Mario’s Curriculum
Mario Bucolo, 38 years old (01 Dec 1967), experience designer, director, publisher, consultant and entrepreneur. He is also expert in communication, multimedia technologies, market researches, multimedia applications and web usability. Director of the European Observatory Multimedialand, consultant at the European Union, teacher of Etnomedia and Communications. He is also consultant for many Sicilian companies about the staff management and quality’s control of multimedia applications.
Organizer and chairman of CulturMed, Mediterranean conference on multimedia and communication strategies for museums and Cultural Heritage.
He is the founder of Museumland, member of ESOMAR, MEDICI ’s framework and MULTISPACE. He’is official valuer for UE IST. Member of ICOM, Americam Association of Museums, Africom.
Most important interactive multimedia application, as director and project designer:
1987 - Catania, Tourist office, Interactive multimedia point of information
1988 - Siracuse, Tourist office, Interactive multimedia point of information
1989 - Interactive multimedia point of information Commodore Italia
1989 - RAI - Italian National Television, computer animation movie
1990 - SMAU, Interactive multimedia point of information stand Commodore
1991/2 - SMAU, Interactive multimedia point of information stand Olivetti
1990 - SIGO (Salone Internazionale Golf), Interactive multimedia point of information
1990 - VOLVO @ Sigo - Interactive multimedia point of information for Golf
championship
1990/91/92 - BIT Sicilia, Interactive multimedia point of information
1990 - PLV, Parigi - Interactive multimedia point of information
1992 - La Perla Jonica - Interactive multimedia point of information
1993 - BIT - Milano, Interactive multimedia point of information
1993 - Comune di Catania, Interactive Mobile multimedia point of information
1994 - Taormina - Interactive multimedia point of information
1995 - Comune di Catania, Interactive multimedia point of information
1996 - Amendolara (Cs) - Interactive multimedia point of information for
Regional Museum
1996 - European Union - CdRom “Sicily from the air, the ancient cities”,
director
1997 - Sibari (Cs) Interactive multimedia point of information for National
Museum
1999 - Caltagirone (CT) - Tourist office, web site design
2000 - Reggio Calabria - Interactive multimedia point of information for
National Museum
2000 - Sibari (Cs) - Interactive multimedia point of information for
archaeological park
2000 - Tortora (CS) - Interactive multimedia point of information for
archaeological museum
2001 -G.Verga Museum, Catania- interactive point of information, director
and art director.
2001 - Park “Pirandello”, designer and art director of the exibition “Pirandello
e la più bella città dei mortali”
2001 - Provincia Regionale di Catania - Exhibition about the Euro, art
director
2002 - Museumland, the world wide portal to museums and cultural heritage,
publisher
2002 - Prov. Regionale di Catania, scientific commitee “Museo dello Sbarco
in Sicilia”
art director of the movie about the “Husky Operation”, WW2
2002 - ASI Caltagirone, Multimedia Tourist Guide, an interactive project on
paper, web and CdRom, designer, art director and project manager.
2005 - Provincia Regionale di Catania, designer of the Museums network
Main conferences or Workshop as speaker:
1992 - TIMES, London (Multimedia in the European Tourist Industry)
1994 - EVA ‘94, National Gallery - London (The Baroque in Sicily, a
Multimedia applications)
1995 - ITC ‘95, Paris (Multimedia and Communication)
1995 - EVA ‘95, Nat. Gallery - London, tutorial “Developing Kiosk systems for
the Visual Arts”
1996 - EVA ‘96 Italy - Florence
1996 - EVA ‘96 Atene
1996 - EVA ‘96, Nat. Gallery - London workshop “Visitors information
systems for visual arts”
1997 - EVA ‘97 Italy - Florence - workshop “Visitors information systems for
visual arts”
1997 - EVA ‘97 London - Institute of Archaeology - “Sicily from the air” a
CdRom production
1997 - EITC ‘97 (International IT conferenze by EU) Bruxell - “Making people
aware”
1998 - EVA ‘98, Florence - workshop “Visitors information systems for visual
arts”
1998 - MM Access to Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Heritage, Cairo Egitto
“Visitors information systems”, su invito DGXIII
1999 - EVA ‘99, Dallas - Texas, Dallas Museum of Art - Conference on
“Culture x Technology” in the New Millennium: European & Texan
Innovation”, case history of the Reggio Calabria Archaeological State
Museum Point of Information.
1999 - ESCOM-SCOPE ‘99 - UK “Opportunity-driven control of quality and
cost” presented with Adrian Cowderoy (MMHQ, UK) and Fred Schindler.
