Massimo BuonaiutoPrincipal Director · Data & Artificial Intelligence

Topics / Skills

Communication & thought leadership

Keynotes, publications, executive communication and technical evangelism.

10 contributions across 6 experiences

Where this skill was applied

2012–20132 contributions

United Nations

  • Authored technical documentation defining recommended criteria for national and international data platforms and enterprise data architecture for desertification datasets, presented to Prime Ministers of several countries at UNCCD COP 10. Evidence ↗
  • Coordinated communities of practice and regional offices to scale analytics capabilities, data literacy and collaboration, and supported the application of the Dublin Core (DCMI) taxonomy to publications.
2002–20112 contributions

United Nations CGIAR

  • Held full responsibility for project budgets — an annual technology and innovation budget of about USD 500,000 — and managed cross-functional teams on large-scale digital transformation, achieving USD 100,000 cost savings in a single project, presented at the UN ShareFair.
  • Designed the R&D bioinformatics data standard “Darwin Core Germplasm”, extending the Darwin Core international standard for agrobiodiversity analytics, presented at the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) conference 2010 in Woods Hole, USA.
2024–20251 contribution

EPAM Systems

  • Spearheaded the global expansion of EPAM’s Data & AI practice across EMEA, North America, APAC, LATAM and CIS, defining strategic direction for AI, Generative AI and Agentic AI, and led client engagements and pre-sales across banking, government services, logistics, consumer goods, biopharma, chemicals, telecommunications, energy and industrials.
2019–20241 contribution

DSM-Firmenich

  • Speaker at international pharma and health conferences on digital and data management, building DSM’s thought leadership in AI and data science.
2013–20181 contribution

Nespresso (Nestlé)

  • Senior Managing Consultant with broad scope across digital and data science in Nespresso’s commercial and e-commerce business, focused on integration, forecasting, communication and coordination across global markets.
1994–20061 contribution

CapodannoRoma, Helloitaly & Radio&Data Communications

  • Before the age of 20, launched the magazine “Internet and Databases” and went on to direct three B2B technology publications — “Internet Professional”, “Radiolink” and “Internet and Databases” — at Radio&Data Communications, Rome (1994–2006), reaching 285,000 companies monthly and authoring numerous technical articles.
Profile1 contribution

Across the career

  • Leads strategic client engagements from discovery and solution scoping through architecture, value proposition, proposal development and executive presentation, combining pre-sales acumen with client relationship management.
Skills1 contribution

Skills & applied knowledge

  • Strong communication and presentation skills: technical evangelist with international keynotes and publications, communicating complex AI, data, investment and risk topics clearly to executive committees, boards and senior stakeholders.
All skills

Artificial intelligence

Architecture & data platforms

Leadership & business

Product, marketing & communication