The bio of the founder of JO Group Giuseppe Ursino
A degree in Economics, 3 post-graduate courses, a short experience as a professional and then a long entrepreneurial journey as an innovator. Based in Catania, my hometown, and activities all over Europe.
In 1998, as a technology enthusiast, I founded the JO Group, a cluster of companies with core businesses in digital transformation and European projects.
I spent my adolescence between books and sport. I broke my forearm bones saving a penalty, my finger bones in basketball, I got a nail in my collarbone after a football match, I had my adenoids and tonsils removed, my belly button sewn, my eyes laser operated, my spine fixed with a titanium cage… I can safely say that one of my soft skills is the ability to get up again.
I travelled the world by plane, car, boat, train and hitchhiking. I know a bit about America, Africa and Asia. I have travelled the length and breadth of Europe, both for work and for pleasure. I consider travelling the best way to spend one’s money, because from the comparison with other peoples many awarenesses come out.
I represented collective interests in high school, university and chamber of commerce institutions. I have long been involved in employer associations. I helped break an archaic power system as a board member at the Order of Chartered Accountants, before choosing to become an entrepreneur.
I printed a social magazine in the parish when I was a boy, then I launched a civic engagement magazine at the university and then a magazine dealing with economic issues when I lived and worked in Rome. Today I have my own blog. In short, I have always pushed communication because I advocate a better world. And communication is a strategic lever, because the world is changed by changing people’s minds.
With JO Group I have helped hundreds of companies to innovate and grow. Thanks to the focus on digital transformation, in over 20 years I acquired significant expertise in digital technologies applied to a number of fields:
- distance learning
- environment
- research and development
- e-health
- digital marketing
- agriculture
- organisation
I have always been an advocate for meritocracy and European integration.
Giuseppe Ursino
CEO at JO Group, cluster of companies founded in 1998 with core businesses in digital transformation and EU project consulting
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