Giancarlo Cobino

Co-Founder

United Kingdom23 yrs 4 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

20+ years in AI and Machine Learning.
Expert in building intelligent systems.
Proven track record in AI system deployment.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and Machine Learning solutions for enterprise applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data ScienceMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

Data warehouseData governancePythonLearningBusiness AnalysisStakeholder managementData analysisETLCommunicationNatural Language Processing (NLP)Deep LearningProject ManagementTensorFlowBusiness DevelopmentBig data

About

20+ years pioneering Machine Learning and AI solutions that transform how organizations work, with deep expertise in building intelligent systems that understand context, automate workflows, and amplify human capability. Proven track record developing and deploying production-grade AI systems including intelligent agents, context-aware automation, and enterprise knowledge systems. Hands-on technical leader who bridges cutting-edge AI research with practical business impact. Expert communicator who translates complex AI capabilities into clear business value, building strong relationships with C-suite executives (CXOs, CTOs, CDOs) to drive strategic AI adoption and digital transformation initiatives. Lead Verkko's AI innovation roadmap, working directly with enterprise clients across industries to design and implement context-intelligent automation solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing business applications and workflows. Established thought leader in enterprise AI, with extensive experience architecting large-scale intelligent systems that deliver measurable productivity gains and operational excellence. Deep technical foundation in AI/ML combined with strategic business acumen, enabling Verkko to deliver breakthrough automation solutions that help organizations work smarter, faster, and more effectively.

Experience

Verkko

Co-founder & Chief Scientist

Jan 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Faversham, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Leading R&D at Verkko focused on the hard problems that matter: how systems maintain context across interactions, learn continuously from experience without forfetting, and build robust memory that scales with enterprise complexity.

Freelance

AI Advisor and Independent Researcher

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Capgemini as AI SME
Google Research as Independent Researcher on context, memory and intent

Capgemini

Advisor SME for GenAI South and Central Europe

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Francia

Impactai

Head of AI Engineering

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 · 3 mos · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Hybrid

Qvantia

Director, Data Science and AI. Ad Interim CTO

Jan 2023 – Nov 2023 · 10 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

Data warehouseData governancePythonLearningBusiness AnalysisStakeholder management+7

Ntt data italia

Head of Data Science

Apr 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Milano

1. Leading a team of 30+ people, working on different projects, from Predictive maintenance to automatic generated contents.
2. The team is using a mix of technologies, such as ElasticSearch, Cloudera, GCP, AWS, Azure, and languages, such as R, Python, Scala, Java.
3. Building a Machine Learning Governance Framework, which makes quality checks, automatic deploy, storage and versioning of models, features and datasets.

Data warehouseData governancePythonLearningProject ManagementBusiness Analysis+15

Quilsar

Founder

Jan 2018 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Navionics

Head of AI

Oct 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Lucca, Toscana, Italia

Freelance

Senior Data Scientist

Nov 2010 – Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Londra, Inghilterra, Regno Unito

1. Design and development of models to mitigate the risks, executing single strategies efficiently (dispersion models, best/worst position, velocity rate);
2. Data mining on HFTs trades, in order to train models and forecast the spoofing and layering behaviours (market abuse).

Data warehouseData governancePythonLearningStakeholder managementTensorFlow+10

Balyasny asset management l.p.

Quantitative Portfolio Manager

May 2007 – Dec 2015 · 8 yrs 7 mos · Londra, Inghilterra, Regno Unito

1. Responsible for Quantitative Equity trading strategies, from designing to
implementing, backtesting and maintaining. Asset Classes: Equities.
2. Long/Short mid and high-frequency strategies developed on the Neural
Networks concept, with a Beta Neutral portfolio construction approach.
3. FPGA implementation for Neural Network.

Data warehouseData governancePythonLearningProject ManagementBusiness Analysis+15

List spa

Financial Modeller

May 2004 – Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Londra

1. Support to traders in developing and managing trading strategies;
2. Design and developing cutting-edge solutions to manage multi-assets financial portfolios.

Data warehouseArtificial Intelligence (AI)ETLStatistical ModelingMachine learningData Science