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Jesse Burgess Marsh

Address(es)Via Giuseppe La Farina 9, 90141 Palermo, Italy Telephone(s)+39 091 6256226Mobile:+39 333 4075748E-mailjesse@atelier.itNationalityUnited States of AmericaDate of birthApril 2, 1953GenderMale

Occupational fieldInnovation Policy ConsultingWork experience

DatesSince 1995Occupation or position heldLead Partner and Legal Representative

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Main activities andresponsibilitiesConsulting activities primarily in cooperative projects funded by theEuropean Union – over 30 to date – each involving several organizationsin different Member States. Sectors range from ICT (Information andCommunications Technologies) R&D to local development and strategicplanning. Funding programs include INTERREG MEDOCC, IIIC, andARCHIMED (Interregional Cooperation), LIFE (Environmental initiatives),and 4

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Framework Programs: Telematics/ACTS/ISPO/ ICT (Researchand development programs in telecommunications and IT).Specific topics include: teleworking, web service design, informationsociety policies and sustainable development scenarios, culturaldevelopment, logistics, e-government and e-participation, e-commerce,SME networks, coastal management, economic development schemes,governance networks, landscape management, and multimedia forimmaterial cultural heritage.In addition to direct participation, also project coordinator as a consultantto local and regional authorities: Cities of Alcamo, Ragusa and Bagheriaand the Departments of Planning and of Cultural Heritage of the SicilianRegion.Other strategic and policy consultancies include international companies,universities, research institutes and public authorities (CRES,Confindustria, Tourism board and ISIDA in Palermo and University of Tampere (FI), Simpson Research Group (MT), Highlands and IslandsEnterprise (UK), RAND Europe, and LASER-Galleries Lafayette Group (FR))and have included the STOA policy research Unit of the EuropeanParliament (study on “Cultural Diversity and the Information Society”)and several projects with the European Commission on the link betweenInformation Society and Sustainable Development.Initiator of DEMO

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in Palermo, for the experimentation of newtechnologies with civic and anti-mafia movements. Current strategicinitiatives include the coordination of “Territorial Living Lab – Sicily”,integrating local development initiatives with ICT R&D co-designmethods; member of the Leadership Group of the European Network of Living Labs.Extensive publications and conference presentations throughout Europe,including an active role in the International Program Committee of theyearly eChallenges conference since 2003.Name and address of employerAtelier Studio Associato (previously OpenStudio di Jesse Marsh & Co), ViaXX Settembre 70, 90141 Palermo, Italy Type of business or sectorInnovation policy consulting and EU project managementDates1992-95Occupation or position heldPartner then PresidentMain activities andresponsibilitiesManagement and consulting in cooperative R&D projects funded by theEuropean Union’s Framework Program, involving several organizationsfrom different member states. Specific topics included: culturaladaptation of multimedia learning material, teleworking among designprofessionals, distributed multimedia training in the banking sector,evaluation of innovative pilot projects in distance learning, and marketanalyses and strategies for learning technologies.Name and address of employerOpenStudio, Viale Romagna 56, 20100 Milano, Italy Type of business or sectorConsulting partnership then Limited Company in ICT-related researchDates1988-91Occupation or position heldConsultant

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Main activities andresponsibilitiesCommunications responsible for EU-funded ICT R&D projects in theESPRIT Program. Job Leader for the DGXIII-DELTA/Osiris Project (1988-91): guidelines andstandards for market diffusion of learning technologies.Invited member of the Technical Panel for Teaching and Training in thePlanning Exercise for defining the ENS workplan for R&D in Systems of General Interest for Public Administrations – European Commission DGXIII/FName and address of employerCentro Sviluppo e Ricerche, Datamont Spa, Via Restelli 15, 20100 Milano,Italy Type of business or sectorIT and telecommunications services company of the Ferruzzi GroupDates1980-92Occupation or position heldOwnerMain activities andresponsibilitiesIndustrial design in a wide range of materials and technologies,processes and product sectors, from chairs to artificial lungs. Inpartnership with Trabucco and Vecchi, clients included Vortice, Elam, andKartell. As a free-lance designer, main clients included: Sorin Biomedica(Fiat Group), Arflex, Elam, De Rosso, SFA (Societé Françaised’Assainissement).From 1988-90, an experimental design project with Sorin Biomedicaaddressed the logical flow, information design, and screen graphics of theprogrammer for pacemakers PMP 1000.Name and address of employer Jesse Marsh Design, Viale Romagna 56, 20100 Milano, Italy Type of business or sectorFree-lance industrial designDates1976-82Occupation or position heldEntered as apprentice, left as Chief Industrial DesignerMain activities andresponsibilitiesIndustrial design in a wide range of areas in the offices of one of thefathers of the “Milanese School” of Industrial Design. Main clients:Brionvega, Louis Vuitton, B&B, Fontana Arte, Fusital, SIO, Poltrona Frau,Lavazza, Vortice, SFA, Sorin Biomedica.Name and address of employerStudio Associato Zanuso e Crescini, Milano, Italy Type of business or sectorArchitectural and Industrial Design Office

Education andtraining

Dates1971-75 Title of qualificationawardedBachelor of Arts, Honors in Art, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta KappaPrincipalsubjects/occupational skillscoveredMajor in Studio Art. Liberal Arts curriculum included studies inArchitecture, Art, History of Art, English, Economics, Mathematics, Music, Theology, Chemistry, Philosophy, Psychology, History, Anthropology andSociologyName and type of organisationWilliams College, Williamstown MA, USA: Liberal Arts CollegeDates1962-71 Title of qualificationawardedHigh School DiplomaPrincipalsubjects/occupational skillscoveredUSA Accredited Primary, Middle and Secondary School Curriculum

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