brunocalabretta

Head Of Ecosystem

Ciao, I’m Bruno, and I’m focused on leading global ecosystem growth and go-to-market strategies in emerging technologies, uniting innovation strategy with a people-first approach to deliver scalable, real-world impact. I’m a results-driven entrepreneur and intrapreneur with an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and a strong technical foundation in AI and Blockchain. I specialize in building and scaling innovation initiatives inside organizations, merging strategy, technology, and purpose to create lasting change.

Most recently Head of Ecosystem Hubs at DFINITY Foundation (ICP), I led operations across 18 countries and 40+ regions to drive global AI and Web3 adoption. I built developer funnels, accelerator programs, and grant pipelines that took teams from awareness to mainnet-ready MVPs, scaling initiatives like the World Computer Hacker League (11K+ participants) and optimizing programs saving $1M+.

As part of the Global Adoption team, I played a key role in the launch and global adoption of Caffeine (caffeine.ai), from coordinating the first public hackathon during the alpha launch in San Francisco, to leading global promptathons, university activations, and ambassador onboarding, shaping the early GTM motion and community-driven feedback loops across SEA, Europe, MENA, and North America. 

Previously Technical Manager & Innovation Expert in Pharma Serialization and Traceability, and later a founder.


Experience: 5 years

Yearly salary: $180,000

Hourly rate: $70

Nationality: 🇮🇹 Italy

Residency: 🇮🇩 Indonesia


Experience

Head of Ecosystem Hubs
DFINITY Foundation
2024 - 2025
• Led global ICP HUBS operations across 18 countries and 40+ regions to drive AI and Web3 adoption. • Scaled and strengthened incubator and accelerator programs with quality gates, tech reviews, and founder meetups, lifting graduation rates and compressing time-to-MVP. • Re-underwrote and optimized ~$2M in ecosystem contracts, saving $1M by enforcing delivery standards and reallocating budget to higher-ROI initiatives. • Designed global playbooks for hackathons, promptathons, meetups, and university activations, aligned with competitive analysis on emerging AI tools. • Part of the operational adoption for Caffeine.ai from its alpha launch, coordinating the first hackathon in SF, and designing global activation programs including promptathons, campus sessions, builder meetups, and early ambassador paths. • Responsible for all Caffeine hackathons and promptathons globally, using these as feedback engines to refine the tool, performances and outcomes, onboarding, and product utility across multiple regions. • Co-led the World Computer Hacker League (WCHL25), 11.7K developers, the largest Web3 developer competition in 2025, structured as an “accelerator in disguise” to drive iteration and mainnet-ready MVPs. • Launched a global DevRel syndicate across multiple Hubs, supporting 60+ teams with architecture and deployment guidance, increasing due-diligence depth and throughput. • Built strategic alliances across sectors, including partnerships with Le Village by Crédit Agricole and cross-ecosystem collaborations such as Fetch.ai, bridging AI, Web3, and corporate innovation.
Co-Founder and Hub Manager
ICP HUB Indonesia - Disruptives
2023 - 2024
• Lifted Indonesia from a low Web3 baseline to one of ICP’s most active ecosystems within 12 months through nationwide programs: bootcamps, hackathons, builder events, media, and partnerships. • Designed the developer funnel via workshops, university activations, and builder programs, onboarding 1,000+ devs. • Launched the first global ICP Incubator in Indonesia: – Cohort 1 (Incubation): 100 teams → 10 selected; 10/10 mainnet MVPs; 7/10 secured follow-on funding. – Cohort 2 (Accelerator): 12 teams → 12/12 mainnet MVPs and funded. • Delivered ecosystem outcomes of 4,000+ event attendees, 30+ mainnet projects, and 13 token launches (utility & memes). • Built collaborations with Indonesian ministries, fintech and enterprise partners, and 100+ universities nationwide to institutionalize Web3 curricula, research touch-points, and talent pipelines. • Formed partnerships with investors and industry leaders, representing the hub at national events and positioning Indonesia as a regional ICP center of excellence.
Blockchain Development Manager
FEDERITALY
2022 - 2024
• Oversaw the development and launch of the “FederItaly 100% Made in Italy” Certificate, a blockchain-based certification platform built on ICP in collaboration with the DFINITY Foundation and ORIGYN Foundation. • Designed and managed end-to-end system architecture, development, testing, and integration into organizational processes. • Engaged with the Italian Government, European Parliament, and enterprises from SMEs to large corporations to demonstrate blockchain’s potential in enhancing transparency, trust, and efficiency across industries. • The initiative continues to scale, with multiple companies onboarded and evaluation underway as a national standard.
Founder
Aurora Coaching LLC
2022 - 2023
Advised professionals and companies transitioning into Web3, guiding product strategy, tokenomics design, GTM execution, and education initiatives.
Technical Manager USA (Serialization and Innovation Expert)
SEAVision USAInc.
2019 - 2022
• Led U.S. technical operations for serialization and vision systems, overseeing project delivery, system integration, and innovation initiatives for major pharmaceutical clients. • Deployment of complex packaging-line systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and quality standards. • Supervised and mentored engineering teams, optimizing processes and implementing playbooks that improved response times and first-time-fix rates. • Partnered with global R&D and commercial teams to localize solutions, develop custom logic, and enhance system performance across client deployments.

Skills

ai
blockchain
business-development
communication
developer-relations
growth-marketing
operations
partnership
product-lead
strategy
english
italian
spanish