Tommaso Di Bartolo is an author, serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and faculty member for the University of California Berkeley. With expertise spanning over two decades in the tech world, Tommaso is a respected authority and advisor to many of Silicon Valley’s distinguished start-ups. In addition to having exceptional entrepreneurial skills, Tommaso can speak six languages fluently and is highly sought after as a keynote speaker. During his sessions, he speaks articulately on several topics including NFTs, Web 3, Crypto, blockchain and the Metaverse.
Beginning his career as a Retail Sales Manager for Vodaphone, Tommaso went on to work in other business and sales roles before founding his first business, Mail + Web in 2004. He was one of the first to provide managed SME security cloud services in Europe. In 2009 he launched his second company SaaS Distribution and then became the CEO of Cloudplace, which was shortly followed by his launch of Swaaag Inc in 2013. His formidable reputation as a serial entrepreneur has made Tommaso a popular choice for advisory positions, and he has served as a board member for companies including LoadTap, Draper University, Alchemist, Accelerator and txtsmarter among others.
Tommaso stands out for his experience in and profound knowledge of technologies such as blockchain. As a Faculty of the University of California Berkeley, he teaches Entrepreneurship in Blockchain, and he previously taught the topic of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Furthermore, Tommaso is a Metaverse Business Counsellor for Forbes Business Council, the Founding Chairman of AlmaMeta, Advisory Board Member for Immense and the Founding Partner of Awesm Ventures. Also, an accomplished author of two books, Tommaso shares his knowledge in Growth Hack Your Startup and Navigating The Metaverse.
With constant technological advances and the rapidly approaching Fourth Industrial Revolution, Tommaso’s expertise has never been more in demand. As a speaker, he is highly sought after by some of the leading global companies to enrich their understanding of complex topics such as the Metaverse Economy, systematic innovation and how businesses can adapt to web 3.0 to name a few. An eloquent speaker with decades of experience in entrepreneurship and technology, book Tommaso now!