Frank Hysa, Ph.D.
San Francisco, California, United States
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High-performing corporate innovation director with 10+ years of experience with a proven…
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Il Temporary Management come strumento di cambiamento
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This past week two big things happened in my life: 1. I was part of the Silicon Valley Fellowship. 2. I decided to move to San Francisco. Silicon…
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Experience
Education
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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Learned AI’s current capabilities and applications - and its future potential Learnt how to leverage generative AI models and simulations for prediction
Learned how to organize and manage successful AI application projects
Grasped the technical aspects of AI well enough to communicate effectively with technical teams and colleagues
Learned how to avoid pitfalls associated with these new technologies Built your leadership credibility by obtaining a certificate of completion from UC…Learned AI’s current capabilities and applications - and its future potential Learnt how to leverage generative AI models and simulations for prediction
Learned how to organize and manage successful AI application projects
Grasped the technical aspects of AI well enough to communicate effectively with technical teams and colleagues
Learned how to avoid pitfalls associated with these new technologies Built your leadership credibility by obtaining a certificate of completion from UC Berkeley Executive Education -
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THESIS: THE ROLE OF OPEN INNOVATION STRATEGIES IN THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS: LOCCIONI GROUP CASE STUDY
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THESIS: THE ROLE OF OPEN INNOVATION STRATEGIES IN THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS: LOCCIONI GROUP CASE STUDY
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Thesis: European Central Bank interventions during 2007-2012 crisis: structural effects on Italian financial and economic system
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Thesis: European Central Bank interventions during 2007-2012 crisis: structural effects on Italian financial and economic system
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Thesis: Chiesa e Finanza: opportunismi e conflitti
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Activities and Societies: Lean Startup Course
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Activities and Societies: Business Plan Competition
Business Plan Competition
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
EU for Innovation
- Present 4 years 9 months
EU for Innovation program is funded by the European Union with additional support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as well as the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) the project aims to strengthen the eco-system for innovation and start-up promotion.
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Startup Mentor
Founder Institute
- Present 5 years 9 months
Economic Empowerment
• Support founders to develop and launch their new businesses
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Startup Mentor
Startup Weekend
- Present 5 years 11 months
Economic Empowerment
• Mentoring startups on strategy, business planning, go-to-market, team management, process management
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Organizer & Startup Mentor
Lean Startup Machine
- Present 9 years 6 months
Economic Empowerment
• Helped fledgling startups make as much progress in as short a time as possible
• The process included teaching the lean startup methodology
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Head Mentor
sky incubator
- Present 4 years 5 months
• Helped evaluate the needs of participants in order to scale, and advise and connect them with the necessary resources
• Developed tailored program curriculum, mentoring and technical support services for the startup companies
• Helped to manage program execution, including hosting multiple major events (online) per year
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Co-founder & Strategy Advisor
Fuel Digital Studio
- 1 year 1 month
Education
Fuel helps SME's in their digital transformation through innovative technologies.
• Established 12 months of business growth strategy into the education industry to give clear strategic direction
• Engaged in fundraising activities involving VCs, financial institutions, and application for EU grants
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Open Innovation Speaker
Smau
- Present 6 years
2018 edition: https://www.smau.it/programma/milano/2018/open-innovation-la-forza-del-noi
2019 edition: https://www.smau.it/programma/milano/2019/come-conquistare-la-stima-di-un-team-cosa-puo-fare-un-leader-vs-un-capo -
Advisor & Mentor
Grownnectia
- Present 5 years 7 months
Economic Empowerment
• Support founders to develop and launch their new businesses
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Innovation Management Speaker
Campus Party
- Present 6 years 3 months
2019 edition: https://italia.campus-party.org/speakers/frank-hysa-2/
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Lean Methodology Speaker
Startup24
- Present 5 years 5 months
2019 edition: https://www.facebook.com/1401994796609057/videos/430772997686319/
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Open Innovation Speaker
Heroes, meet in Maratea
- Present 6 years 1 month
2018 edition: https://2018.goheroes.it/it/ospiti-2018.html#frank-hysa
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Business Advisor
Silicon Valley Business Journal
- 1 year 2 months
Silicon Valley, CA News - Leading the Business and Economic Conversation in Silicon Valley with Daily Local Business News, Resources & more in Silicon Valley, California.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT TOP RANKED INNOVATION CONFERENCES
Frank Hysa
- Present 11 years 5 months
Taken 50+ keynote speeches & workshops on Innovation, Management, Entrepreneurship & Leadership at international conferences in USA, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Morocco
2017
-Startup Grind Europe Conference – London, UK
-Startup Grind South Europe Conference – Barcelona, Spain
-Meet The Lead – Casablanca, Morocco
2018
-Startup Grind Global Conference - San Francisco, USA
-Boosting innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Regions for young entrepreneurs –…Taken 50+ keynote speeches & workshops on Innovation, Management, Entrepreneurship & Leadership at international conferences in USA, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Morocco
2017
-Startup Grind Europe Conference – London, UK
-Startup Grind South Europe Conference – Barcelona, Spain
-Meet The Lead – Casablanca, Morocco
2018
-Startup Grind Global Conference - San Francisco, USA
-Boosting innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Regions for young entrepreneurs – Brusselss, Belgium
-Campus Party Italy – Milan, Italy
-Heroes Meet in Maratea - Maratea, Italy
-Founder Institute - Rome, Italy
-Mashable Social Media Day - Milan, Italy
-SMAU - Milan, Italy
2019
Wolves Summit - Warsaw, Poland, March 2019
-Startup Grind Firenze – Florence, Italy, March 2019
-Startup Grind Macerata – Macerata, Italy, April 2019
-Orientamarche – Pesaro, Italy, May 2019
-Confindustria – Teramo, Italy, May 2019
-CNA – Ancona, Italy, June 2019
-Campus Party Italy – Milan, Italy, July 2019
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Pitch Competition Judge
iBOSS.com, Inc.
