Stefano has a Master in Design, a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering. He is very active in the domain of Visual Interactive Arts and New Media. Since his first large scale art project “A Field of Sunflower Robots” in 2006 he operates in community of high tech artists which are focusing on highly interactive forms of art. The current artistic focus is to develop techniques to have the audience become the center of the art installation. Stefano was also involved with binaural sounds and music research and is a guest at the CCRMA department for computer music at Stanford. Formerly researcher at Stanford University he founded Mixamo Inc. in 2008, a web company active in the 3D character animation and motion capture spaces, where he serves as CEO/CTO.