Gianluca Galletto

Esperienza professionale

Gianluca is a senior executive and international public speaker with 27 years’ experience in the public and private sectors. He is currently Managing Director for Tech & Innovation Partnerships in the Chair's Office of the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing system in the US and the largest landlord in NYC with 400K tenants. He is a partner of Global Futures Group (GFG), which guides public and private clients in creating smart & sustainable urban  communities, building innovation ecosystems, and cross-border business development. GFG is a co-founder of SCNY Urban Tech Summit at Cornell-Tech, New York, the leading conference on urban innovation in North America.

Gianluca Galletto è un esperto e speaker a livello internazionale con più di 27 anni di esperienza nei settori pubblico e privato. Ricopre attualmente l'incarico di Managing Director for Technology e Innovation Partnerships presso la New York City Housing Authority, il più grande sistema di

Gianluca has advised organizations at the intersection of economic development, technology and business development, working with businesses entering US markets, local and national governments, and private entities, such as Lendlease on the Milan Innovation District, Amundi, The European House -Ambrosetti, New York City’s Mayor’s Office, the World Bank, the Partnership for NYC, and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.

He is a former executive of the government of New York City where he led International Trade and Investment as Director of International at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which he joined in 2014. His mandate was to grow the innovation ecosystem by increasing FDI in tech with an SDG lens. During his tenure, he launched programs to lure tech business, built a global network of relationships with investors, business and government leaders - engaging with more than 500 innovative companies - and launched IN2.NYC, the first citywide program in the US to provide uncapped H1B visas to foreign founders.

Gianluca has 21 years of prior experience in the private sector, mostly in finance as a portfolio manager, investor, startup mentor, entrepreneur and business development leader. From 1998 to 2012, he worked at Muzinich & Co., a world-class credit asset manager, where he led international business development, being responsible for new assets under management in excess of $1.5B. Prior to moving to the U. S. in 1996, he spent four years in Brussels, Belgium, where he worked as a consultant for the EU Commission.

He speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish and holds an MA in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a BA+MA in Economics, Business and Law from Bocconi University in Milan. Gianluca is a former Fulbright scholar and a dual US/Italian citizen residing in New York City.

Progetti passati

• E' stato per anni professore a contratto di Informatica Forense (criminalità informatica e sicurezza delle informazioni) nel corso di laurea di Scienze delle Investigazioni dell'Università dell'Aquila.
• Ha contribuito al successo di MicroComputer, la mitica e inimicata rivista italiana di informatica, collaborando con essa per quasi vent'anni, dal suo primo numero (settembre 1981) fino all'ultimo (gennaio 2000) ricoprendo vari ruoli tra cui direttore tecnico e vicedirettore.
• Verso la fine degli anni 90 è stato caporedattore dell'edizione italiana della rivista statunitense BYTE (McGraw-Hill), l'unico esperimento di rivista culturale nel panorama delle pubblicazioni italiane di informatica.
• Ha contribuito a fondare, progettare e sviluppare MC-link, lo storico internet provider nato nel 1986 come sistema di conferenze elettroniche e diventato in seguito uno dei principali ISP italiani.

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