Lavoratore dipendente presso Università degli Studi di Firenze, settore amministrativo-gestionale, area delle Elevate Professionalità
Responsabile U.P. Placement e imprenditorialità
Knowledge transfer manager
Dottore di Ricerca in Economia e Gestione delle Imprese e dei Sistemi Locali - Università di Firenze. Master di secondo livello in "Intellectual property valorisation for Knowledge Exchange & Impact (KEI)" - Università di Bologna.
Interessi principali: innovazione, trasferimento delle conoscenze, terza missione, student entrepreneurship, startup, spin-off, incubatori, lean start-up, business planning, business modeling, soft skills.
Principali mansioni e responsabilità:
- Facilitare e organizzare iniziative di incontro tra studenti/laureati/dottorandi/Phd e aziende, associazioni di categoria e altri enti per l’inserimento nel mercato del lavoro, al fine di migliorarne le condizioni di occupabilità;
- Assicurare la promozione e l’attuazione di una politica proattiva di creazione e sviluppo di nuova impresa che valorizzi i risultati della ricerca e le competenze degli studenti (spin-off e startup);
- Avviare e supportare azioni di open innovation;
- Gestire l’Incubatore Universitario Fiorentino e il First Lab.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Chiara Mazzi
chiara.mazzi@unifi.it
www.linkedin.com/in/chiara-mazzi-b2595276
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015/12 - present
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Office manager (2022/present): Placement and entrepreneurship
Business or sector: Third mission of Universities
RESEARCH FELLOW
2010/12 – 2015/06
Business or sector: Education and research
LECTURER
Design Management course - Economics and business management
Contract Professor in Economics and Business Management (9 CFU)
PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIONS (BUSINESS CONSULTANT)
2007/12 – 2015/11
Tutoring for LIFE, COACHICTR, IRHSI and FRIS paths of the "Tuscan Start-up Academy" project, financed by the Tuscany Region, with the resources of the European Social Fund 2007-2013
Policies for business creation ", as part of the joint activities IRPET-Tuscany Region for the year 2014 on "Evaluation of industrial policies"
Evaluator of SOUL-FI Round A applications. SOUL FI (Startups Optimizing Urban Life with Future Internet) is a FI-WARE accelerator project funded by the European Commission.
Qualified entrepreneurial training services for spinoff projects hosted within IUF (University of Florence Incubator)
Coordination of teachers and execution of the virtual diary of the SeedLab business accelerator
Business plan consultant for projects in pre-incubation at the University of Florence Incubator
Business consultant and treasurer
Business or sector: Public and private
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2nd Level Master “Intellectual property valorisation for Knowledge Exchange & Impact (KEI)”
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Topics: valorization of research, knowledge exchange, impact.
Skills: the master's course train new figures for the management of services related to the third mission of universities, research institutes and companies with growth potential.
The management of intellectual property, knowledge transfer, the creation of innovative enterprises and the impact that these actions generate on society are increasingly fundamental and strategic components for research institutions.
PhD in Business and local systems management
Topics: management, entrepreneurship, corporate strategies and governance.
Skills: in-depth skills on research theories and methodologies for the analysis of strategic, organizational and commercial issues connected with entrepreneurial, corporate, local development processes, local and international business strategies, business systems and meta-organizers
Master’s degree in Economics and social sciences (110 cum laude)
Topics: economics, business, statistical-mathematical and legal.
Skills: use of economic science methods in analyzing the complexities of contemporary society and solving economic and social problems, also from a dynamic perspective
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue: Italian
Other language: English (reading: B2 – speaking: B1)
Spanish (reading: B1 – speaking: A2)
Job-related skills
Methodological skills: project management, planning, lean methodology, service orientation, learning agility
Soft skills: organization, problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, people and time management, work under pressure, communication, public speaking, collaboration, teamwork.
Digital skills
Excellent knowledge: Office package (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), G-Suite and Windows.
Excellent ability to search through the internet, search engines and databases.
Good knowledge and ability to use and manage social networks and websites for sharing multimedia and commercial content
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Publications
29th May 2025
CHIARA MAZZI
Trasferimento tecnologico
Terza missione dell'Università
Start-up e spin-off
Incubatori e acceleratori d'impresa
Lean startup
Business modeling - business planning
Strategia d'impresa
Marketing e comunicazione
Imprenditorialità
Family business
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