PITCH ELEVATOR COMPETITION
Francesco Serravalle
Founder @ CoworkingSA

Francesco Serravalle
Founder @ CoworkingSA
Entrepreneur, Business Coach, HR Manager. The decades-long experience has consolidated his aptitudes in creating and promoting networks and communities through his "coaching approach".
Founder of several companies operating in human resources and digital, he opened the first coworking in Salerno. The long associative experience in Confindustria, first in the Young Entrepreneurs movement with different roles, including Coordinator of the Startup Competition of Capri 2017/2019 and today President of the SIT Group of Confindustria Salerno, represent a resource available to young startuppers in business development.
Gaetano Macario
Head @ Studio Macario Consulting

Gaetano Macario
Head @ Studio Macario Consulting
Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
Founder and Managing Partner at Studio MACARIO CONSULTING
Temporary Export Manager and Innovation Manager - MISE
Adjunct Professor of Business Economics and International Marketing at University of Bari
Teacher and Senior Consultant at ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY – MAECI
Lead Researcher at OBI (Osservatorio Banche Imprese) - areas of Internationalization of Italian enterprises and business networks
President of Internationalization of Enterprises Committee ODCEC, Bari
Ph.D. and Doctor Europaeus in Business Economics and International Marketing at University of Bari
Giuseppe Arrigo
Co-founder & COO @ Ardeek Srl

Giuseppe Arrigo
Co-founder & COO @ Ardeek Srl
Giuseppe Arrigo graduated in Computer Science at the University of Messina. Since 2010 he has been COO at Ardeek S.r.l., company focused on developing tailor-made IT solutions. Co-founder of Startup Messina and Innesta he has been co-organizer of Startup Weekend Messina and advisor in several events and initiatives focused on the development of new startups since 2013.
Marco Cataldo
Director @ Soc. Coop. Officine Cantelmo

Marco Cataldo
Director @ Soc. Coop. Officine Cantelmo
IT engineer works in the aerospace and naval automation sector. After three years of industrial research, he founded a spin-off of the University of Salento that deals with automation in the field of complex systems.
He founded the cooperative that manages the Cantelmo Workshops in Lecce, an area of cultural excellence in the city and the social promotion association "Piazza delle Idee", which operates in the area of Parabita (LE). Politically engaged, he is the promoter of several legality projects within schools.
Massimo Avantaggiato
Apulian Responsible @ Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Massimo Avantaggiato
Apulian Responsible @ Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
Degree in Economics, expert in European programs in the field of labor market, training, entrepreneurship, social inclusion, European mobility, partnership networks.
Independent external evaluator for Erasmus+ Italy Agency, SEE Program - South East Europe, European Commission, REA - Research Executive Agency, EASME - Executive Agency for SME.
Founder and Partner of the UNISCO Agency of Bari; expert of the Italian National Committee of the ENI Med program; project manager of the European direct program “Erasmus for young entrepreneurs”.
Michele Lo Russo
CEO @ Spaarkly

Michele Lo Russo
CEO @ Spaarkly
Degree in Political Science from the University of Naples and PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Siena. Since 2001 he has carried out consultancy activities for managing European projects at PA. In 2015 he co-founded GoDesk, incubator and coworking in Potenza and he is lead organizer of Startup Weekend Potenza. In 2018 Italian Coworking was born, a leading platform for shared workspaces in Italy. In 2020 he founded Spaarkly, an innovative startup that develops augmented reality products.