Luca Lucchese holds a M.S. (1993) and a Ph.D. (1997) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Padua, Padua (Italy). Ha also holds an MBA (2013) from CUOA, Altavilla Vicentina (Italy). From 1997 to 2008 he worked as a researcher and a university professor of Electrical Engineering in the U.S., first at the University of California, Santa Barbara (CA) and then at Oregon State University, Corvallis (OR). Since 2008, he has been working in Italian SME’s in different managerial positions as General Manager, Marketing Manager and R&D Manager. He is currently the General Manager of Spreentech Ventures, a startup accelerator.