Alec Ross 

Alec Ross is a New York Times best-selling author and Distinguished Professor at Bologna Bologna Business School. He is the author of The Italian Dream: Riprendersi il Futuro. His books have been translated into 24 languages and been best-sellers on 5 continents.

He is a Board Partner at Amplo, a global venture capital firm and sits on the board of directors for companies in the fields of technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, education, human capital, health and cybersecurity. He ran technology and media policy for Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign and served for four years as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State. 

He currently splits his time 50/40/10: 50% USA, 40% Italy, 10% running around.