Assistant Professor at IE Business School, Strategy Department
Research affiliate at ION Management Science Lab, Bocconi University

Danilo's research explores how startups and firms can improve their strategic decision-making under uncertainty and how they can leverage data and predictive technologies (ML/AI) to compete in a fast-changing market.

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His research has been published in top-tier academic journals and has been featured in leading management publications including Harvard Business Review, among others.

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He is the Director of pre-acceleration programs in Italy and India, where he has worked with more than 1,800 start-ups. In this role, he combines the latest management practices with research insights to help deliver cutting-edge training and mentorship programs.

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He took his Ph.D. (cum laude) in Business Administration and Management at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), after a master’s degree in Theoretical Physics and a specialization degree in Mathematical Finance (cum laude), both at the University of Bologna.

He worked for a few years at Bain & Company and Unicredit Group.

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