Shiva received a Msc in Industrial Biotechnology followed by a PhD in Business and Management and a specialising Masters in Project Management for Business Performance and Innovation. He is also an IPMA certified PM Associate.
With over 15 years’ experience in Technology Transfer and Innovation, he was Head of Technology Transfer at Politecnico di Torino for more than 10 years and is currently CEO of BeHold srl, the holding company managing the University of Bologna Spin-offs portfolio. He is also executive board member at AlmaCube srl, the incubator and innovation hub of the University of Bologna and Confindustria Emilia Area Centro.
He was board member at Netval, where is currently consulting as Senior Project Manager for the Knowledge Share 2.0 project, and was in the past a Council Member within ATTP (Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals). He is also vice-chair of the Technology Transfer Committee within LES International and is an active member of ASTP.
Shiva is the author of publications in the field and has been a speaker at several national and international conferences and lecturer in Technology Transfer and Innovation courses at the post-graduation level.