Our International Team of Experts
The beginning of our story is rooted in language learning and the experience of not being able to communicate even when knowing several languages. We saw the opportunity for the birth and use of an advanced iconic language - one that allows a high-level communication, with a sound linguistic background study, and that also exploits the clarity of modern computer icons. Communicating with Icons can be precise, engaging and fun!
Management Team
Cesco Reale
Project Founder
- Italian in Switzerland
- Engineer and communicator
- World Polyglot Gathering committee
- UN representative of the World Esperanto Association
- 10+ languages
Flaviano Tarducci
Head of Sales
- Italo-Argentinian in Italy
- Business development, sales, strategy
- Over 6 years of experience in startups and charities
- Italian, English, Spanish
Jonathan Gockel
Finance officer
- Frenchman in France and Switzerland
- Expert in fundraising microfinance and digital advocacy
- 7 years of experience public affairs and international NGOs
- French, English, Spanish
Linguistic Team
Marwan Kilani
Linguist
- Swiss in Germany
- PhD in Egyptology
- Expert of writing system
- Italian, French, English, Spanish, 10+ ancient languages
Nadu Barbashova
Semiotic research
- Russian - US American in Germany
- B.A in Art and Philosophy
- Semiotics enthusiast
- Applying student of Master in English Linguistics
- Russian, English, German, Spanish, Thai
André Müller
Polyglot consultant
- German in Switzerland
- PhD student on languages of Burma
- Expert of writing systems and planned languages
- 10+ languages
Bernhard Appelhaus
IKON for medicine
- German in Germany
- BA-student of Linguistics and Spanish at Bremen University
- Dentist since 1990
- German, English, Spanish
Graphic Team
Alexandre Xiao
Graphic designer
- French-Chinese in Switzerland
- Graphic designer
- Student in history of art at Neuchâtel University
- French, Chinese, English
Florilú Petruzzelli
Graphic designer
- Italian in Italy
- MS degree in Design
- Student in Digital Innovation Design
- Italian, English
Sylvestre Thiaw
Graphic designer
- Senegalese in France
- Web design student
- Graphic designer
- French, Wolof, English
Edgar Walthert
Design advisor
- Swiss in The Netherlands
- Type Design & Engineering logical.family
- Graphic– and Web-Design
- co-founder of letterspace.amsterdam
- German, Dutch, English
Araceli Gimenez Lorente
Graphic designer
- Spaniard in Spain
- Scientific illustrator
- Teacher at Higher Education School of Art and Design
- Researcher in Math, Physics and Aesthetics
- Spanish, Catalan, Basque, German, English, French
Benno Fischer
Graphic designer
- German in Switzerland
- Graphic designer
- InDesign, Illustrator
- Expert in font creation
- German, French, English, Spanish, Esperanto
Filippo Buzzini
Sketching officer
- Swiss in Switzerland
- Visual Practitioner
- Expert in visual communication
- Chief Sketching Officer (CSO) at Sketchy Solutions
- Italian, French, English, Spanish, German
Development Team
Roman Oechslin
Head developer
- Swiss in Switzerland
- Robotics engineer and consultant
- Software Engineer
- German, English, French, Norwegian
Mirko Cappuccia
IT consultant
- Italian in Italy
- Project Manager
- Software Engineer
- Web Developer
- Italian, English
Alejandro Sanchez Medina
Developer
- Spaniard in Esperantujo and elsewhere
- Software developer GitHub
- Spanish, English, Esperanto
Esteban Quiñones
Ikonometer developer
- Ecuadorian in France
- Web design student
- Web Developer
- Spanish, French, English
Marketing and legal
Vica Kolesnikova
Marketing strategist
- Russian in Switzerland
- Marketing consultant and entrepreneur at frelsidigital.com
- 7 business projects, 4+ years in marketing
- Russian, English, French, German, Spanish
Vincenzo Petruzzelli
Social media manager
- Italian in Southern Italy
- Marketer and supporter for the public relations
- Language student in Liceo linguistico Marco Polo and music student in Conservatorio Piccinni in Bari
- Italian, English, French, German, + other languages
Gianmaria Gonzini
Lawyer
- Italian in Italy, U.K., Spain
- Italian qualified lawyer
- Expert in civil law
- Italian, English, Esperanto
Partners
SayDigital, ICT consulting agency in Rome specialized in digital transformation
Mentors
Maurizio Tormen
Strategy mentor
- Italian in Switzerland
- Project Management
- Product Development
- Business Development and Strategy
- Start-up launch & management
- Italian, French, English
Eugenio Grapa
IT and strategy mentor
- Mexican in Germany, France, US
- 20 years in Marketing, Project Management, Innovation
- Expert in Application Product Development
- Biomedical Engineer
- Founder Institute, Director, Frankfurt
- 6+ languages
Dimitrios Polychronopoulos
Network mentor
- Greek in Norway
- Multilingual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist, MBA
- Founder Institute, BI Norwegian Business School.
- 10+ languages
Pedro Paiva
Strategy and business development mentor
- Portuguese-Swiss in Switzerland
- IoT-Digital Business
- Transformation Leadership
- Management & Execution of Business, Technology and Innovation Strategy
- Multi-cultural Team Management
- Portuguese, French, English, German, Spanish, Italian
Satish Gaekwad
Strategy and network mentor
- Indian in Great Britain
- "Technology Outsourcing" expert in Sales, Marketing & Partnerships
- Product Management & Operational excellence
- Mentor at (i) Founder Institute (ii) RBS FinTech Accelerator & (iii) NASSCOM DeepTech Club, London
- Electronics Engineer with an MBA
- English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani
Academic recommendations
Siska Fitrianie (former researcher in iconic languages, postdoc in Interactive Intelligence Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Michele Gazzola (Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration at the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, University of Ulster, UK; editor of the journal "Language Problems & Language Planning").
Federico Gobbo (Professor of Interlinguistics and Esperanto, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Raphaël Maître (Linguist, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Dario Martinelli (Semiotician, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Daniel Peraya (retired professor of University of Geneva, creator of the Iconomètre)
Stefano Rezzonico (Linguist, Prof. at Univ. Montréal, Canada),
Elisabetta Zuanelli (expert in iconic ontologies, Professor of Digital Communication, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)