1999 - ACM ‘99 - Orlando, FL - Museumland.com the WW Portal to Museums
2000 - EVA 2000 - Florence - Museumland.com the WW Portal for Museums
2000 - WWW9 Conference - Amsterdam - Museumland.com the WW Portal
for Museums
2000 - EVA 2000 - Edinburgh - Cultural web portal & Museumland.com
2000 - EUROGIFU - Gifu - Japan - Partenrship between EU and Japan
2000 - EVA GIFU - Gifu - Japan - Museumland, the right opportunità for
cultural heritage
2001 - EVA 2001 - Florence - Museumland.com the WW Portal for Museums
2001 - EVA 2001 - Moscow - Museumland.com the WW Portal for Museums
2001 - Art Valley 2001 - Firenze - A worldwide Art portal
2001 - Canada - Partnership about ICT between Canada and Italy,
Interactive multimedia access to italian cultural heritage
2002 - Eva 2002 - EuroChina Bejiing Cina - Partnership Meeting between
China and Europe Interactive Multimedia Access to European Cultural
Heritage
2002 - Art Valley 2002 - Firenze - Art visibility on the web
2002 - Iatice - Melbourne, Australia - Sicilian cultural heritage
2002 - Campus Euromediterrani de Cooperaciç cultural - Villanova i la Geltru
Barcellona The Museums network of Province of Catania
2002 - Medressa, UE project - Ammnan, Giordania, Museumland as a five
continents bridge
2003 - EVA 2003 - Firenze - Museums and cultural heritage visibilty
2003 - CulturMed - Catania - Co-chairman
2003 - CulturMed - Catania - Museums and Cultural heritage visibility
strategy
2003 - ICOM annual congress, comitato MPR, Lubjiana, Slovenia -
BroadVisibility
2003 - AFRICOM congress, Nairobi - More visibility opportunity for african
museums and C.H.
2004 - EVA 2004 - Firenze - Cultural Heritage BroadVisibility
2004 - CulturMed 2004 - Catania - Co-chairman
2004 - CulturMed 2004 - Catania - Cultural Heritage BroadVisibility
2004 - EVA 2004 - Londra - Cultural Heritage BroadVisibility
2004 - ICOM general assembly & conference - Seoul - C.H. Broadvisibility
2004 - Museums @ Smau - Milan - C.H. Broadvisibility
2004 - Heritage Malta/CulturMed Malta - Malta - C.H. Broadvisibility
2005 - Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco, BroadVisibility
2005 - CulturMed 2005 - Catania - Chairman
2006 - Italian Institute of Culture, Vancouver, BroadVisibility
Main educational activities as teacher of computer graphics,
multimedia applications, Etnomedia:
1986 - CONAI - Catania -Unix
1989 - Inforcoop Bologna - Multimedia design
1992/7 - I.SV.E.S. Catania - Multimedia design
1993/4 - CSATI Catania
1995/7/9 - I.T.I.S. Cannizzaro Catania
1996 - Circolo Leonardo - Catania
1996 - I.SV.E.S. Catania - Communication strategies for tourism
1996 - ITEL Catania, web usability and design
2000 - I.T.I.S. Cannizzaro Catania, web usability and design
2002 - Centro Studi Aurora, Bagheria (PA), web usability and design
2004/05 - Master on Marketing for Culture (CT), director
Main works position:
Work experiences:
Computer Graphics Producer
1984/87 - Telecolor - Video3 Catania (regional television)
1987/91 - Antenna Sicilia - Teletna Catania (regional television)
Hardware and Software designer:
1985/91 - Commodore International U.S.A. (Computer AMIGA)
1991/93 - OLIVETTI COMPUTER - Italia - also Multimedia Partner
Account manager
1987/88 - CHC s.r.l. - Catania (computer shop)
1989/90 - Promosphere - Parigi (animation on Point of sales)
1990/93 - ABIS France - Parigi (multimedia applications)
1992/96 - ABIS U.K. - Londra (multimedia applications)
Marketing and Communication manager
1989/99 - LINEA SNELLA - Catania (beauty farm)
1990/92 - Apteryx - Catania (advertising agency, creative director)
1993/95 - Graficando - Catania (advertising agency, creative director)
1990/99 - Slim Line - Catania (beauty farm)
1999/2004 - ABIS MultiCom (multimedia applications)
Interactive Multimedia applications designer
1989/03 - ABIS MultiCom - Catania
1998/04 - Multimedialand Ltd. - UK
2003 - ABIS MultiCom s.r.l., C.E.O.
Consultant of:
Commodore, Olivetti, Giunti Multimedia, Promosphere – France, Multimedialand – UK, Fidia, AID S.p.a., Comune di Catania, Provincia di Catania, AAPIT di Catania, AAPIT di Siracusa, Soprintendenza archeologica della Calabria, European Union DGX, DGXIII, Vasari Ltd. – UK, Cresta Ware – USA, Framework UE Medici, Framework UE Multispace, Multimedia House of Quality Ltd. – UK, Media Investment Club – Paris (executive producer CdRom projects), Istituto CIRM, Istituto Piepoli
Know-how:
Multimedia integration, MM Human-computer interface
Multimedia design and production especially for retail, tourism and museum
Web design and Web usage for users
Italian and European CdRom & MM market
Television production and postproduction
Television Film Director and producer
Computer Graphics
Computer animation
Hardware design
Software programming
Advertising producer
Market research, opinion poll
Public relation and communication
Winner of italian technical prize for web site usability, Mediastars 2001 awards, for Museumland.com design.
Education:
1985 - :high school degree in Industrial computing.
1999 Esprit TRAIN-IT “European Basic Training Course in IT
Entrepreneurship” Itzehoe, Germany
Spoken languages:
Italian
English
French & Spanish (just reading)