Gianluigi Vittorio Castelli

Associate Professor of Practice
Knowledge groupLeadership, Human Resources and Digital Technologies
Research domainsIT Management
Teaching domainsIT Strategy, IT Governance, IT Transformation, Digital Innovation, Technology Scouting
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Biography

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.

Recent Publications

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  • 2023
    La nuova consapevolezza per aziende e cittadini dell'era post digitale
    CASTELLI, G. V., "La nuova consapevolezza per aziende e cittadini dell'era post digitale", Il Sole 24 Ore, 12 March 2023
  • 2023
    Guardare con attenzione attraverso lo specchio digitale
    CASTELLI, G. V., S. MEREGALLI, "Guardare con attenzione attraverso lo specchio digitale", Economia & Management, 2023, no. 3, pp. 58-60
  • 2022
    The Post-digital Enterprise: Going Beyond the Hype
    CASTELLI, G. V., S. MEREGALLI, F. PENNAROLA (Eds.), "The Post-digital Enterprise: Going Beyond the Hype" - 2022, Springer International Publishing
  • 2022
    Disruptive as Usual: A Manifesto for the Digital Age
    CASTELLI, G. V., "Disruptive as Usual: A Manifesto for the Digital Age" in The Post-Digital Enterprise., Gianluigi Castelli, Severino Meregalli, Ferdinando Pennarola (Eds.), Springer International Publishing, chap. 2, pp. 17-31, 2022
  • 2020
    High Impact Technologies, 7th General Report
    CASTELLI, G. V., S. MEREGALLI - "High Impact Technologies, 7th General Report" - 2020, DEVO Lab - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
  • 2020
    Hyper Performing Computing
    DE ROSSI, L., N. ABBATEMARCO, S. MEREGALLI, G. V. CASTELLI - "Hyper Performing Computing" - 2020, DEVO Lab - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
  • 2020
    The Edge Organization
    DE ROSSI, L., A. GAUR, S. MEREGALLI, G. V. CASTELLI - "The Edge Organization" - 2020, DEVO Lab - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
  • 2019
    Artificial Intelligence for Enterprises, Capabilities, Market Overview, Business Applications and Organizational Impacts
    CASTELLI, G. V., S. MEREGALLI - "Artificial Intelligence for Enterprises, Capabilities, Market Overview, Business Applications and Organizational Impacts" - 2019, DEVO Lab - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
  • 2019
    High Impact Technologies, 5th General Report
    CASTELLI, G. V., S. MEREGALLI - "High Impact Technologies, 5th General Report" - 2019, DEVO Lab - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
  • 2019
    Sui binari corre la crescita italiana - Italy’s Growth Runs on Rails
    CASTELLI, G. V., M. GENTILE, V. PIERI, "Sui binari corre la crescita italiana - Italy’s Growth Runs on Rails", Economia & Management, 2019, no. 4, pp. 32-35

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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