Gianluigi Castelli

Gianluigi Castelli is an Associate Professor of Practice of Information Systems at SDA Bocconi School of Management.

At SDA Bocconi, he is the Director of the DEVO Lab (Digital Enterprise Value and Organization Laboratory). He has led large technology research projects (software) within the framework of EC funded programs (OMI). He has led work groups drafting the ICT strategic guidelines for major European Institutions.

His research activities focus on information systems, ICT transformation, digital transformation and information technology and the management of complex organizations .

He is the author of two books on programming and the author of more than 30 papers on software development methodologies, programming languages, compilers and operating system design and digital transformation. He has been CIO for large multinational companies in Italy and abroad (Infostrada, Fiat, Vodafone, Eni and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane). He has received the following awards: European Commission Information Technology European Award ITEA’95 (1995); EUCIP Best Italian CIO (2009); Oracle Excellence Award – CIO of the Year EMEA (2013).Currently he is Chairman of the Board of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and Chairman of the Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (UIC).

In April 2020 he was appointed, by decree, expert to support the creation of the National Strategic Pole (NSP) by the Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitization.

Gianluigi earned a degree in Physics, with a specialization in Cybernetics from the Università degli Studi di Milano. His hobbies include collecting classic cars and motorcycles and sailing.

Education

• Laurea in Fisica a indirizzo cibernetico Università degli Studi di Milano (1973 — 1978)
• Maturità scientifica Liceo Scientifico Leonardo da Vinci, Milano (1968 — 1973)

Grants & Honors

• Oracle Excellence Award – CIO of the Year EMEA - Oracle Corp. , 2013
• EUCIP Best Italian CIO - EUCIP (EUropean Certification of Informatics Professionals) , 2009
• EU Information Technology European Award ITEA'95 - European Commission , 1995

Publications

• CASTELLI G. V., MEREGALLI S., PENNAROLA F. (EDS.)
  The Post-digital Enterprise: Going Beyond the Hype
  Springer International Publishing, , 2022
• CASTELLI G. V.
  Disruptive as Usual: A Manifesto for the Digital Age in The Post-Digital Enterprise
  Gianluigi Castelli, Severino Meregalli, Ferdinando Pennarola(Ed), Springer International Publishing, chap. 2, pp.17-31, 2022
  
• CASTELLI G. V., GENTILE M., PIERI V.
  Sui binari corre la crescita italiana - Italy’s Growth Runs on Rails
  Economia & Management, 2019, vol.4, pp.32-35
  
• MEREGALLI S., CASTELLI G. V.
  Introduction to the Hit Radar in High Impact Technologies Radar, General Report, 3rd Edition
  Salviotti, G., Meregalli, S. (Eds),Egea, pp.5-8, 2019
  
• CASTELLI G. V., MEREGALLI S.
  Disruptive as usual. Un manifesto per la digital transformation
  Economia & Management, 2016, vol.3, pp.34-38
  
• CASTELLI G. V., FIORENTINI M.
  The EOS Operating System