Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino. He is an Interaction Designer, Educator and Technologist.

He has worked as a consultant on innovation projects for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, and Adidas.

He spent 4 years at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea as Associate Professor. Massimo has taught workshops and has been a guest speaker at institutions allover the world.

Before joining IDII he was CTO for the Seat Ventures incubator. He spent many years working as a software architect, both in Milan and London, working on large web projects.

At just 26 years old, he became a pioneer in the commercial internet by serving as the webmaster for Italia Online, Italy’s first major internet provider and web portal.

Massimo is also the author of “Getting Started with Arduino” published by O’Reilly. He has contributed to the Italian edition of Wired Magazine and other publications.

Massimo started the first FabLab in Italy which led to the creation of FabLab Torino and was the first curator of Maker Faire Rome, a large innovation event in Rome.

He currently teaches Interaction Design at SUPSI Lugano in the south of Switzerland and is a visiting professor at CIID.