SJM Tech’s team is young and dynamic with a marked attitude towards innovation and continuous professional development, customer oriented and striving to reach the highest product quality. The company is managed by two founders, Jorma Ferino (Company/Art Director) and Massimiliano Mallus (Technical/IT Director). They have over 40 years of combined experience in web design, 3D, IT, aero photogrammetry, and cartography.
In addition, SJM TECH draws on the experience of three high profile professionals: Egisto Mannini, Wellsite Geologist , expert in mining and oil and gas ; Ilenia Atzori, Cultural Operator, expert in cultural divulgation and social media; Gabriele Piras, Business Developer, expert in marketing management and gamification.
OUR TEAM
Jorma’s professional career began in Milan in 1998 where he collaborated with the most important companies in the digital mapping industry and Multimedia & Entertainment sector. He founded in 2005, with a partner, SJM TECH. He is a creative expert in multimedia, committed to devise new 3D visualization tools, as well as web design and visual communication.
Technology enthusiast since a young age, got engaged with information technology thanks to the first computers of the eighties, an event that will define his training path until the specialization in electronics and computer technology. As soon as he graduated from high school, he started to work as a computer expert, digital graphic designer and programmer. For ten years he had been working in the photogrammetric aerial mapping sector, specializing in survey techniques, modeling and three-dimensional visualization. In 2005, he has founded SJM TECH to focus entirely into 3D computer graphics and its applications.
Mining Geologist by trade, he has been working in the Oil&Gas industry since 2003, filling different positions in different Companies, and since 2008 he works as Consultant Wellsite Geologist in the North Sea region. Through his career Egisto Mannini has gained a solid experience in petroleum geology, drilling, and industrial processes.
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A graduation with a BA in Multimedia Arts and a Master of Arts in Applied Game Studies shows his interests for culture, games and technology. During his professional career he achieved a huge experience in Digital Marketing & IT Project management. He has been member of the Xbox 360 Launch Team and spent 6 amazing years working for Microsoft Switzerland. He also covered further key roles in technology startups and Electronic Arts. To him, developing business is developing culture through the new technologies.
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Cultural Tourism Operator with a soft spot for Museums, Heritage and Japan’s culture and arts, she is now attending the DL MSc in Museum Studies at the School of Museum Studies in Leicester, to strengthen her competences in this sector. Supporting the use of technologies for cultural purposes, from 2013 to 2016 she attends different workshops and courses about the popularization of cultural heritage and tourism marketing.