Team
Disruptive innovation can only originate from a diverse set of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. This is why we have put together a team of Academics, Data Scientists, Managers and Software Engineers to revolutionize betting, finance and fantasy sports

Giovanni Bertoli
CEO & Co-Founder
Giovanni is an entrepreneur with years of managerial experience at Google and an economic background (alumni of the London School of Economics).
He has a real passion for fantasy sports and football.
Fun fact: his bachelor dissertation was an economic analysis of football and his master dissertation was about online gambling regulation!

Michele Di Marcantonio
Co-Founder
Michele is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Ph.D. in Actuarial Sciences) and has years of professional experience as chartered accountant and legal auditor, specialized in valuation models and economic, financial and statistical studies. He is also professor of Valuation Techniques in primary private universities and has a strong statistical and financial background.
Fun fact: football is not his sport.. once he scored two own goals in one match!

Marco Campanelli
Chief Technology Officer
Marco is a Senior Software Engineer with a Master Degree in Computer Science.
He has experience in the e-commerce, banking, advertisement and travel industries and he specializes in high throughput, low latency applications.
He’s responsible for the architecture and development of Wall Street Football platforms.
Fun fact: Wall Street Football was actually the main sponsor of a 5 aside football team he played for!

Filippo Celleno
Head of Analytics
Filippo is a Data Scientist with years of experience in different sectors such as Banking, Insurance and IT.
Specialized in analytical problem solving for enterprises and passionate about football, fantasy football and AS Roma.
Fun fact: during college Filippo worked for 6 years at the Stadio Olimpico watching tons of live matches (including the Champions League final).

Elisa Zanchetta
Chief Strategy & Operations Officer
Elisa is a Management Engineer with Strategy Consulting experience in various industries which involved innovation, strategy, technology and change.
In addition to her core competencies, Elisa has different passions including social media and the organization of large events where she acquired expertise during her professional life.
Fun fact: she has been taught what is an offside only once!

Marco La Grutta
Chief Commercial Officer
Marco is a Management Engineer with deep experience in gaming industry and big passion for football.
He has worked for two of the biggest organizations in the industry covering both B2C and B2B sides, always taking care of customer needs and commercial strategies to generate value.
Fun fact: years ago he was lucky enough to score a goal with a spectacular bicycle kick when someone was recording the match with a camera.

Yev Levin
Lead Data Scientist
Yevgeniy is a Data Scientist with broad experience across financial trading, consulting and travel industries where he has worked with low latency applications and high volumes of data.
Fun fact: although not an active footballer nowadays, he once scored a winning goal from half way in the last minute.

Francesco Pagliara
Senior Data Scientist
Francesco is a Senior Data Scientist with a degree in Statistics. He started as an odds compiler/ risk trader in Rome and then moved to London where he combined his passion in online gaming and sport with computer science and analytics across different companies and industries.
Fun fact: In 2018 he managed to watch 6 live AS Roma Champions League games + 1 Serie A game, while still based in London.

Nicola Paoli
Full Stack Developer
Nicola is a Full Stack Developer with a customer-based approach and an eye for design and the business side. He worked with cutting-edge technologies building web and mobile app, products and services.
Fun fact: He’s been playing with football data since ever. Learning to code made it much easier, joining WSF made it into a real job!

Gianluca Sabbatucci
Business Management Advisor
Gianluca is a Program Manager with an engineering background and a Dual Degree in MBA & Master in Business Analytics & Big Data. He has years of experience in Strategy Consulting, Operations Management and process improvement projects with a strategic and digital focus across various industries.
He is passionate about tech entrepreneurship, data science & analytics and happy to advice WSF on business management issues.