Executive leader, digital business innovation, entrepreneur
Market Management Director at TeamSystem, founder of Aetha AI. In B2B SaaS since 2007: I founded and led AppsBuilder, Paperlit, and SwizzyLab, and led MailUp marketing at Growens.
Strategic leadership. Mergers and acquisitions (MailUp and ContactLab), reorganization of 240+ people, and creation of 3 new product lines.
Business growth. Management of a budget of over 31 million euros in revenue, with 20% year-on-year growth.
Product innovation. Founded and grew AppsBuilder, with over 5 million monthly active users in more than 20 countries.
Talent management. Teams of over 50 people with OKR-based performance systems and professional growth paths.
Fundraising. Over 3 million euros raised from private investors and Italian venture capital funds, managing investor relations.
Transformation. Post-merger integration between technology companies, with the cultural and operational transition.
Experience
TeamSystem · Milan
Market Management Director · Marketing Automation, CRM & AI business unit (Extended CRM, Cross BU)
Since January 2024Today
Leads bottom-up budget processes for revenue and P&L, assigning targets to the sales channels: indirect, field, direct, and digital sales.
Built forecast models and progress tracking to keep the budget under control.
Works with central marketing to align go-to-market strategy and execution for B2B SaaS products, in particular MailUp, CRM in Cloud, and TS Commerce.
Sets and consistently hits double-digit growth targets.
Reports to the Cross BU General Manager. Joined TeamSystem after the MailUp business unit acquisition from Growens.
Aetha AI
Founder · Full-stack AI product lab
TodayToday
Experiments with and builds full-stack AI products, including Arvo and Zeno.
Builds software around what AI can do today: a shared core, business-specific workflows, and systems that do the work.
Growens (MailUp and ContactLab) · Milan
Marketing Director
June 2021 – December 2023
Managed a 31-million-euro budget across email, SMS, and services, with revenue and EBITDA growth.
Managed an annual marketing opex/capex budget above 2 million euros, with a performance-based control and forecast model.
Reworked customer acquisition and expansion strategy, improving the marketing mix by 20-25% year on year.
Built a 12+ person team with OKR-based performance.
Led the ContactLab acquisition (due diligence and post-merger strategy): 240+ people reorganized and 3 new product lines launched.
Led the martech transformation: lead scoring, routing, and rotation, data analytics tools, and a full stack review.
Joined monthly reviews with the Growens Group CEO, CFO, President, and General Manager.
SwizzyLab (Artigiancassa, BNP Paribas group) · Milan
Founder and President
February 2017 – June 2021
Founded SwizzyLab as a Paperlit spin-off; it was then acquired by Artigiancassa, a BNP Paribas group company.
The company ran digital products for customers worldwide, with growth-oriented customer strategies.
Defined value propositions for several brands and designed a new SaaS product portfolio for SMBs and associations.
Scaled the technology to serve SMBs with Swizzy products in Italy.
Led business development of non-financial services for the BNL group partner banks and developed Artigiancassa digital and go-to-market strategy (2021-2024).
Paperlit · Milan
CEO and board member
September 2014 – February 2017
Founded Paperlit and AppsBuilder, leading product development and customer acquisition through a successful exit (due diligence and acquisition).
Led the AppsBuilder and Paperlit merger, repositioned the brand, and designed B2B advertising campaigns.
Ran all marketing channels (online and ATL, PR, e-commerce) and external agencies (media, creative, development, CRM).
Led a 50-person team, developing a lead generation program to support growth.
AppsBuilder · Milan
CEO and Co-Founder
October 2010 – January 2015
Raised over 3 million euros from private investors and Italian venture capital funds and managed investor relations.
Co-founded and scaled the platform to over 5 million monthly active users in more than 20 countries.
Led business model, SaaS product design, go-to-market strategy, and marketing (PR, alliances, social media).
Reached market leadership, with mentions in outlets like TechCrunch and Forbes.
Built a team of about 30 people to support growth.
WebPromoService · Turin
CEO and Co-Founder
2007 – 2011
Started a two-person startup: product and business strategy, web design and development (PHP, HTML, CSS).
Ran community and social media management and content creation.
Education
Politecnico di Torino
Computer engineering
2004 – 2009
Courses: computer science, human factors engineering, graphic design.
Skills
Technical
Digital transformation and innovation, UX/UI design (Sketch, Figma, Invision)
Full-stack development (HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, VueJS, NodeJS)
Cognitive services and AI (OpenAI SDK, ML Kit, Azure ML)
Systems administration (Linux, GCP, AWS)
Data analysis (SQL, BigQuery, Power BI, Looker Studio, Qlik, Tibco Spotfire)
Marketing automation and campaigns (Google Ads, Meta Ads, Segment, Tag Manager)
Business
Strategic budgeting and financial control
P&L analysis and margin improvement
Budget and resource management
Team leadership and talent development
Mergers and acquisitions management
Stakeholder and investor relations
Product marketing and go-to-market strategy
Martech stack implementation and optimization
Data-driven decisions
Areas of expertise
Digital transformation and innovation
Customer and user experience design (Design Thinking, Service Design)