WELCOME TO INTERNET OF ARTISTS

A London based company creating platforms to make art possible.

INTERNET OF ARTISTS brings artists together, connecting them with the businesses of their related industries.

By providing innovative communication tools and services, artists are supported throughout their artistic development and professional career.

The company is managed by a global team whose extensive experience in the Arts, Business, Digital Media and Product Development, make IOA unique in both understanding and meeting the needs of their clients.

INTERNET OF ARTISTS was founded by Riccardo Barbieri Torriani and Sergio Curadi Naumann in 2015.

MISSION

Making a Contribution

Becoming a Musical Artist today is very difficult.

The current system is fragmented, dated, costly and filled with obstacles. Tools and services along the journey lead to time, money, and focus waste as well as productivity and motivation loss.

We strive to eradicate the pain points of the musician’s journey, reduce the waste and eliminate the loss through facilitating Artists-to-Artist and Artist-to-Services connections, reducing time and cost of access to services, ensuring quality delivery of good and services, and providing focused direct marketing to service providers.

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PRODUCTS
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AMY Music
After merging with the successful Brasilian company Fleeber, MyM Vision has evolved into AMY Music. AMY Music is a music community application that allows musicians to easily connect with other musicians, organize jam sessions and gigs, share their music, find teachers and schools, as well as get in touch with recording studios, venues, and record labels. Making music possible at any phase of development or stage of professional career.

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AMY Studio
AMY Studio is a cloud based CRM that allows for Recording Studios, Rehearsal Spaces, and Venues to have their booking activities handled directly online. Increasing efficiency by simplifying the reservation and cancellation process, managing clients, handling the rental and sales of products, and by keeping record of payments, Amy Studio is an invaluable tool for increasing efficiency and better businesses management.

TEAM
Riccardo Barbieri Torriani
CEO & Co.Founder
Riccardo solidified his legal experience with the Finelli & Associati Law Firm. He then joined the Granvela Group (a company specialized in investments and real estate) where he started as Project Manager, went on to become CFO, and finally was promoted to Managing Director. Riccardo began his professional musical career early, singing in the children’s choir of Teatro alla Scala from 1985-1989. Riccardo’s band, The Austen, has released 2 albums under the record label Nub Music (London), which were produced by 2-time Grammy Award winner Max MC Costa. Riccardo earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Milan (Italy) and subsequently passed the Italian Bar Exam in 2007. Riccardo has an MBA from Hult International Business School (London, UK).

Languages: Italian, English, French and Spanish.

Ramon Canales
Co. Founder & Chief Technology Officer
With over 10 years of experience in Product Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in sectors ranging from Sensitive Corporate to Startups, Ramon has specialized expertise in developing products to meet the requirements of the intended final user. Ramon founded the biggest platform for musicians in Brazil, which has since been merged into the Internet of Artists group. Ramon is also an accomplished guitarist and has toured Brazilian cities with several different bands for 5 years. Ramon earned a Master’s Degree in Mechatronic Engineering at the Polytechnic University in São Paulo, Brazil.

Languages: Portuguese and English.

Steve Mariani
Chief Product Officer
Steve successfully built commercial digital businesses and organizations at scale in both the USA and Europe, bringing direction and innovation to Product Management, Software Development, Experience Design & Research. Steve started his career working in the Silicon Valley startup world while finishing his Computer Engineering Degree. Career highlights include designing parts of eBay, developing the first touch screen disc rental kiosk in the USA which revolutionized the media rental industry, as well as designing the UX evaluation framework used by Intel to measure UX for all new platforms used by billions of people worldwide. Most recently Steve assembled and managed the team overseeing the Italian portal for Vodafone serving 35 million customers, as well as for the portal of Coop, Italy’s largest grocery chain. Steve has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University (California, USA).

Languages: English, Italian and Spanish.

Nadia Staffini
Chief Administrative Officer
Nadia’s experience in business includes having been Managing Director for Colima, an Italian company specialized in producing Level Control Systems, as well as the International Sales and Marketing Director for the UK multinational, Spirax. Nadia was also a successful entrepreneur, building her own hospitality business in Rome. Nadia is a Costume Designer and has worked for films both in Hollywood, Los Angeles and in Italy. Nadia graduated from the Accademia di Brera (Milan, Italy) in Fine Arts, and completed postgraduate courses in Marketing & Communication, Proposal Management and Business Management at Assoservizi, in collaboration with Bocconi University.

