June 1987 — June 1988 (1 year 1 month)

As Product Manager I took care of the impacts about the new relational strategies of the company toward the Italian Market also i coordinated the relation with several divisions of the group.
LIEUTENANT (OFFICER) ITALIAN AIR FORCE

ITALIAN AIR FORCE

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

January 1986 — May 1987 (1 year 5 months)

Like lieutenant (OFFICER) of the Italian Air Force with special assignments i worked with Italian Defense Ministry for a special project about new Weapons and new Warplane called "Tornado". At that times the projects was Top Secrets, now are of public dominion.

Michele Ficara [ michele@ficara.org ] Manganelli’s Education

Ettore Conti ITIS Milan Italy

Sup, Telecommunications, Electronic, Radio, September 1981 — August 1985

Activities and Societies:

I was a member oc School Council.