Gianluca Meardi

Gianluca is driven by a profound passion for seamlessly intertwining creativity, technology, and business to captivate and astonish audiences—a passion ignited since his first viewing of Star Wars in 1977. During his tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, later PwC, he spearheaded the Digital Transformation domain, where he embraced the very essence of adaptive change, winning the 2017 PwC Global Innovation Challenge on AI and Robotics. Gianluca’s next journey at IBM included allowing him to take the helm of the Strategy & Design division and also lead the IBM Studios, fostering collaboration, creativity, and edge innovation. Now, with V-Nova Studios, the mission is to elevate the film industry to unprecedented heights, a cinematic singularity. This endeavour represents the second most significant innovation in movie history, rivalled only by the introduction of sound. The goal is to beckon viewers into a realm of genuine Hollywood-grade movies, allowing them to immerse themselves in the narrative. Beyond his role at V-Nova Studios, Gianluca serves as an advisor at Berkeley Skydeck, he is an author, and also the proud founder of the non-profit organization Scuola++, dedicated to advancing and supporting digital education.