Our team
Those responsible for all this
Raffaele Italiano
Software Developer
Raffaele Italiano graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of Calabria (Italy), he is responsible for software and firmware development in embedded systems.
Francisco Ballester
Deputy Director of the ETSIT of Business, Employment and Entrepreneurship Chairs (UPV)
Francisco Ballester is an expert in entrepreneurship and technology transfer from the University. He co-founded the company BALMART, one of the first successful spin-offs of the UPV (invested by UNINVEST, ENISA, NEOTEC2, IDEAS 2008 best research company award…) which was dedicated to the design, production and exploitation of electronic systems. Francisco teaches innovation and creation of business models in the ETSIT, and has participated in more than 50 contracts with companies from the UPV.
Antonio Martínez
Telecommunications Engineer - Assistant Professor
Antonio Martinez was the winner of the first innovative ideas competition of the UPV (49K), he has attended numerous entrepreneurship initiatives (Summer Schools organised by IESE Business School, iDays of the IDEAS Institute).
Antonio Martinez is an assistant professor PhD, but with a background in topics related to business creation and entrepreneurship. He was winner of the 49K competition in 2011 and has subsequently been selected in innovation programs of EIT Health, the Cambridge Innovation Center and mentor in student-oriented innovation days (IDEAS iDays).
Alfonso Tedesco
Electronics Engineer
Alfonso Tedesco, graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Calabria (Italy), after three years working in the Traffic Control Systems research group of the Universitat Politècnica de València, leads the technical part of the ARGOS project.