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
Besim Demiri
Business analyst
- Swiss-Albanian in Switzerland
- Bachelor in business administration
- Market analysis
- French, Albanian, English
Andriana Georgieva
Business Analyst
- Slovenian-Macedonian in Switzerland
- Bachelor in information systems
- Master degree in international relations and diplomacy
- Business analysis, programming, sales
- Slovenian, Macedonian, English, German, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Bulgarian
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
Bernhard Appelhaus
IKON for medicine
- German in Germany
- BA-student of Linguistics and Spanish at Bremen University
- Dentist since 1990
- German, English, Spanish
Laura Meloni
Linguist
- Italian in Sardinia
- Master's degree in Linguistics
- Semantic analysis
- Italian, English
Phimolporn Hitmeangsong
Linguist
- Thai in Hungary
- University Student in Psychology
- Working on emoji research
- Thai and English
Linda Sanvido
Linguist
- Italian in Switzerland
- PhD student in Linguistics
- Corpora analysis
- Italian, French, English, Spanish, German
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
Olena Chudak
Graphic designer
- Ukrainian in Switzerland
- Graphic designer
- InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- Ukrainian, Russian, French, English
Vlada Jorgacevic
Graphic designer
- Serb in Serbia
- Master of geography and tourism since 2009
- Graphic, web and Ui/Ux designer
- English, German, Serbian
Stéphanie Rosalie
Graphic designer
- French in Switzerland (soon in USA)
- Indépendant Graphic Designer, chifoumidesign.com
- InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- French, English, a little bit of German
Darya Ivanushchenko
Graphic designer
- Ukrainian in Germany
- Master of Economy of enterprise
- Illustrator, Photoshop, Procreate
- Ukrainian, Russian, English
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
Omar Saied
System administrator
- Syrian in Syria
- Linux system administrator
- SysOps Engineer
- Arabic, English
Esteban Bahamonde
Web developer
- Ecuadorian in France
- Systems Analyst
- Web Developer
- Spanish, French
Ján Krajčík
Developer
- Slovak
- Software developer, mathematician and language enthusiast
- Slovak, English, Russian, German
Communication Team
Teddy Nee
Communication and social media
- Indonesian in Taiwan
- Engineer, writer, educator, translator, entrepreneur, YouTuber
- Master's degree in Business Administration
- Medan Hokkien, Indonesian, English, Mandarin, Spanish, Esperanto, Portuguese, French, Tok Pisin, Toki Pona
Vincenzo Petruzzelli
Translator
- Italian in Southern Italy
- Translator and supporter for the public relations
- Language student in Univ. Trieste and music student in Conservatorio Piccinni in Bari
- Italian, English, French, German, + other languages
Shreya Rai
Marketer
- Indian in Switzerland
- MBA in Marketing & Operations
- Marketing experience in strategy, planning & sales, majorly with startups
- Banking experience with Deutsche Bank Operation India
- Hindi, English, Bhojpuri, German
Rita Ashemeza
Media manager
- Ugandan in Switzerland
- YouTuber, Ash & Evan
- Tabloid journalist and content creator
- Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication
- Studying MSc in Media Management at USI
- Menstrual health/rights advocate gofund.me/d6175ad9
- English, Runyankole, and Luganda
Legal Team
Gianmaria Gonzini
Lawyer
- Italian in Italy, U.K., Spain
- Italian qualified lawyer
- Expert in civil law
- Italian, English, Esperanto
Eralda Hoxha
Law attorney
- Greek-Albanian in Switzerland
- Greek qualified lawyer
- Albanian, Greek, English, German
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
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)