Meet the brilliant minds behind tech.STARS. Our Advisory Board is a handpicked group of industry pros who are here to keep our festival fresh and forward-thinking. They’re the ones shaping the sessions, talks, and experiences that make tech.STARS stand out.
Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffè
Associate Professor of Practice of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, SDA Bocconi
Scott Roots
Sales Director EMEA, DC Byte
Ann Dempsey
Founder, CEO. Hibernian Recruitment
Eleonora Faina
MD, Anitec-Assinform
Our Advisory Board isn’t just about titles, they’re actively involved in crafting our event. They help pick the speakers, spotlight the latest trends, and make sure we’re always ahead of the curve in AI, Big Data, and Data Centres.
At tech.STARS, it’s all about collaboration. With the diverse insights from our Advisory Board, we’re creating an event that’s buzzing with new ideas and real conversations.
Get ready to join the ultimate tech party at tech.STARS! We’re all about bringing together the coolest folks in the industry for a good ol’ fashioned tech festival extravaganza.
Thursday 06.03.2025
8:30 – Midnight
Friday 07.03.2025
8:30 – 18:00
Superstudio Più
Via Tortona, 27
20144 Milano
Easyfairs Deutschland GmbH
succursale Italiana
Via Fridtjof Nansen, 15
20156 Milan
Italia
Joerg is working for a German premium car company for 20+ years in various positions (Sales, Strategy, Audit, IT) and international assignments (Japan, USA, China).
He is currently Global Head IT Infrastructure of the financial unit (20 bn EUR Revenue, 12.000 employees).
Before this position, he was 5 years in China as CIO Mercedes-Benz China Aftersales Passenger Cars and Trucks as well as CIO Mercedes Benz Taiwan and Hong Kong. In this position, he was in charge of Development and Operation of local / global Sales & Aftersales Applications as well as leading all IT Innovations at Mercedes-Benz China.
Joerg is the advisory board member of 2 startups and supports a Tech Consultancy. He is active on Linkedin with >600.000 Followers and rated as Germany’s Nr 1 Linkedin Tech Influencer. He is the publisher of a weekly AI Newsletter with over 80.000 subscribers.
Joerg holds a Bachelor’s & Master’s degree, as well as a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cracow, Poland.
tech STARS Milano Advisory Board Member
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Luca Beltramino is Direttore della Divisione Data Center at Rai Way SPA. The project includes 18 Edge Data Centers and a Hyperscale Data Center in Rome. This will provide large national DC capacity and the ability to process data closer to end users. Rai Way employs 600+ people.
Luca is also President and Co-Founder of Ge-DIX, Genova Data Internet Exchange and Vice President and Co-Founder of IDA Italian Datacenter Association.
In the past, he was Chief Datacenter Officer at Rai Way, Senior Vice President Global of Uptime Institute, Managing Director of SUPERNAP/Stack, Managing Director of TelecityGroup Italia, Managing Director of Equinix Italia, Managing Director of Interxion/DLR Italia.
Luca Co-founded the OPEN HUB MED, has held and holds Non Executive Director roles in the Cloud, High Tech and Data Center sectors.
Diplomas: Financial Times Masters Non-Executive Director and Financial Times NED Club. AOS Accredited Data Center Operation Specialist Diploma Uptime Institute (100/100).
He is Ambassador of the city of Genoa in the world and Member of the Board of Ambassadors, mission: high tech.
Nabeel Mahmood is a Technologist, Futurist, Board Member and a Keynote Speaker. His career is driven by one question – what’s next? He is passionate about the power of technology to deliver competitive and transformational change and the need to develop digital leadership that will create the enterprise of the future. He believes strongly in simplification, with a purpose.
Nabeel brings two plus decades of experience leading large-scale global technology organizations through seasons of explosive growth via M&A, global expansion, implementing new business models and technology innovation. His expertise includes leading organizations through transformation changes, connecting IT to the needs of the business, technology innovation, Big Data, Cloud, ERP, IoT, Mobility and Data Centers. He brings a unique blend of experiences spanning the entire breadth of technology from Grid to Chip. At, heart he’s a true technologist and futurist, he is a proven strategist, winsome communicator and leader with extraordinary vision and operational expertise within very large, complex organizations.
Nabeel is a strategic executive identifying opportunities that are being underpinned by emerging technologies. He serves on multiple boards and is an advisor to CEO’s and C-Suite executives across a number of industries.
Phillip Koblence is a strategic executive and thought leader in the data center and network space. He co-founded NYI (www.nyi.net) in 1996 and has successfully navigated through an ever-shifting infrastructure landscape, growing the company from a single data center in Lower Manhattan to a robust network with executional capabilities in key national and international markets. His leadership, focus on customer experience, and ability to cut through complexity and hype, has positioned NYI as an industry leader in high-touch infrastructure solutions. Phillip is also CEO of Critical Ventures, a consulting agency offering a range of services to help clients, owners and investors optimize the value of critical infrastructure assets.
Phillip sits on the DE-CIX North America Advisory Board as well as on the Board of OIX (formerly Open-IX). Phillip is Co-Founder of the Nomad Futurist Foundation and Podcast, designed to demystify the world of critical infrastructure and inspire younger generations to join the industry. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been profiled by Data Center Knowledge, TheWHIR, MSPMentor, and NJ BIZ. He has an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania.