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About Me
Hi! I'm Enrico. I like to build things, read about how things work, and invest in things that work. I explore stablecoin infrastructure and how money moves, alongside the ideas that shape me: art, philosophy, chess, music, technology, and personal growth.
Born and raised in Milan, I've studied and worked across Europe, America, and Asia, and traveled to over 44 countries. I've lived in Milan, Rome, Montreux, Bangkok, Vail, London, and now New York City.
I spend most of my time building technology products. I currently work at Bastion as a Technical Account Manager, building trusted stablecoin infrastructure for enterprises. Previously, I built stablecoin infrastructure at Bridge, helping power the future of global payments, and before that I led integrations teams at Orbital Finance and TrueLayer. Over the past seven years, products I've helped build have reached hundreds of millions of users, supported thousands of developers, and processed billions in volume worldwide.
I'm passionate about supporting entrepreneurs, particularly in Europe, and I'm now starting my own journey as a founder.
Until recently I lived in New York City. Now I'm back in the Old World with my wife Carlotta, an epidemiologist at NYU, and our cat Woody.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy reading.
Inspirations
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben HorowitzBook
- Lean In — Sheryl SandbergBook
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism — Shoshana ZuboffBook
- The Infinity Machine — Sebastian MallabyBook
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant — Eric JorgensonBook
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics — Carlo RovelliBook
- The Divine Comedy — Dante AlighieriBook
- All-In PodcastPodcast
- TokenizedPodcast
- Stories — Cecilia SalaPodcast
- Hardcore History — Dan CarlinPodcast
- a16z Crypto PodcastPodcast
- Blockchain Insider — 11:FSPodcast
- Supernova — Alessandro CattelanPodcast
- Da Costa a Costa — Francesco CostaPodcast
- Chronotrains — European rail travel timesWebsite
- Linklowdown — interesting websitesWebsite
Let's connect
Happy to chat about payments, product building, innovation, and technology.
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