Massimo Vanzi

Massimo Vanzi is a highly experienced manager with over 38 years of
experience in the semiconductor and ICT industries.
After earning his Dr. Eng. degree in electronics in 1976 from the University of
Genoa (Italy) and his Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science in 1979 from Stanford University, Massimo worked with
Signetics Inc, Innovative Silicon Technology Srl and STMicroelectronics Srl. In
1993 Massimo founded Accent Srl. As Accent CEO Massimo transformed a
small startup of five engineers into the leader IC design and fabless ASIC
Company in Europe and one of top 5 in the world. Today Accent is among world
leaders in the smart metering chip market. In 2008 Massimo leaves the CEO
role in Accent, while remaining a shareholder, and starts working as advisor to
SME and innovative technology startups. Since then he became shareholder
and co-founder of 6 technology startups in Sofiha Antipolis, Losanna, Milano,
Bologna and Torino; he is a co-founder of Genova High Tech SpA, strategic
advisor of Montalbano Technology, dQuid and cLabs; active member of Italian
Angels for Growth (IAG), the primary Italian business angel network. He
participates as a jury member to many startup contests and as an invited
lecturer to several university courses on startup business. He has been advisor
for technology transfer to EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne and
to Bologna University. He is member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss
Center for Electronics and Microtechnologies (CSEM) of Neuchatel.
Massimo is a fine art photographer (www.massimovanzi.eu), member of the
Rotary Club Monza Est and member of the Management Board of the Stanford
Alumni Club of Italy.