Mr. Marco Ferretti graduated in Economics from the University of Naples "Federico II" in 1987. He then obtained a Master of Science in Management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991 and a PhD in Management Engineering in 1997. Besides being the founder of several innovative start-ups operating in the biotech, digital publishing and business services sectors, Marco Ferretti has been teaching Technology Strategy and later Scientific Director of Master in Business Management for over ten years. As at the date of the Admission Document, he is national coordinator for the drafting of the National Research Programme 2021-2027 for the "Marine Resources" area at the Ministry of University and Research, and responasible for the Campania Region for a territorial technology acceleration project carried out by MIT in Italy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology REAP project, as well as full professor of Technology Strategy at the University of Naples "Parthenope".