Nicola Pagani lives in the area of Como, graduated in Information Science from Università Statale of Milan, and is the General Manager and co-founder of GEA ADVANCED SOLUTIONS SA (CH). He boasts decades-long experience in cutting-edge IT technologies, with a special focus on application software development where he implemented profoundly different solutions, thus strengthening his experience with and knowledge of processes in every business operating area. Before becoming a consultant and entrepreneur, he worked for many years as IT Manager for a Suisse middle-sized company. Here, he accomplished several relevant projects and introduced what at the time was an almost groundbreaking web-oriented culture and philosophy. He has always used Microsoft solutions and is still convinced that this is the right end-to-end vendor for the SME market.