Alessandro Marianantoni

CleanTech Innovation Desk

2023 - Current

M Accelerator by MEDIARS LLC is currently running the US CleanTech Desk of the Italian Trade Agency.

Government, Private Equity, Universities, Accelerators and Incubators

2020

M Accelerator Provides Strategic Support to accelerators, incubators, VC funds and private equity, and Top Global Government Agencies.

Founder Director

2018

ReThink the Accelerator Model. M Accelerator is a program tailored for founders across cultures and borders. Tracks: Ideation, Early Stage, Later Stage Startups, Global Cohorts. ✅ Go To Market ✅ Product Market-Fit ✅ Fundraising ✅ Open Innovation ✅ Business Design ✅ Growth Hacking and Digital Marketing Learn more about our approach: Startup Program [pre-seed / seed]: https://maccelerator.la/en/online-accelerator-program/ Founders Cohorts [PFM]: https://maccelerator.la/en/ma-founders-cohorts/ Founders' Network: Join our Platform and Build Your Business With Us. Later Stages: PoCs, Partnerships, Market Expansion, Open Innovation Initiatives.

co-fund manager

2020 - 2021

Principal Owner

2008

A multimodal tech design studio that creates meaningful and engaging experiences for architecture, screens, and themed destinations. We have built solutions, POC, pilots, RnD, and partnerships with companies like Marriott, Google, Rolls Royce, Universal Studios, Disney, Siemens. In 2018 MEDIARS launched Mediars Accelerator www.mediars.la

City of Pasadena and Marriott Hotel

2015 - 2016

On the facade of the Marriot Hotel, Pasadena Waterfall, a permanent gateway and interactive lighting sculpture. Artist and Designer, City of Pasadena public art project. Topics addressed: climate change, sustainability, smart cities, building automation, cyberphysical installation. www.pasadenawaterfall.info

Universal Studios, Christmas Show

2013 - 2015

Universal Studios Japan Christmas Show 2013 - 2015, Interaction Designer supporting Master Projectionist Bart Kresa.

Disney California Adventure, Worlds of Colors

2010 - 2010

Lead Interaction Designer, Opening ceremony of World of Colors ($75M) at Disney California Adventure.

CO2morrow - Royal Academy of the Arts, London

2009 - 2010

Sponsored by Siemens, National Trust, Morley Composite and Karborek (Sold to Boeing). Artist and Designer for CO2morrow, the work consists of directing the design and fabrication of the 28-foot-tall carbon fiber structure that visualizes CO2 and Oxygen levels (LED lighting) in the UK was exhibited at the Royal Academy of the Arts in London (next to Anish Kapoor) and Delaval Hall. The work was presented at the COP15 and received international media coverage associated with Smart Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change.

Canary Indicator

2008 - 2010

Canary Indicators, Visualizing energy consumption for commercial buildings. Prototype/install for a case study. Field: Sustainability, Smart Cities. -Exit

Director

2006

The Centro Sperimentale MEDIARS main goal is to create innovation and increase the capabilities for the action of small and medium-sized towns within the internationalization of the context of their relations. The Centro Sperimentale is a non-profit creative hub that fosters mobility, research, education, and production, working with a multidisciplinary / multimodal creative process on media, art, culture, and technology. Over the years, the center has organized many international workshop programs in the design creativity field. MEDIARS built an international network that includes universities, companies, professionals, and public institutions. Collaborating with private and public entities, MEDIARS uses new media as a glue for the different disciplines and fields represented by the individuals involved in each project, either educational or artistic, our goal is always to work across cultural differences and identities. MEDIARS runs a yearly international workshop on New Media and Culture in collaboration with local municipalities and other institutions.

senior researcher, project director, principal investigator at REMAP

2011 - 2014

Founded and Directed a new International Research Program on Storytelling and Technology sponsored by the Ministry of Youth, Italian Government. Cumulatively, 10 years of experience in research, project development, program director, international projects.

NSF Future Internet Initiative

2011 - 2013

Senior Researcher for $7.9M National Science Foundation. Name Data Network is one of the four NSF Future Internet Initiatives. Initiative at UCLA REMAP. Topics: Smart Cities, Building Automation, Data Communication, Security, Sustainability.

Transmedia

2012 - 2012

In partnership with Google, creator, and producer for the Transmedia project "Voices from the Colosseum" a Augmented Reality project that merges technology and cinema for the Colosseum (Rome), with the Academy Award winners from the Hollywood movie business. 50 team members involved in the project. The project received front-page national coverage by the media.

researcher at REMAP

2004 - 2009

RnD on : - Augmented Reality - Perceptual Interfaces - Interactive Spaces - Technology for Film Production - Video Interactive Installations Technology RnD: RFID, sensors, computer vision, gaming platform, and positioning systems. Founded and Directed creative design and research international programs at UCLA and abroad.