Our International Team of Experts
The beginning of our story is rooted in language learning and the experience of not being able to communicate even when knowing several languages. We saw the opportunity for the birth and use of an advanced iconic language - one that allows a high-level communication, with a sound linguistic background study, and that also exploits the clarity of modern computer icons. Communicating with Icons can be precise, engaging and fun!
Management Team
Cesco Reale
Project founder
- Italian in Switzerland
- Engineer and communicator, maths & language coach
- World Polyglot Gathering committee
- UN representative of the World Esperanto Association
- 10+ languages
Andriana Georgieva
Business analyst
- Slovenian-Macedonian in Switzerland
- Bachelor in information systems
- Master degree in international relations and diplomacy
- Business analysis, programming, sales
- Slovenian, Macedonian, English, German, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Bulgarian
Abdelbaset Alomari
Business analyst
- Jordanian in Switzerland
- Strategic Marketing Analyst
- PhD in Business and Marketing
- Expert in Strategic & International Marketing
- English, Arabic, French
André Amaral
Strategy and business development mentor
- Brazilian in Switzerland
- Masters in Strategic Management
- Corporate Strategy, Business Development, B2B Marketing, Education
- Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, French
Yvonne Imongan
Project Manager
- Nigerian in Switzerland
- Bachelor in Environmental Science and Resource Management
- Masters in Business Administration
- Business Management, Sales, Customer Service
- English, Bini, French
Gilberto Dario Giovannini
Fundraiser
- Italian, Swiss in Italy
- Master in Innovation Strategy & Entrepreneurship
- New venture development, fundraising, start-up
- Italian, English, German
Daniel de Carvalho
Cooperate Strategy and Communications
- German/Portuguese in Switzerland
- MBA Leadership & Sustainability
- Chief Corporate Communications, AI in Marketing & Communications, COBE - UC Berkeley, Haas
- English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Linguistic Team
Marwan Kilani
Linguist
- Swiss in Germany
- PhD in Egyptology
- Expert of writing system
- Italian, French, English, Spanish, 10+ ancient languages
Bernhard Appelhaus
IKON for medicine
- German in Germany
- BA-student of Linguistics and Spanish at Bremen University
- Dentist since 1990
- German, English, Spanish
Laura Meloni
Linguist
- Italian in Sardinia
- Master's degree in Linguistics
- Semantic analysis
- Italian, English
Phimolporn Hitmeangsong
Linguist
- Thai in Hungary
- University Student in Psychology
- Working on emoji research
- Thai and English
Linda Sanvido
Linguist
- Italian in Switzerland
- PhD student in Linguistics
- Corpora analysis
- Italian, French, English, Spanish, German
Graphic Team
Alexandre Xiao
Graphic designer
- French-Chinese in Switzerland
- Graphic designer
- Student in history of art at Neuchâtel University
- French, Chinese, English
Florilú Petruzzelli
Graphic designer
- Italian in Italy
- MS degree in Design
- Student in Digital Innovation Design
- Italian, English
Sylvestre Thiaw
Graphic designer
- Senegalese in France
- Web design student
- Graphic designer
- French, Wolof, English
Aiman Belhadj
Head graphic designer
- Moroccan in Switzerland
- Brand Identity Designer, Visual Artist
- BA degree in Graphic Arts
- Art History and symbology devotee
- Visual Communication and language enthusiast
- Aspiring Art Director
- English, French, Arabic
Julie Blanchard
Brand designer & communication
- French in France
- Master's degree in digital communication engineering
- Soon-to-come Ph.D. in ludic communication
- English, French, Italian, German
Development Team
Omar Saied
System administrator
- Syrian in Syria
- Linux system administrator
- SysOps Engineer
- Arabic, English
Ján Krajčík
Developer
- Slovak
- Software developer, mathematician and language enthusiast
- Slovak, English, Russian, German
Bashir Altereh
Developer
- Syrian in Syria
- Software Engineer and Senior mobile app developer
