Curriculum Vitae

Hello, I’m Fabio.

I see things differently.

As a result, I have a high capacity to innovate and anticipate.

I care deeply about human connections, with colleagues, clients and end-users.

I value flexibility and what I mean by “flexibility” is trying new things.

Doing things in the same way over and over again isn’t innovation.

I live to innovate.

My relationship with risk and adaptability isn’t just a corporate stance; it’s deeply personal. Early in my journey, while working as an underpaid architecture intern in Turin and before even graduating, my partner told me she was pregnant. I felt absolute, paralyzing fear. Yet, leaning into that vulnerability changed everything. Fast forward 15 years: I am now a father of three, and together with my family, we have crossed borders from Italy to France, relocating across five different cities. This life journey taught me that fear is a compass: if you don’t feel it, you are stuck in your comfort zone, and the comfort zone is the ultimate enemy of innovation.

Currently, I serve as the director of product design at Symphony in Sophia Antipolis, France. Having joined in 2018 as a Senior Designer, I co-established and operated the Sophia Antipolis branch from its inception, organically progressing to Lead before taking on executive design leadership. Over these years, Symphony underwent massive transformations, evolving from an agile startup through intense phases of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)—including Cloud9. Operating with absolute transparency, I navigate change and uncertainty with ease. During these turbulent shifts, I took ownership of the situation, anchoring and protecting the design team so we could not only endure but thrive. Crucially, I spearheaded the consolidation of our design operations, successfully transitioning our footprint from a distributed global model (spanning SF, London, and NY) into a centralized, high-performing hub here in Sophia Antipolis.

Today, I lead a highly aligned team capable of shipping incredibly complex products. A core pillar of my leadership has been fostering a future-proof mindset: I have consistently pushed my team to embrace emerging technologies, including AI, driving a profound transition in our workflow. We are actively evolving into what can best be defined as creative technologists—a hybrid breed of designers who seamlessly blend advanced design logic with technical execution.

This current chapter is backed by a long track record of diverse experience crafting digital products and systems across wildly different sectors—from high-stakes global sports industries (delivering systems for the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games) and complex fintech/banking channels, to agile creative agencies. This background has made me a true “Jack of most trades” in the digital space: I am entirely capable of executing the work solo, yet equally comfortable scaling and handing it off to high-performing teams. I approach product design not as isolated interfaces, but as part of a larger, interconnected ecosystem. My unique strength lies at the intersection of design, business strategy, and technology, giving me a keen ability to identify the subtle gaps in the user experience that others miss.

With this foundation, my day-to-day focus centers on high-level strategy, setting the global product design vision and orchestrating a seamless, inclusive, and secure UX across all platforms. This role is deeply managerial and human: I manage the full spectrum of talent acquisition and team restructuring, making the tough performance decisions when necessary, while passionately mentoring interns into flourishing senior designers.

My impact extends well beyond product containers. I collaborate with marketing teams and brand designers to overhaul our overall corporate brand identity. Furthermore, within our design system infrastructure, I personally drove the technical architecture to solve our scalable color system—a framework so innovative it was leveraged as core research to secure national grants, bridging the gap between design logic and engineering implementation. I now partner directly with C-level executives to scope new strategic initiatives, telling stories that enroll team members in the product vision, while working with external agencies to pioneer and deliver both software ecosystem developments and hardware products.

Design philosophy and leadership principles

Past work experiences

Lead product designer

Travelaer (now PROS), 2017–2018, Sophia Antipolis, France

Senior UX and digital channels manager

Veneto Banca, 2015–2017, Montebelluna (Treviso), Italy

Senior UX designer

Accenture, 2014–2015, Milan, Italy

Principal interaction designer

Deltatre — 2009–2014 | Torino, Italy

UX lead and project manager

Domino — 2006–2009 | Torino, Italy

Selected agency clients during this tenure:

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