Paola Di Maio

Current

• Researcher, Lecturer at MFU.ac.TH
• Business Intelligence Researcher at Cutter Consortium
• Owner and Main Slave at content-wire.com

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Past

• Various positions (media, consulting, journalism, publishing management) at International Business Press
• Intellectual Property Exec, International at Warner Chappell and Durium Records Milan

Education

• Christ Church College, Univ of Kent at Canterbury England
• South Bank University
• Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo

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Recommended

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Connections

181 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Paola Di Maio’s Summary

Multilingual systems analyst and software engineer specialising in: knowledge and content management systems design, expert systems design, ontology engineering, lives outside large cities like Bangkok, London, Milan

Specialises in conceptual framework definition and knowledge representation and modelling.

Business/IT Analyst and author for Cutter Consortium
Research consultant ICT for development projects currently based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Former science and technology correspondent for major European publications, expert Adviser for Science and Engineering Panels of the European Commission

Independent consultant and project manager (HCI, usability, extreme project management, just-in-time, distributed operations) is happy to consider suitable assignments worldwide, temperate climates preferred

Paola Di Maio’s Specialties:

Information Systems Analysis and Design
Knowledge Engineering, Business Process Engineering and Management
Content Management, XML/Rss, Ontology Development
Conceptual Representation, Process Analysis
Workflow Optimisation, Editorial and Publishing Processes, Information Architecture, Information Management, Operations Management, E-commerce
Social Networking, Capacity Building, Sustainable Development, Naturopathy,
Arts Therapy

Paola Di Maio’s Experience

• Researcher, Lecturer

  MFU.ac.TH

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

  June 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  IT Lecturer and Research - Operations Management, Knowledge Engineering, HCI
  Analyst and Consultant to Management
  Duties: develop syllabus and exam papers for IT subjects, deliver lectures, manage students, write reports, attend conferences, advise on research and website development strategy

• Business Intelligence Researcher

  Cutter Consortium

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Research and write reports on leading edge technology and business issues

• Owner and Main Slave

  content-wire.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)

  Editor and online publisher of High tech news.
  Independent consultant and researcher.
  Study theory and application of new online technologies, manage all aspects of online publishing operations, specialised development processes for internal adoption and clients. Systems analysis and design, remote project management and online collaboration.
  
  Lecture, organise technical seminars and presentations for international schools including Bocconi SDA University in Milan.
  
  Expert advisor for Engineering and Scientific Panels at the European Community.

• Various positions (media, consulting, journalism, publishing management)

  International Business Press

  (Publishing industry)

  January 1990 — January 2000 (10 years 1 month)

  Independent media consultant for medium sized international clients, short contracts (London, Hong Kong)
  
  Publishing management (bookstore management trade, events and customer liaison)
  
  Teacher and lecturer in modern languages and business communication (various schools and universities, London (89-96)
  
  Science and Technology Correspondent (freelance) for Sole 24 Ore Italy Publish reserch articles on various IT journals including Linea Edp in Italy. Visited tech labs worldwide and interview top scientists and researchers i

• Intellectual Property Exec, International

  Warner Chappell and Durium Records Milan

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

  January 1985 — March 1989 (4 years 3 months)

  Administration and day to day mangement of intellectual property rights and assets, Multilingual routine process support .Artists liaisons
  Attend live gigs and international events like Midem in Cannes
  Negotiate contracts, manage international distributed music production and related legal, administrative and marketing communication campaigns

Paola Di Maio’s Education

• Christ Church College, Univ of Kent at Canterbury England

  MSc, Information Systems, September 1998 — January 2000

  Software Engineering
  Object Oriented Development
  Data Modeling
  Artifical Intelligence, Expert Systems and Knowledge Automation

  Activities and Societies:

  Choral Society, Internal Martial Arts Trainee

• South Bank University

  BA Hons, International Business Administration, September 1989 — July 1994

  English, German, Spanish
  Studied and lived in Germany and Mexico

  Activities and Societies:

  Ju Jitsu Society, Part time tutoring and mentoring

• Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo

  Post Grad Certificate, Philology (linguistics), 1991 — 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  Summer course in Asturias Spain, Scholarship

Additional Information

Paola Di Maio’s Websites:

• My Website

Paola Di Maio’s Interests:

SOME PUBLICATIONS * “Rules for the Knowledge Organization” , June 2006 , Cutter it Journal * “Open Ontology for Humanitarian and Disaster Relief', open project * “Collaboration Principles Culture and Practice”, December 2006 Cutter * “Expertfinder for Poverty and Emergency Relief “ 1st Expertfinder Workshop * “Integrating Ontology and Software Engineering” Proceedings Ecticon/Ieee 2007 MFU * “SMS Alerts with Geolocation, setting up a test using the experience from Iceland Civil Defense”, NREM MFU. September 2007 * “Ontology for Business Intelligence” July 2007, Cutter.com * “ Piloting a Social Network for Emergency and Resilient Communities in GMS’ APEID Conference,, Unesco Bangkok, December 2007 2008 ** DEST/DEBII 2008 Ontologies and the Second Law of Thermodynamics ** ISCRAM 2008 George Washington University Ontology for Crisis Management "" Semantic Data Models, Cutter Consortium February 2008

Paola Di Maio’s Groups:

ACM, IEEE, SIGCHI

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Environmental Health & Safety Professionals
•    Emergency Management Infosys Networking Group
•    The Content Wrangler Community
•    Drupal Users Group
•    AIIC - Associazione Italiana Esperti in Infrastrutture Critiche

Paola Di Maio’s Honors:

OTHER ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENTS

Editor and Reviewer for selected publishers and research funding authorities

Special Session co-chair, George Washington University, Washigton
DC, May 2008
www.iscram.org/dmdocuments/ISCRAM2008/SpecialSessionsCFP/ISCRAM2008_CFP120.pdf

ASWC 2008 Thailand, Programme Committee

SWAHA Workshop to the be held at ASWC 2008, Programme Chair
http://sites.google.com/site/humanfactorsandsemanticweb/1st-workshop-human-factors-and-the-semantic-web

ISCW, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2008 Programme Committee

SIG CHI , Florence 2008 Programme Committee

OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY: Programme Commitee
www.open-knowledge-society.org/pc.htm

2009
Session Chair for DEBII Istanbul June 2009

Paola Di Maio’s Contact Settings

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