Languages: Italian, English and French.

Jibran Qureshi
Chief financial Officer
Jibran is a Chartered Certified Accountant with extensive Managerial and Financial expertise, and is specialized in guiding start-ups to create long term competitiveness and sustainability through effective financial control, ledger management and tax planning. Jibran earned his Executive MBA at the Hult International Business School (London), and has a Master’s Diploma in Financial Strategy from the Said Business School at Oxford University (UK).

Languages: English, Urdu and Hindi.

Costanza Barbieri Torriani
Head of External Relations
Costanza started her career with the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli publishing house as Press Officer, and has since become personal assistant to the CEO of the Feltrinelli Group, Carlo Feltrinelli. Her responsibilities have included managing external relations and coordinating the management staff. Costanza holds both an undergraduate degree in Modern Literature and a Master’s Degree in Culture and Language for Communications from the University of Milan (Italy).

Languages: Italian, English and Spanish.

Max Costa
Head of R&D
2-time Grammy Award Winner. Considered one of Italy’s most famous sound engineers, Max is Co-founder of the Psyco Studios in Milan, Italy. His experience as a musician, arranger, sound technician, music producer and computer programmer give Max a unique, 360° expertise in sound production. Max has collaborated with such celebrated artists as Sting, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, Elio e Le Strie Tese, Nek and Laura Pausini.

Languages: Spanish, Italian and English.

Sergio Curadi
Creative Director & Co.Founder
Sergio founded EQUART in 1985, a multimedia company which he managed for 20 years. Notable clients included RAI, IBM, Olivetti, ENI, Banca Intesa, Cariplo, Vodafone, Wind, Conde Nast, Jil Sander, RCS, Publitalia and SMAU. Since 2003, Sergio has been a consultant for a number of multimedia agencies including Satiz.

Languages: Italian and German.

Flavia Lazzarin
Marketing Statistics Manager
Flavia is an e-commerce, social media and linguistic mediation specialist. She has been part of several national level projects in Italy in the areas of telecommunications, e-commerce and social media including Vodafone.it and Coop. She now focuses on driving metrics, performance analysis on social media channels.

Languages: Italian, English, Spanish and French.

Peter Cook
International Partnership Consultant
Speaker, Writer, Business Consultant, Coach. MD The Academy of Rock and Human Dynamics. Proud to write, speak and deliver events for Sir Richard Branson's Virgin.com brand and Bloomsbury. Background as a scientist, leading innovation teams to bring life-saving drugs to market, including Human Insulin, breakthrough treatments for Herpes and the 1st treatment for HIV / AIDS in record time. Consultant at Nadine Hack's beCause Global Associates. Author of 7 1/2 books on business.
Alessandro Curadi
Art Director & Video Producer
Alessandro has 20 years of experience as a video producer, having worked for several multimedia companies including Avriolab srl. His activities include filmmaking, video editing, graphic design, Compositing, and UI/UX design. Alessandro is an accomplished painter and is a member of the “Associazione Italiana Acquarellisti” (Italian Watercolor Painter’s Association). His paintings of Jazz musicians, painted during live performances, have been exhibited at numerous galleries throughout Italy and Switzerland.

Languages: Italian and German.

Leonardo Reolon
Advertising Manager
Leonardo was President of Nitrol Chemical Srl from 2004-2008. In 2002, he founded Vanagency, a consulting agency providing Photography and Art Direction services. Leonardo is also a trained violinist. Leonardo has a Degree in Accounting from V. Benini di Melegnano, and went on to study Art Direction and Graphic Design at IED (Milano, Italy).

Languages: Italian and English.

Jon Gill
External Legal Adviser
Jon is Corporate Partner at TLT LLP, the award-winning national law firm in UK, where he leads a team focused on private equity, venture capital and technology M&A transactions. He acts for a number of routinely acquisitive public and private companies, mid-market private equity firms, venture capital providers, entrepreneurial management teams and investee companies.
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