Ivan Porro

Ivan Porro has been involved in the tech industry since 1999. Ivan began their career as an IT Consultant, working on software development and IT consulting for small and medium companies. In 2002, they took on a role as a Research Consultant at the Università degli Studi di Genova, where they focused on Health Informatics and Bio-Medical Informatics cross-domain data integration. Ivan also served as a Contract Professor for the university's M. Sc. in Computer Science. At the same time, they were also a System Administrator at the Ospedale San Martino di Genova. In 2008, they co-founded Nextage srl and was responsible for business development and sales of Nextage's products and services. In 2016, they became the CEO and co-founder of SurgiQ.

Ivan Porro began their educational journey in 1990, when they attended I.T.I.S. Giovanni Giorgi and earned a Perito elettronico in Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician. Ivan then attended Università degli Studi di Genova from 1996 to 2001, where they earned an M.Sc.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering. Finally, they returned to Università degli Studi di Genova from 2004 to 2007, where they earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering.