Stefano Mainetti

Responsabile Scientifico - Osservatorio Cloud Transformation Politecnico di Milano

Stefano Mainetti is an Entrepreneur, Company Advisor and Lecturer with more than 30 years of expertise on Innovation and Digital Technologies.

He is Founder and President of WebScience srl, an Agile Software Factory, and doDigital srl, a Boutique Consulting Company. He is Venture Partner of Kyip Capital SGR S.p.A., a growth buy-out Private Equity Fund.
He is Adjunct Proferssor of POLIMI Graduate School of Management, the Business School of the Politecnico di Milano and is Scientific Director of Startup Intelligence Observatory and Cloud Transformation Observatory of Politecnico di Milano. From 1996 to 2016 he has been Contract Professor of Information Systems Technologies Course at Politecnico di Milano.

He has been, from 2013 to 2020, CEO of PoliHub, the startup Startup District & Incubator of Politecnico di Milano. He is a member of the Advisory Boards of Equita Group SpA and Sorgenia SpA and he is Advisor in the scale-ups Intellico, Nireos and Phononic Vibes.

His fields of interest concern Entrepreneurship and Digital Business Innovation. During his professional career, he has developed an in-depth knowledge on Digital Transformation and Information Systems. His most recent areas of interest are Open Innovation and Teal Organizations. He has published numerous articles and research reports on these issues.