Daniele Tosi

Address Phone E-mail LinkedIn 42 Pinchfield, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, WD3 9TP, UK 07 4156 59163 sirddt@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/danieletosi

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Test Engineer - Sensornet UK (08/2011 present) Manufacturing/QA engineer for distributed temperature sensor catalogue Engineering contact reference for oil&gas customers Engineering Manager - Fiberlogix UK (02/2011 08/2011) Managed and implemented engineering processes for manufacturing, testing and QA for fibre optics passive device product line Managed proposals and technology design for fibre optic sensors for structural monitoring and oil&gas markets. Fundraised R&D projects on biomedical and oil&gas sensors Performed R&D on low-cost evanescent field chemical sensors Knowledge/IP manager R&D Engineer - Politecnico di Torino Italy (09/2006 01/2011) Researcher in 2006; PhD Fellow in 2007-2009; Postdoctoral Fellow from 2010 Built from scratch fibre Bragg grating vibration sensor prototypes for structural health monitoring and industrial predictive maintenance Optimized systems to cut costs by 75% over competitors Implemented advanced signal processing routines to achieve detection accuracy of 0.1 nanostrains. Created a prototypes lineup and spin-off products with commercial focus Performed live tests of sensing prototypes on monuments, infrastructures, weigh-in-motion and wind galleries. Endeavour Fellow University of Sydney Australia (08/2009 01/2010) Designed and prototyped an air-clad fiber high-power laser Business analyst intern Experience Project CA, US (01/2009 03/2009) Developed entry strategy in the mobile and EMEA markets Project Manager Alta Scuola Politecnica Italy (03/2005 06/2007) ASP Project: Italian High Speed Railway Line (Milano-Torino) the impact Interfaced between the team and industrial partners (Trenitalia, RFI) Developed methodology for quantifying the line economic impact Developed anti-noise barriers and electromagnetic shields

Co-founder/CFO Audax S.p.a. Alessandria, Italy (10/1999 03/2001) Audax was a startup manufacturing creative handbags for teenagers Sold products in fairs and trade shows Raised capital through FFF money, sponsors, angel investor Incubated the company within IG Students and tax advisory program Other ongoing activities Board of advisor member at HucHic.com and Q startups; scientific advisor at Lifeboat Foundation; evaluator at GVP touring barcamp.

EDUCATION
PhD, Electronic Engineering Politecnico di Torino (20072010) Thesis: Innovative fiber Bragg grating sensors: from theory to applications Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship Santa Clara University CA, US (20082009). MBA-level certificate for hi-tech entrepreneurs Alta Scuola Politecnica Politecnico di Milano/Torino (20052007) ASP Diploma MEng double degree at Politecnico di Milano/Torino MEng, Telecommunication Engineering Politecnico di Torino (20042006) Grading: 110/110 with honors Equivalent First-class honours BEng, Telecommunication Engineering Politecnico di Torino (20012004) Grading: 110/110 Equivalent Upper Second-class honours Awards Italia degli Innovatori (2011/12); Bio on Whos Who in the World (2010); Endeavour Research Fellowship (2009); Fulbright BEST (2008), MEng Thesis prize (2006), Alta Scuola Politecnica fellowship (2005), IG Students (1999).

SKILLS
Software Programming: Matlab, LabVIEW, Maple, Maxima, R Coding: Arduino, Processing, C, C++, Java, VHDL Simulation: Microwave Office, Liekki LAD, Zemax, Orcad, Optsim Languages Fluent English Native Italian Basic French