قبل انضمامه إلى IDII ، كان كبير مسؤولي التكنولوجيا لحاضنة Seat Ventures. أمضى سنوات عديدة في العمل كمهندس برمجيات ، في كل من ميلان ولندن ، في مشاريع لعملاء مثل Italia Online و Sapient و Labour Party و BT و MCI WorldCom و SmithKlineBeecham و Storagetek و BSkyB و boo.com.

كما أن ماسيمو هو مؤلف كتاب "Getting Started with Arduino" الذي نشرته O’Reilly. وهو مساهم منتظم في النسخة الإيطالية من مجلة Wired ومجلة Che Futuro على الإنترنت حول الابتكار.

يقوم حاليًا بتدريس التصميم التفاعلي في SUPSI Lugano في جنوب سويسرا وهو أستاذ زائر في CIID في كوبنهاغن.

Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an Interaction Designer, Educator and Open Source Hardware advocate. He has worked as a consultant for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas.

Massimo started the first FabLab in Italy which led to the creation of Officine Arduino, a FabLab/Makerspace based in Torino.

He spent 4 years at the Interaction Design Institue Ivrea as Associate Professor. Massimo has taught workshops and has been a guest speaker at institutions allover the world.

Before joining IDII he was CTO for the Seat Ventures incubator. He spent many years working as a software architect,both in Milan and London, on projects for clients like Italia Online, Sapient, Labour Party, BT, MCI WorldCom, SmithKlineBeecham, Storagetek, BSkyB and boo.com.

Massimo is also the author of “Getting Started with Arduino” published by O’Reilly. He is a regular contributor to the italian edition of Wired Magazine and Che Futuro, an online magazine about innovation.

He currently teaches Interaction Design at SUPSI Lugano in the south of Switzerland and is a visiting professor at CIID in Copenhagen.