People
Marco Barulli and Giulio Cesare Solaroli
Marco and Giulio Cesare met in 1988 at the University of Bologna where both were attending the Computer Science courses at the Department of Mathematics. Soon after graduation in 1993 they pursued different paths, Marco in the telco sector and Giulio Cesare as an independent software and IT consultant.
Eventually, in 1999, Giulio Cesare accepted the proposal from Marco to join him in a company he recently founded named eXtrapola. There was no big venture capitalist money, but a nice and practical idea about changing the way “press clippings” were produced and used by companies and governments.
Together they designed and built a sound technological infrastructure aimed to collect and process hundreds of thousands of news items gathered daily from online media. eXtrapola is today a 20 people company with a strong leadership in the italian market of online media monitoring services and good chances to expand its business both internally and abroad.
Marco and Giulio Cesare both resigned from eXtrapola at the end of 2005, after acting as CEO and CTO, respectively, for six years.
Further information here: Marco CV, Giulio Cesare CV
Sharing thoughts with us
Stefano Mancini and Lorenzo Viscanti have been constantly involved in discussions about the Clipperz project since January 2006 and their contributions have been very important.
Marco Barulli
Profile
Passionate expert of digital media. Inspired entrepreneur. Technology advisor for companies, local governments and public institutions.
Experiences
Founder and CEO Clipperz srl, Italy, 2006-today
Clipperz is a start-up focused on researching and prototyping innovative cryptography systems and services.
President, TTG Italia SpA, Turin, 2003-today
Publishing company, part of Rimini Fiera SpA, one of Italy’s top exhibition venues. TTG Italia covers the tourist sector with business publications and leading trade fairs.
Board member, UniRimini SpA, Rimini, 2002-today
UniRimini is a consortium based in Rimini supporting the development of the local branch of the University of Bologna.
Product Development Director, eXtrapola Srl, Cattolica, 2005
Supervision of R&D activities, design of new products and new services.
Founder and President, eXtrapola Srl, Cattolica, 1998-2005
eXtrapola is the leading Italian provider of online media monitoring services. It provides information tools for all business sectors where timely, comprehensive and up-to-date reports are essential.
Board member, Rimini Fiera SpA, Rimini, 2000-2004
Rimini Fiera SpA is one of Italy’s top exhibition and conference venues, a leading organizer of trade and consumer fairs.
Adjunct professor, University of Bologna, Rimini, 2001-2002
Course of “Communication Techniques” at the Statistical Sciences faculty.
Senior Network Engineer, MCI WorldCom, Milan, 1996-1998
In charge of service provisioning for business costumers. Design of voice, data and Internet solutions.
Education
Loughborough University of Technology, UK, 1995-1996
Research fellow at the Parallel Algorithm Research Centre.
University of Bologna, Italy, 1989-1993
Degree in Computer Science, final thesis in Numerical Analysis.
Papers
D. J. Evans and M. Barulli, BSP linear solvers for dense matrices, Parallel Computing, Volume 24, Issue 5-6 (June 1998), Pages: 777 - 795, ISSN:0167-8191, Elsevier Science
D. J. Evans and M. Barulli, Implicit Gauss-Jordan scheme for the solution of linear systems, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (former Parallel Algorithms and Applications), Vol.12, N.1-2, 1996, Taylor & Francis
M. Barulli and E. Loli Piccolomini, Parallel Triangular Solvers on Transputer Ring Networks, proceedings of “Transputers ‘94” edited by M.Becker, L.Litzler and M.Trehel, Besançon (France) 21-23 settembre 1994, IOS Press Amsterdam, pp. 234-246
Giulio Cesare Solaroli
Profile
Experienced software developer with an acute sense of interface design and the ability to quickly assess and learn unfamiliar technology. Leadership in all phases of the software development lifecycle and a strong commitment on meeting the requirements of all parties involved. Distinguished software architecture history.
Experience
Founder and CTO, Clipperz srl, Italy, 2006-today
Clipperz is a start-up focused on researching and prototyping innovative cryptography systems and services.
CTO, eXtrapola srl, Italy, 1999-2005
From inception to full deployment, eXtrapola has grown to be the italian largest online media monitoring company. Design and deployment of the IT infrastructure and of web-based applications for production and service delivery.
Senior IT consultant, Imola Informatica srl, Italy, 1997-1999
Consultancy and software development for Vodafone, CGIL (largest Italian trade union), Olivetti and other corporate customers.
Consultant, Etnoteam spa, Italy — 1996 - 1997
Software development of an Intranet application for Banco Ambrosiano; design and development of a tool to analize power grid failures for ENEL (Italy’s biggest power company).
Education
University of Bologna, Italy, 1988-1994
Degree in Computer Science, final thesis in Human Computer Interaction.
Domus Academy, Italy, 1992
Advanced course in Interface Design.
University of Bologna, Italy — 1990
Advanced course on Distributed Systems; ACM international workshop.
Other
Member of IEEE Computer Society since 1991; member of ACM since 1993.