- Present 9 years 6 months
The iBOSS Pitch Perfect Show helps prepare you to pitch to the right audience and equally provides you feed back from the audience.
Courses
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AdVENTURE Challenge China
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American Language Program
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Fearless Founders
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Russian Trade & Culture : How to enter Russian Market
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Projects
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Hackathon
Developed a web platform to support the Open Innovation in enterprises strategies
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REP-EAT
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• Trained 11 international Ph.D. students on how to go from R&D to market in the interdisciplinary domain of food and healthy diet to deepen the impact of food quality on reproductive Health (REP) and eating disorders (EAT).
• Focused on the effect of diet determinants on both humans and animals thus implying a strict integration amongst food and life science research advances.
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Blue Boost Interreg Adrion: support the development of a regional innovation system for the Adriatic-Ionian area
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Knowledge Provider:
• Worked with fisheries and ship-building and emerging Blue technologies-including aquaculture- green shipbuilding, robotics, and new materials
• Trained 50+ biology university students during Blue Economy Hackathon
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Program Director and Trainer: Entrepreneurship Training for Immigrants (Project Aeneas)
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• Trained 50 immigrants on how to launch a business
• 3 months training program covering: business model, financing, legal, IT
Partners: Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Allianz Foundation, IRES Friuli Venezia Giulia
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EIT Food - European Institute of Innovation & Technology Program in Romania
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I was assigned by EIT (European Innovation & Technology Institute) Food CLC South to perform the role of coordinator of the Romanian EIT Food Hub in 2018. Part of my activities included:
• Responsibility for a 12 months program covering every Romanian region
• Scouted, Selected, & Trained the best Romanian startups in the food tech industry (over 400 startups)
• Direct point of contact with development agencies, innovation agencies, financial institutions, EU grants departments…I was assigned by EIT (European Innovation & Technology Institute) Food CLC South to perform the role of coordinator of the Romanian EIT Food Hub in 2018. Part of my activities included:
• Responsibility for a 12 months program covering every Romanian region
• Scouted, Selected, & Trained the best Romanian startups in the food tech industry (over 400 startups)
• Direct point of contact with development agencies, innovation agencies, financial institutions, EU grants departments, ministry of innovation, universities, R&D centers
• Organized 3 high-level events: EIT Food Government Academy, EIT Food RIS Awareness Day, EIT Food RIS Fellowship
• Coordinated team of 10 and presented final demo day with the finalists
• Organized events and workshops for students, graduates, Ph.D. and entrepreneurs
• Promoted EIT Food’s portfolio of instruments for local innovators
• The program was successful and EIT Food decided to fund it again in 2019 & 2020.
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iEER Interreg Europe - Boosting innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for young entrepreneurs
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• Board member of Young Entrepreneurs Council for Marche Region
• Represented Marche Region Entrepreneurs in Brussels
• Scouted, selected, trained the best food & sustainability startups in the region
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Building Entreprenurial Ecosystems in Italy
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Program Director:
• Created the largest Startup Grind Network in Italy from launching the first chapter in 2017 leading up to 9 running chapters around the country within 12 months.
• Won 2 global startup prizes: “hunter award” (the best startup scouter) & “bull award” (the best partnership closer)
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IDEA - Innovation as a Driver of Exports to America for the economic system of Marche Region
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Project managed and brought 40+ start-ups and innovative SMEs in Silicon Valley for a B2B program with meetings, pitches to VCs, conference participation, strategic partnerships.
Delivered the "SCOPE" process: Selected, Connected, Optimised, Potentiated, and Empowered the startups involved in the IDEA project.
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Contamination Lab
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The Lab Contamination ( CLab ) are places of contamination between students of different disciplines . Promote the culture of entrepreneurship , innovation and do, as well as an interdisciplinary approach and new learning models . They are designed to expose students to a challenging environment for the development of an entrepreneurial vocation innovation projects .
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USA Market Development
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The mission is based on business relationships, as follow new clients, offer new deals, look at new partnerships, study new products and local market. To help facilitate old business relationships and create new ones.
We had been in Washington DC and in Orlando (FL) for PowerGen International fair the world's largest power generation event focusing on the industry's latest innovations, technical trends and business strategiesOther creators -
Country Analysis:rolling tobacco in the American market
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My team and I conducted a country analysis for the introduction of rolling tobacco in the American market. Starting from a variety of countries, the analysis ends up with the most promising country in terms of market potential. Attractiveness index and market screenigs have been used. In the end, a marketing mix strategy is included.
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GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM
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Global Consulting Program is an internship involving Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ohio University, Istao and private companies.
I worked in a cross-cultural team. We conducted a detailed market analysis and provided a market entry strategy to an Italian company (Energy Resources SPA) that wanted to enter either Croatian or Albanian market of "integrated renewable energy solutions".Other creatorsSee project -
Strategic management simulation
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Establish strategic direction, and strong
market position. Becoming a financially selfsufficient
firm, earning substantial profits from its
operations.Other creatorsSee project
Honors & Awards
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Bull award
Startup Grind
The best partnerships closer of the year
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Hunter award
Startup Grind
Best startup scouter of the year
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eCapital
eCapital
Business Plan competition finalist
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Ph.d Program Grant
Universita' Politecnica delle Marche
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Erasmus Programme Scholarship: European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students
Universita' Politecnica delle Marche
Languages
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Inglese
Full professional proficiency
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Italiano
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spagnolo
Elementary proficiency
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