BOARD OF ADVISORS

Amedeo Angiolillo, Publisher of Beautiful Publishing, Inc.
Mr. Angiolillo has an MBA from HarvardBusinessSchool. He has been President & CEO of different Italian companies operating in the US among which Treccani USA and Academic & Entertaining Media Inc. Mr. Angiolillo has started and successfully managed numerous joint new ventures between American and Italian partners. He has a long experience in publishing where he started different publications such as Taxi and Fashion Almanac. He has launched intone.com and most recently Bell'Italia magazine English edition in North America. Born and raised in Rome, Mr. Angiolillo resides in New York.

Edward G. Brown, Executive Chef the Sea Grill.
Mr. Brown has been executive chef of The Sea Grill since 1994. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America with an AOS degree and earned the equivalent CAP, Francais de Cuisine, in France. Brown plays a larger role within The Sea Grill's parent company, Restaurant Associates. He serves as a consulting chef for concept development, making guest chef appearances at the corporate units and supervising sports and performing arts center operations such as The U.S. Tennis Open. He is one of only a few American chefs honored with membership in the prestigious French Vatel Club and is one of 200 North America's Outstanding Chefs, an honor bestowed by the Chefs in American Awards Foundation. Mr. Brown lives with his family in Manhattan.

Amedeo Scognamiglio, Founder Cameo Collection; Partner of Faraone Mennella.
Mr. Scognamiglio has followed the steps of his family who has been creating hand made Cameos since 1857, in Torre del Greco - by the footstep of Mount Vesuvius and the Island of Capri. By the age of sixteen he mastered the art of hand-carving cameos, becoming the lead designer for his family’s name sake company. After graduating from LawSchool at the University of Naples in 1995, Amedeo moved to NYC where he launched his first signature Cameo Collection. In 2001 he joined forces with Roberto Faraone Mennella and together they created Faraone Mennella, a company that is a world-wide authority in handmade unique and elegant jewelry. He is an outstanding cook and connoisseur of Italian food and wine. Mr. Scognamiglio lives in New York City.

Riccardo Strano, Director for the US and Canada of the Italian Government Tourist Board.
Mr. Strano taughteconomics and tourism marketing at the University of Ancona and Macerata and his prior positions include Director of Tourism of the Marche Region, Director of the Information Technology Department of the Italian Government Tourist Board in Rome and most recently Director of the Italian Government Tourist Board of Spain and Portugal.

Paolo Vannini, Chairman of the Board of Advisors - President of Vannini & Associates.
Before joining MarketGates, Mr. Vannini was President & CEO of Fiat USA Inc, where he was responsible for providing strategic consulting and business development services for 21 operating companies in North America. Previously as SVP Corporate Communications, he was responsible for communication and institutional relations for the Fiat Group in North America.
In Europe, as the Group Product Manager of Cinzano Spa, he was responsible for Strategic Marketing. Mr. Vannini now resides in New York.

Steven Wagner, Director of Marketing & Communication for Material Connection.
Mr. Wagner has well over 20 years of editorial and creative experience in both print and online publishing, focusing on  interior design, home furnishings, food, wine, travel, and lifestyle interests. He has been a contributor to magazines such as Food and Wine, Town and Country, Departures, Bell'Italia and House Beautiful focusing on Italy and Italian related topics. For the Hearst Corporation he has been editorial director of their Food and Spirits web site as well as editorial director of all of Hearst Magazines on the internet. At present he is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Material Connexion, a center where architects, designers, and corporations can research the most innovative materials available on the market. 
Born and raised in Rome, Mr. Wagner resides in New York.

Andrea Tiberi, Executive President - Chef EatalianStylecorporation
Andrea Tiberi, since his early years , has been with the restaurant world, making his first steps as a “prep cook” in 1988. He received his diploma as qualified chef in 1991 from the “Istituto Professionale Alberghiero” in Assisi.
In 2000 Andrea founded with Moreno Tiberi and Antonio Peruzzi the EatalianStyleCorporation to promote and implement the art of Italian cooking and culinary traditions worldwide, by accommodating the needs and requirements of the location and/or country hosting the initiative.
Since 2003 he is the President of F.I.C. Assisi (Italian Federation of Chefs) and with the cooperation of the Association of Umbrian Chefs they organize cooking events and cooking courses for chefs.

Marco Petrini, President of Monini North America Inc.
After graduating "cum laude" at theBostonCollege, School of Management in 1985, Mr. Petrini returned to Italy to manage its family business. The Petrini Group managed 5 industrial plants in Italy for the production of pasta and animal food products. Mr Petrini overviewed the construction and openingof the first AIPC (American Italian Pasta Co.) mill and pasta factory in Excelsior SpringMO between 1986 and 1988. He was also in charge of pasta exports from Italy to more than 50 countries until the family business was sold to an American investment group in 1990.
In 1992 Mr. Petrini joined Monini SpA in Spoleto, Italy as Export Director, and managed the expansion of export sales to more than 35 countries.
In 2000, Mr Petrini moved to Conneticut to start Monini NA, Inc created to expand the presence of Monini in North America. To day Monini is the 8th largest olive oil company in North America.
In addition to successfully managing the business Mr. Petrini has been recognized by the American Culinary Foundation with an Honorary Degree in Culinary Arts and holds a Diploma from the Olive Oil Tasting Panel Association.

Luca Maroni
Luca Maroni has graduated with Honors in Business & Economics in 1986. Between 1987 and 1989 he worked with Luigi Veronelli, wrote for “L’Etichetta” magazine and founded “Ex Vinis”, Italy’s first wine-oriented newsletter.
Starting in September 1990, Luca starts the Lm editing company by creating “The Taster of Wine”, a magazine dedicated to wine and wine-tasting. 1993 sees the publishing of the first issue of Annuario dei Vini Italiani, a special report on the enological production within major Italian winemaking companies.
The following years he publishes “Degustare il vino” (“The Tasting of Wine”), a theoretical and practical method for a knowledgeable tasting of any kind of wine and the“Wine tasting” entry for the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia. Through the years his writing career flourishes and he also begins his workshop and speech-giving activities, introducing his tasting method to the most prestigious players in the winemaking industry.
From 1989 to 2006, Luca Maroni has tasted over 100,000 wines.