Emanuele Francioni

Emanuele Francioni has a diverse work experience. Emanuele is the Founder and CEO of Dusk since June 2023. Prior to this, they served as the BDFL at Dusk from November 2022 to June 2023. Emanuele also served as the Founder, Director, and Tech Lead at Dusk Network, where they developed a blockchain-based distributed ledger for securities and assets management.

Before their time at Dusk, Emanuele was the Founder and Inventor at UNL, a decentralized micro-location protocol. Emanuele co-founded the company and filed the first patent for a location-based smart contract. Emanuele also worked as the Executive Director at Web 3 Ventures in 2017.

In 2015, Emanuele founded GoSparc BV, the creator of SPARC, a connected car device that offers various services for automotive businesses. Emanuele managed the company until 2017.

Prior to founding GoSparc, Emanuele was the Founder and CEO of Beestar from December 2012 to July 2017. Emanuele also worked at TomTom as the Manager Engineering from January 2012 to January 2013, as the Team Lead from January 2009 to December 2011, and as the Tech Lead from 2007 to 2009. At TomTom, they played a crucial role in developing and maintaining core software platforms and services.

Emanuele started their career as a Software Architect at Commerzbank AG in 2006, where they worked on projects related to integrating back-ends with web applications. Emanuele also worked as a Software Engineer at Vitrociset S.P.A. from 2003 to 2006, leading a team in the development of an air traffic messaging platform in Syria.

Overall, Emanuele Francioni has gained significant experience in blockchain technology, micro-location protocols, software development, and architecture throughout their career.

Emanuele Francioni obtained a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from the Università degli studi Roma TRE from 1997 to 2002. Additionally, they attended the University of Bergen (UiB) from 2000 to 2001, although the specific degree and field of study are not mentioned. Emanuele also holds a certification as a Certified SCRUM master from Xebia Education, although the specific month and year of its attainment are not provided.