Mr.
Giorgio Dabormida
Dr. Giacomo Tavola
Innovation Centre Manager
Hewlett Packard Italy - European Innovation Centre (HP-BEST)
BEST - European Innovation Centre
Viale Europa, 2
Stezzano
I - 24040 ITALY
T.: +39-32-90806204
http://www.hp.com/italy/consulting
projects.best@hp.com
Giorgio Da Bormida
g.dabormida@inwind.it
HP
is the largest consumer IT company, the world’s largest SMB IT company and a
leading enterprise IT company. In response to customer needs and the changing
market conditions, HP technology now ranges from consumer handheld devices all
the way to some of the world’s largest and most powerful supercomputer
installations. We have a dynamic,. Revenues reached $79.9 billion for the fiscal
year 2004. President and CEO Mark Hurd leads HP, which has corporate
headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Our annual R&D investment of nearly
$4 billion fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies, so
that we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We produce an average
of 11 patents a day worldwide.
HP
European Innovation Centre is resourced by 40 highly skilled employees, all
Electronic Engineers and Computer Scientists, with a R&D background. HP EIC
belongs to HPC&I Italy organization, part of a powerful team of 150,000
employees doing business in 43 currencies and in more than 170 countries.
HP-EIC,
together with HP Laboratories, the strategic research organisation for the
company, is responsible for one third of the organisation's applied and
fundamental research. Projects include Internet security and cryptography,
digital media management, quantum computing, advanced imaging technologies,
embedded systems and services, ambient intelligence, mobile communications, the
semantic web and Grid/utility computing.
HP
is both service provider (with its consulting services and integration in
implementing RFID solutions), market provider (selling tagged HP goods to
retailers such as Wal Mart), innovation leader (HP laboratories look for new
technological solutions), RFID user (using RFID in its own operations), standard
leader (HP is member of EPCGlobal Inc and works to the definition of standards
globally accepted.
HP
has manufacturing operations in France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and the
United Kingdom. They are worldwide centres for client/server computer systems,
workstations, personal computers and peripherals, printing and imaging systems.
Through our European manufacturing, HP’s products qualify for EU-funded
projects to East and Central Europe. HP EIC, the strategic innovation
development and research organisation for the company, has its European facility
in Milan, Italy, but operations Europe-wide. The company has deliberately sought
to grow, not only by relying on its marketing, but by actively investing in
European manufacturing and R&D operations.
Aldo
Stradiotti has
the degree in Electronics Engineering at the Politecnico in Milan and he has
also a degree specialization in Information Technology. He has worked for nine
years in different international firms creating the bases of his working
experience in the R&D area. Since 1995 he has been working at HP as project
leader of a multifunctional and international team. In the 1999 he became the
Innovation Center Practice Manager, he was responsible for the development of
the whole life cycle, from the creation to the implementation, of “end to
end” innovative solutions. In the 2003 he became the European Innovation
Centre Manager. His objective is to bring innovation in the field projects for
the HP enterprise clients.
Marco Di Girolamo. Graduated
in Electronics Engineering summa cum laude in 1986. 16 years of working
experience in R&D, IT and Consulting environments. In HP since 1993, covered
positions in R&D as Development Engineer, in Customer Care as Back-end
Support Engineer and, in IT as Service Delivery Manager. Since 2000 is working
in HPC&I EIC, where served as technical leader and project manager in
different engagements, both internal and external.