Francesco Simoneschi lives and works in San Francisco where he is a Product Manager at UpSight, a startup founded in 2007 that has raised more than $50M in venture capital. He has also recently become Partner of the Venture Capital firm Mission and Market. Previously, Francesco was the founder of Staq, a startup incubated by Microsoft and TechStars in Seattle and later acquired by UpSight. In 2007, Francesco founded DomainsBot, an Italian company based in Rome which is now part of the German group Sedo Holding Gmbh. Francesco started as an entrepreneur at the age of 19, when he was still a student at the faculty of computer science at the University of Rome. Later, he earned a degree in "Information Management" at the London School of Economics. Francesco moved to San Francisco in 2010, where he had the opportunity to contribute to the creation of several start-ups, playing a role as mentor and advisor. In a previous life, he was a professional tenor, with more than three hundred live performances in Europe and Asia. In his spare time he plays the violin, is a sailing enthusiast and, more recently, he has dedicated himself to surf on the coast of California. He can be contacted via Twitter @fsimoneschi

Co-founder and Partner @ Capital for founders with bold missions in huge markets From 2014 to Present (1 year) Product Owner, Tech Lead @ From 2014 to August 2015 (1 year) Tech Lead, Software Engineer @ From 2013 to August 2015 (2 years) san francisco, californiaFounder @ Company acquired by PlayHaven http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/playhaven-staq-io/ From August 2012 to May 2013 (10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVP of Product Development @ From January 2006 to October 2012 (6 years 10 months) CEO @ From 2004 to 2008 (4 years)

Information Management, Economics @ London School of Economics and Political Science, U. of London From 2011 to 2013 Computer Engineering @ La Sapienza Francesco Simoneschi is skilled in: Start-ups, E-commerce, Product Management, Product Development, SaaS, Mobile Applications, .NET, User Experience, Software Development, Mobile Devices, Web Development, Strategic Partnerships, Competitive Analysis, Cloud Computing, Agile Methodologies, Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Web Services, Web Analytics, Monetization, Scalability, Mobile Internet, Agile Project Management, Web Applications