Franco Folini

Current

Director of Communications at BAIA Business Association Italy America
President & Co-Founder at Novedge LLC

Past

Chief Technologist at Actify, Inc.
Researcher at University of Parma
Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Brescia

Founder and Principal at UPSIDE Consulting
Researcher and Software Developer at CAD.Lab
Researcher (grant) at CNR
Researcher (grant) at Politecnico di Milano
Teacher at Istituto De Nicola

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Education

Università degli Studi di Milano
Liceo Scientifico Carlo Donegani - Sondrio

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Franco Folini’s Experience

Director of Communications

BAIA Business Association Italy America

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2006 — Present (2 years 6 months)

I sit on the Board of BAIA as Director of Communications. I'm in charge of the BAIA blog as editor and principal author. I'm also involved in the organization of events and in the definition of the organization strategy.
President & Co-Founder

Novedge LLC

(Computer Software industry)

April 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Novedge is the world's largest online store for CAD, CAM, and 3D graphics software. It is located in San Francisco, CA.
Chief Technologist

Actify, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2001 — February 2003 (2 years)

- Help define company strategic roadmap and vision.
- Responsible for the design and development of the Actify Server product line.
- Track record of successfully releasing products within schedule.
Researcher

University of Parma

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

October 1991 — March 2001 (9 years 6 months)

I held the position of Associate Researcher at the Parma University working at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. My research focus was on the CAD/CAM area (3D modeling and parametric design systems) and the adoption of CAD/CAM technologies in mechanical manufacturing companies.
Professor

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Brescia

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

October 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 6 months)

In charge of the class "Introduction to Computer Science".
Founder and Principal

UPSIDE Consulting

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UPS; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

March 1997 — February 2001 (4 years)

As a consultant I was helping small and medium companies to implement new technologies and processes in their existing organizations. Among the several customers: CAD.Lab SpA (BO) and Think 3 (USA), Regione Emilia Romagna (BO), Parco del Taro (PR), Bormioli Vetri (PR), Istituto Case Popolari (SO), Actify (USA), Guareschi (PR), Bocchi BRD Design (PR), Studi Delfi (PR), and many others.
Researcher and Software Developer

CAD.Lab

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 1989 — September 1991 (2 years 5 months)

Developed a series of prototypes to explore the integration of parametric technologies within the existing CAD.Lab product line.
Researcher (grant)

CNR

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

March 1988 — March 1989 (1 year 1 month)

I developed one of the first 2D and 3D parametric CAD systems based on a data model called HDAG (Hierarchical Direct Acyclic Graph). The HDAG and the CAD systems based on it have been described in several scientific publications.
Researcher (grant)

Politecnico di Milano

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

March 1987 — March 1988 (1 year 1 month)

I received a grant from Marangoni SpA (Rovereto, TN - Italy) to explore the parametric technology for mechanical CAD systems. I developed a prototype CAD system (2D and 3D) and published several scientific articles.
Teacher

Istituto De Nicola

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

November 1986 — January 1987 (3 months)

Teacher (professore) of Computer Science (informatica).