Co-founder of the Arduino project

Massimo Banzi is co-founder of the Arduino project and CTO of tinker.it. He has worked for clients such as Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas. Massimo Banzi spent 4 years at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea as Associate Professor. He has taught workshops and has been a guest speaker at institutions such as the Architectural Association – London, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel, Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, FH Potsdam, Domus Academy, Medialab Madrid, Escola Superior de Disseny Barcelona, ARS Electronica Linz, Mediamatic Amsterdam, and Doors of Perception Amsterdam.

Before joining IDII he was CTO of the Seat Ventures incubator. He spent many years working as a software architect, both in Milan and London, on projects for Italia Online, Sapient, Labour Party, BT, MCI WorldCom, SmithKlineBeecham, Storagetek, BSkyB and boo.com.