Profile
Snapshot
| Area | Summary |
|---|---|
| Current role | Managing Director, Innovation Horizons GmbH |
| Location | Basel region, Switzerland |
| Core domains | FAIR data, semantic interoperability, collaborative innovation, technology strategy, printed electronics |
| Certifications | PhD Physics; PMP |
| Teaching | Affiliate Professor, Grenoble Ecole de Management |
| Expert roles | Innosuisse and European Commission expert |
Selected current activities
- Pistoia Alliance project management and facilitation.
- Pharma General Ontology project management.
- FAIR for Pharma Community of Experts facilitation.
- FAIR business-value and maturity-model work.
- Speaking and moderation in printed electronics and life-science data contexts.
Selected prior roles
- Senior Manager Business & Technology Development and Section Head Polymer Optoelectronics at CSEM.
- Senior Scientist and Project Leader at Philips Research.
- Guest Scientist at NIST.
- Board and working-group contributions in printed electronics associations and standardization.
Working style
Giovanni is particularly effective in contexts that require careful framing, cross-disciplinary translation, collaborative governance, and structured decision-making across expert communities.