Life at accelerat

Step into our deep tech startup: a vibrant nexus of innovation. Here, minds collide and ideas ignite, crafting tomorrow’s breakthroughs. From buzzing workstations to collaborative whiteboard sessions, every corner pulses with creativity and drive. Welcome to the future of technology.

Our values

Work-Life Balance

Innovation-Driven Passion

Technical Excellence

Our team

CEO

Giorgiomaria
Cicero

CTO

Alessandro
Biondi
Pietro Fara Photo

Safety Manager

Pietro
Fara

Principal Software Engineer

Gabriele
Serra

Research Advisor

Giorgio
Buttazzo
Matteo Zini Photo

Embedded Software Engineer

Matteo
Zini
Riccardo Bertini Photo

Embedded Software Engineer

Riccardo
Bertini
Katja Scattarreggia Photo

Finance and administrative

Katja
Scattarreggia

Temporary CFO

Marcello
Marzano

Crafting connections through tech

We are always looking for talents who can bring fresh perspectives, diverse skills, and a passion for innovation to our team. If you’re driven, creative, and eager to make a difference in the world of deep tech, we want to hear from you.

Giorgiomaria Cicero

CEO

Giorgiomaria Cicero is an Embedded Software Engineer, now CEO and Co-Founder of Accelerat, a deep-tech start-up company focused on advanced software solutions for next-generation cyber-physical systems like autonomous vehicles (e.g., automobiles, trains, drones, .etc.), advanced robots, and factory automation. Giorgiomaria has an academic research background matured at the ReTiS Laboratory and experience in industrial R&D projects in real-time systems, virtualization technologies, and cyber-security solutions for modern heterogeneous embedded platforms.

Alessandro Biondi

CTO

10+ years of experience in research and industrial R&D projects, and 5 years of experience in another startup company. Alessandro is CTO and Co-Founder of Accelerat and Associate Professor at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Expert of CPS and embedded software with several international scientific publications and awards.

Pietro Fara

Safety Manager

Expert of tool design and user interfaces, virtualization technologies, real-time operating systems, kernel design and development for embedded platforms. Safety Manager and Co-founder at Accelerat, leader of the CLARE-Toolkit development.

Gabriele Serra

Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer at Accelerat. Expert of operating systems and virtualization for real-time embedded systems, with particular focus on security and safety in mixed-criticality systems.

Giorgio Buttazzo

Research advisor

Full Professor of Computer Engineering at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa and Research Advisor at Accelerat. He founded and still coordinates the ReTiS Lab, one of the world leading research groups on real-time systems.

Matteo Zini

Embedded Software Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer at Accelerat. PhD in Emerging Digital Technology at the ReTiS Laboratory in Pisa. Expert of software- and hardware-based mechanisms for achieving strong time-predictability on modern SoCs, virtualisation mechanisms, and real-time operating systems.

Riccardo Bertini

Embedded Software Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer at Accelerat. Master Degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Pisa, Riccardo has experience in hardware-based mechanisms for increasing time-predictability of modern SoC. Riccardo has also experience in design, development, and testing of software.

Katja Scattarreggia Photo

Katja Scattarreggia

Finance and Administrative

20+ years of experience as buyer, accounting, back-office, and budgeting.

Marcello Marzano

Temporary CFO

Founder of Studio MM, Associate Partner of yourCFO – a division of YOURgroup, accountant and financial consultant for companies with a strong focus on innovation. Temporary CFO in Accelerat and other startups and SMEs. Teacher in several courses for startup phase of companies given within technological parks and training institutions.