MSc in aeronautic engineering from Politecnico di Milano, MBA with greatest honors from Bocconi University, PhD fellow in innovation management at Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. Nicola worked for Pirelli Tires as machinery production line manager first; later he was appointed leader of the global R&D project management office. In 2004 he joined Ideal Standard International leading EMEA new product development projects. He’s lecturer of new product development at the International MBA, MIB, Trieste and teaches Seed and Venture Capital at the International MBA of the University of Pisa.