Giuseppe Taibi

Current

• Owner at Independent Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
• Owner at SmartWorlds

Past

• VP Technology at WEGO Health
• CTO, QuitNet at Healthways

Education

• Boston University
• Università degli Studi di Palermo

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• Olio Taibi Organic Olive Oil

Giuseppe Taibi’s Summary

Giuseppe Taibi is an Italian-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 1995 he co-founded Altoprofilo, after earning his Laurea degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Palermo with a thesis in the branch of Artificial Intelligence known as Knowledge-Based Systems. Altoprofilo was one of the first Italian consulting companies exclusively focused on Internet-enabled business. In 1999 Altoprofilo secured several million euros in funding by MyQube, a venture capital fund participated by high-profile investors including Pirelli, Benetton, Banca Intesa and Merrill Lynch. Altoprofilo grew from 3 founders to an interdiscipinary team of 90 Altoprofilici with headquarters in Milan, Italy and Boston, MA.

Altoprofilo quickly established itself as one of the most well-regarded and forward-looking Internet consultancies in Italy. Such reputation helped securing large contracts with customers in media, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail and finance. While at Altoprofilo, Giuseppe became a founding member of the International Council at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs directed by Prof. Graham Allison and attended the 2002 World Economic Forum, held in New York City instead of Davos, Switzerland, because of 9/11.

From January 2005 to May 2007, Giuseppe joined QuitNet, the world’s largest smoking cessation program, as Chief Technology Officer for managing the growth of its highly trafficked web portal and maximizing its value. During his tenure at QuitNet, the company went through 2 succesfull mergers, first with Axia Health Management, and then with Healthways, a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company (NASDAQ: HWAY).

From May 2007 to February 2008, Giuseppe joined online health information rating and ranking startup WEGO Health as VP Technology. WEGO Health was founded by former Yahoo! Health executive Jack Barrette.

Giuseppe consults for startup innovating in Web 2.0 and mobile multimedia.

Giuseppe Taibi’s Specialties:

iPhone SDK, Web technologies, Online Health, Mobile computing

Giuseppe Taibi’s Experience

• Owner

  Independent Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  February 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Help entrepreneurs developing technology-driven products revolving around cutting edge technologies in Web 2.0, mobile and multimedia. Special focus on consumer-facing applications.

• Owner

  SmartWorlds

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2002 — Present (6 years 10 months)

• VP Technology

  WEGO Health

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  May 2007 — February 2008 (10 months)

  WEGO Health is focused on innovation in online consumer health. Our only explicit goal is to complement (not duplicate) current offerings to better meet consumers’ needs. We see a number of opportunities in the broad white space between online destinations - like WebMD, Revolution Health, and Yahoo! – and one-off feature/tool builders. WEGO Health is actively hiring now, looking for folks with technology, Web 2.0 and online experience in and outside health.

• CTO, QuitNet

  Healthways

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HWAY; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  January 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  QuitNet is host to the world's largest community of smokers and ex-smokers helping each other quit. Our unique web-based service is visited and used by hundreds of thousands of people each year. QuitNet brings proven scientific methods to the Web to deliver personalized content, intensive social support, expert advice and pharmaceutical product information to tobacco users.
  
  Led through 2 successful mergers. First with Axia Health Management in October 2005. Then with Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) in October 2006. Doubled technical staff. Tightly controlled costs. Dramatically improved stability, reliability and performance of infrastructure and web and database application. Hired and fired personnel. Introduced virtual computing technologies (VMWare). Introduced open source Wiki for knowledge management. Kept morale high through challenging times. Agile and test-driven development. Coordinated with distributed development resources and remote infrastructure.

Giuseppe Taibi’s Education

• Boston University

  Visiting Scholar, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, 1998 — 2000

• Università degli Studi di Palermo

  PhD, Software, Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering, 1986 — 1999

Additional Information

Giuseppe Taibi’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• Olio Taibi Organic Olive Oil

Giuseppe Taibi’s Groups:

Health 2.0, web innovators, betahouse, ETech

•    Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...3500 members & growing!

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