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(1994 - 2002)
2018
2023
M Accelerator by MEDIARS LLC is currently running the US CleanTech Desk of the Italian Trade Agency.
2020
M Accelerator Provides Strategic Support to accelerators, incubators, VC funds and private equity, and Top Global Government Agencies.
2018
ReThink the Accelerator Model. M Accelerator is a program tailored for founders across cultures and borders. Tracks: Ideation, Early Stage, Later Stage Startups, Global Cohorts. ✅ Go To Market ✅ Product Market-Fit ✅ Fundraising ✅ Open Innovation ✅ Business Design ✅ Growth Hacking and Digital Marketing Learn more about our approach: Startup Program [pre-seed / seed]: https://maccelerator.la/en/online-accelerator-program/ Founders Cohorts [PFM]: https://maccelerator.la/en/ma-founders-cohorts/ Founders' Network: Join our Platform and Build Your Business With Us. Later Stages: PoCs, Partnerships, Market Expansion, Open Innovation Initiatives.
2020 - 2021
2008
2008
A multimodal tech design studio that creates meaningful and engaging experiences for architecture, screens, and themed destinations. We have built solutions, POC, pilots, RnD, and partnerships with companies like Marriott, Google, Rolls Royce, Universal Studios, Disney, Siemens. In 2018 MEDIARS launched Mediars Accelerator www.mediars.la
2015 - 2016
On the facade of the Marriot Hotel, Pasadena Waterfall, a permanent gateway and interactive lighting sculpture. Artist and Designer, City of Pasadena public art project. Topics addressed: climate change, sustainability, smart cities, building automation, cyberphysical installation. www.pasadenawaterfall.info
2013 - 2015
Universal Studios Japan Christmas Show 2013 - 2015, Interaction Designer supporting Master Projectionist Bart Kresa.
2010 - 2010
Lead Interaction Designer, Opening ceremony of World of Colors ($75M) at Disney California Adventure.
2009 - 2010
Sponsored by Siemens, National Trust, Morley Composite and Karborek (Sold to Boeing). Artist and Designer for CO2morrow, the work consists of directing the design and fabrication of the 28-foot-tall carbon fiber structure that visualizes CO2 and Oxygen levels (LED lighting) in the UK was exhibited at the Royal Academy of the Arts in London (next to Anish Kapoor) and Delaval Hall. The work was presented at the COP15 and received international media coverage associated with Smart Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change.
2008 - 2010
Canary Indicators, Visualizing energy consumption for commercial buildings. Prototype/install for a case study. Field: Sustainability, Smart Cities. -Exit
2006
The Centro Sperimentale MEDIARS main goal is to create innovation and increase the capabilities for the action of small and medium-sized towns within the internationalization of the context of their relations. The Centro Sperimentale is a non-profit creative hub that fosters mobility, research, education, and production, working with a multidisciplinary / multimodal creative process on media, art, culture, and technology. Over the years, the center has organized many international workshop programs in the design creativity field. MEDIARS built an international network that includes universities, companies, professionals, and public institutions. Collaborating with private and public entities, MEDIARS uses new media as a glue for the different disciplines and fields represented by the individuals involved in each project, either educational or artistic, our goal is always to work across cultural differences and identities. MEDIARS runs a yearly international workshop on New Media and Culture in collaboration with local municipalities and other institutions.
2011 - 2014
2011 - 2014
Founded and Directed a new International Research Program on Storytelling and Technology sponsored by the Ministry of Youth, Italian Government. Cumulatively, 10 years of experience in research, project development, program director, international projects.
2011 - 2013
Senior Researcher for $7.9M National Science Foundation. Name Data Network is one of the four NSF Future Internet Initiatives. Initiative at UCLA REMAP. Topics: Smart Cities, Building Automation, Data Communication, Security, Sustainability.
2012 - 2012
In partnership with Google, creator, and producer for the Transmedia project "Voices from the Colosseum" a Augmented Reality project that merges technology and cinema for the Colosseum (Rome), with the Academy Award winners from the Hollywood movie business. 50 team members involved in the project. The project received front-page national coverage by the media.
2004 - 2009
2004 - 2009
RnD on : - Augmented Reality - Perceptual Interfaces - Interactive Spaces - Technology for Film Production - Video Interactive Installations Technology RnD: RFID, sensors, computer vision, gaming platform, and positioning systems. Founded and Directed creative design and research international programs at UCLA and abroad.