Experience & Education — Ivan Vaccari

💼 Professional Experience

AI Expert

RINA spa - Digital Innovation Corporate Unit | 11/2023 - Present

  • Lead AI strategy and roadmap development for enterprise digital transformation
  • Design Generative AI solutions for content creation and process optimization
  • Implement RAG systems and Agentic AI for document and image processing
  • Research emerging AI technologies to maintain industry leadership
  • Provide technical leadership for GenAI project integration

Software Developer

RINA spa - Digital Innovation Corporate Unit | 07/2021 - 11/2023

  • Built serverless applications using Azure Functions and Docker microservices
  • Managed NoSQL (CosmosDB) and SQL (Azure SQL) database systems
  • Applied ML techniques with Python, Azure ML Studio, and Cognitive Services
  • Developed AI applications with LangChain, OpenAI SDK, and open-source models
  • Led adoption of Generative AI across company operations

Research Fellow

CNR, Institute for Electronics and Information Engineering | 06/2017 - 07/2021

  • Published 30+ research papers in international journals (H-index: 14)
  • Contributed to 8 European & national research projects
  • Delivered university lectures on IoT cybersecurity and machine learning

Co-Founder

Alpha-Cyber SRL | 06/2017 - 06/2020

  • Co-founded an ICT startup focused on Blockchain, IoT, and cybersecurity
  • Led strategic planning and business development initiatives

🎓 Education & Research

Ph.D. in Computer Science

University of Genoa | 2021

Focus on Internet of Things and Cybersecurity. Published over 30 research papers and 5 book chapters. My thesis is here.

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering

University of Genoa | 2017 | 110 with laude

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

University of Genoa | 2014