- Certified Scrum master
- Arabic, English
Pierrick Loubier
CTO
- French in France
- Innovation, IT & Digital Leader
- Master of Business Administration at La Sorbonne
- People development, business transformation, customer success
- French, English, Spanish
Didiet Nugroho
Webmaster
- Indonesian in Indonesia
- Web Developer
- Indonesian, English, Sundanese
Jesse Bett
Front-end engineer
- Kenyan in Kenya
- Bsc Computer science
- English, Swahili
Youcef Khaoua
Fullstack Web Developer
- Algerian in Algeria
- Master's degree in Software Engineering
- Arabic, French, English
Raajesh Ohri
Chief Technology Officer
- Indian living in India
- Senior Management Executive
- Telecommunications, e-Commerce, Green Data Centers, Fintech, IT & IT Infrastructure
- Operations Management & Team Management
- Hindi, English, Punjabi, Marathi
Communication Team
Teddy Nee
Communication and social media
- Indonesian in Taiwan
- Engineer, writer, educator, translator, entrepreneur, YouTuber
- Master's degree in Business Administration
- Medan Hokkien, Indonesian, English, Mandarin, Spanish, Esperanto, Portuguese, French, Tok Pisin, Toki Pona
Hamza Benouaoukes
Ecommerce and PPC specialist
- Moroccan in Morocco
- Bachelor in business administration
- Meta Certified digital marketing associate
- Google Ads Search Professional
- English, Arabic, French
Nfor Nchanji
Social media manager
- Cameroonian in Nigeria
- MBA in International Relations and Diplomacy
- Journalism and communication
- Consultant with UN
- English, French
Abir Arous
Blogger/ Article Writer
- Tunisian in Switzerland and Greece
- Agronomic Engineer and master's graduate in Business Economics and Management specializing in digital marketing and digital transformation
- Customer service specialist
- Arabic, French, English, German, Greek
Legal Team
Gianmaria Gonzini
Lawyer
- Italian in Italy, U.K., Spain
- Italian qualified lawyer
- Expert in civil law
- Italian, English, Esperanto
Eralda Hoxha
Law attorney
- Greek-Albanian in Switzerland
- Greek qualified lawyer
- Albanian, Greek, English, German
Partners
ICAN, a private higher education institution
Rapsodoo, ICT consulting agency in Rome specialized in digital transformation
Mentors
Maurizio Tormen
Strategy mentor
- Italian in Switzerland
- Project Management
- Product Development
- Business Development and Strategy
- Start-up launch & management
- Italian, French, English
Eugenio Grapa
IT and strategy mentor
- Mexican in Germany, France, US
- 20 years in Marketing, Project Management, Innovation
- Expert in Application Product Development
- Biomedical Engineer
- Founder Institute, Director, Frankfurt
- 6+ languages
Dimitrios Polychronopoulos
Network mentor
- Greek in Norway
- Multilingual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist, MBA
- Founder Institute, BI Norwegian Business School.
- 10+ languages
Pedro Paiva
Strategy and business development mentor
- Portuguese-Swiss in Switzerland
- IoT-Digital Business
- Transformation Leadership
- Management & Execution of Business, Technology and Innovation Strategy
- Multi-cultural Team Management
- Portuguese, French, English, German, Spanish, Italian
Academic recommendations
Siska Fitrianie (former researcher in iconic languages, postdoc in Interactive Intelligence Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Michele Gazzola (Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration at the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, University of Ulster, UK; editor of the journal "Language Problems & Language Planning").
Federico Gobbo (Professor of Interlinguistics and Esperanto, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Raphaël Maître (Linguist, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Dario Martinelli (Semiotician, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Daniel Peraya (retired professor of University of Geneva, creator of the Iconomètre)
Stefano Rezzonico (Linguist, Prof. at Univ. Montréal, Canada),
Elisabetta Zuanelli (expert in iconic ontologies, Professor of Digital Communication, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)