Michele Osella (PhD) is a strategic advisor who helps leading organizations – across geographies and industries – to innovate and thrive in the fast-evolving digital landscape. He currently serves as a Senior Program Manager at Compagnia di San Paolo, one of the largest private foundations in Europe, where he oversees a portfolio of strategic innovation initiatives related to ecosystem development and technology transfer from lab to market. As part of this role, Michele is the Partner Liaison in the Torino Cities of the Future Techstars Accelerator, the first program ever run by Techstars in Italy. In the educational sphere, Michele is an Adjunct Professor in innovation management at the University of Torino and collaborates with the ITC-ILO in the provision of executive training programs focused on digital transformation in the public sector.