Giovanni graduated in engineering and architecture in 2008, having collaborated with a number of Italian architectural practices since 2006, including Iosa Ghini Associati in Bologna. In 2009, he joined the MIT Senseable City Laboratory as Research Affiliate. Since 2009, he has been collaborating with CRA as a designer and project manager. In 2014, he earned an MBA degree from LUISS Business School in Rome. He has also been lecturer in Italian universities, as Politecnico di Torino and LUNA Bologna. In 2017, he became CEO at CRA – in charge of opening CRA’s new office in the United States.