Leandro Agro

I am Leandro. This is my digital shed: a place where I can leave a trace of some of the things that excited me during a +20y path as technology designer.

I was often lucky and found myself in the right place at the right time, for example, when:

•  I led the design of the first UI for a 3G (smart) phone ever; 

• I led the small team that patented an eye-gaze user interface to control a computer (via a contactless eye-tracker);

• I contributed to a patent about small displays video optimization. 

• I rebooted the adventurous times crossing AR/VR borders through the NTT immersive technologies. 

I am thankful for the attention during my 100+ talks and conferences with 175K+ aggregated Slideshare views.

I am still in love with my 15+ years spent in design thinking, the few patents I contributed, my dirty dozen Awards, and all the books I wrote or contributed. Everything was possible because of the team I was part of, and I remember all the faces of the colleagues with whom I have tried to build a better world together, a single technology at time. 

 - Exploring industrial A.R. @Joinpad (Milan, Ningbo)
- Following EyeTracking +Medical Devices @Srlabs (Milan)
- Nurturing A.I. @Fyberloom 
- Sharing Knowledge @Frontiers (Milan, Dubai, Berlin)

Former
- Executive Digital Director, DGI CA
- Design Principal TOK.tv (sold 2019)
- Global Director, UX Principal (Razorfish Healthware)

I wrote two books (in Italian) and I contributed to a few others...

- Futuri Possibili, Ed. Giunti (2022)

– Digital Entrepreneur, Ed. Franco Angeli (2016)
– Digital Media and HCI, Ed. Aracne (2015)

– Reflections from the Future, Skira (2014)

– Stazione Futuro Qui si rifà l’Italia, Ed. Com. Italia 150 (2011)
– WeEconomy, Ed. Baldini Castoldi (2011)
– Link. Idee per la televisione, Ed. RTI (2007)
- INDEX: Interaction Design Experience, Ed. Franco Angeli (2007)
– Content Management, Ed. Apogeo (2002)   

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