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Ferdinando Scala
Birth Date:24 May 1969
Birth Place:Portici (Italy)
Era:XX-XXI century
Main Interests:military historian, History of warfare, World War I, Fascism
Major Works:Il generale Armando Tallarigo
I Generali italiani della Grande Guerra
Alma Mater:Nunziatella Military School
University of Naples Federico II

Ferdinando Scala (born May 24, 1969) is an Italian biologist, science and technology journalist and historian,[1] specialized in strategy and military history.

Biography

Education and scientific career

Born in Portici, he spent his first year of life in Foggia, where his father was servicing as a warrant officer of the Italian Air Force, and then he moved to San Giorgio a Cremano, that he then always considered his hometown. Here he frequented elementary and middle school, and then he spent the first two years of high school at Liceo Classico Statale "Quinto Orazio Flacco" of Portici.

A cadet of the class 1984–87 of Nunziatella Military School of Naples, he studied together with Antonio Mele, Marco Mattiucci, Valerio Gildoni,[2] [3] Antonio De Crescentiis, and Bepi Pezzulli. Admitted at Military Academy of Modena as an Officer cadet of 169º class, he resigned and enrolled as a student of biological sciences of the University of Naples Federico II.

Graduated summa cum laude in March 1995, he spent one year of research work at CNR-ISPAIM institute of Ercolano, then in January 1997 he won a yearly research fellowship and he was assigned to the Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, a CNRS institute of Montpellier.[4] In this period, he performed research activity in the field of satellite and airborne remote sensing applications to environmental monitoring[5] in collaboration with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and DLR. He further collaborated with European Space Agency to the ENVISAT mission, and finally he participated as author to the Italian National Communication to Fight Desertification in the UNCCD framework.[6]

Professional and Public career

Having abandoned his scientific career, in 1998 he moved to the pharmaceutical industry, where he held positions in Italy and abroad in marketing & sales for Abbott, Menarini, Takeda, Serono, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Allergan, and living between Florence, Rome and Dublin.[7]

In 2010 he moved to management consulting in Publicis Groupe, also in the pharmaceutical sector, working at global level for Healthware International as Strategy Director.[8] [9] [10] In this assignment, he specialized in international pharmaceutical marketing,[11] [12] digital marketing,[13] design thinking[14] business games, innovation management, change management[15] and digital health,[16] also serving as judge at Digital Health Awards.[17] He also specializes in Patient Advocacy Groups relationships,[18] being a founding member of World Psoriasis Day, European Patient Digital Health Awards and collaborating scientist for European Cancer Patient Coalition.[19] [20]

Between 2013 and 2023 he has been teaching Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management at Alma Laboris Business School in Rome[21] and since 2017 he is a Faculty member at Digital Health Academy.[22] Between 2016 and 2020, he served as a board member of Select Milano,[23] [24] [25] a conservative think-tank and business diplomacy initiative,[26] [27] [28] with the mission to foster bilateral relations with the City of London after Brexit.[29] [30] [31] [32] In 2020 he started working as a contributor to the science, information security and technology magazine Infosec.news, founded by Umberto Rapetto[33] and he qualified as a journalist on September 22, 2022.[34] His main interests are military,[35] [36] spaceflight,[37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] technology,[43] [44] [45] geopolitics[46] [47] [48] and artificial intelligence applications in healthcare.[49] [50]

In August 2024, he was appointed Head of Communication and Culture of the Nunziatella Alumni National Association and Editor-in-Chief of Rosso Maniero (Red Manor), the official journal of the Association.[51] [52] [53] [54]

Historian career

He began publishing in the field of military history in 2016, making a monographic contribution to the history of the Nunziatella after discovering the lack of a name on the war memorial of the academy inaugurated in 1920.[55] [56] In 2018, after five years of research, he published a biographical volume on General Armando Tallarigo, commander first of the 152nd Infantry Regiment and then of the Sassari Brigade during the First World War. In this work, presented at the International Festival èStoria in Gorizia,[57] he brought back to historical reality the events narrated by Emilio Lussu in the volume Un anno sull'altipiano (One year on the High Plateau), and then taken up again in fictional form by Francesco Rosi in the movie Many Wars Ago (Uomini contro).[58] [59]

In 2019 he published with historians Paolo Gaspari and Paolo Pozzato the encyclopedic volume The Italian Generals of Great War, C-Z (I generali italiani della Grande guerra, C-Z), an important contribution to the historiography of the First World War on the Italian Front, published in collaboration with the Historical Office of the General Staff of the Italian Army.[60] [61] The following year, he participated in the book The Civil Religion of a People (La religione civile di un popolo),[62] dedicated to re-evaluating Italy's contribution to the Great War through the monuments that commemorate the fallen and to reinterpreting the First World War as a fundamental moment in the construction of the Italian nation. The book attracted significant attention from the press and the RAI national television.[63] [64] [65]

In 2023, he published “Leaders and Their Moral Preparation for the Function of Command” (I Capi e la loro preparazione morale alla funzione del comando) a work on leadership ethics resulting from the comparison and modernization of the three editions of the book of the same name by Armando Tallarigo, first published in 1930. In it, he revisited the original author’s message, focused on the moral and material responsibility of military commanders and civilian leaders towards their subordinates, and translated it into a contemporary form, useful for modern leaders.[66] [67]

Since 2020 he has been a member of the Italian Society for Military History and his current research interests are focused on the history of Nunziatella,[68] the history of the Carabinieri and the relationship between military hierarchies and Italian Fascism.

Books

References

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Scala . Ferdinando . I ragazzi di Pizzofalcone . Il Mattino . November 16, 2024 . Speciale Scuola Militare Nunziatella . I . Italian.
  2. News: Redazione ANSA . Città Castello ricorda sacrificio colonnello Arma Gildoni . ANSA . July 17, 2021.
  3. News: Redazione . La lettera ricordo del dottor Ferdinando Scala, già collega del Colonnello Valerio Gildoni, nel 12mo anniversario della morte . 4 December 2023 . Primo Piano Notizie . July 17, 2021.
  4. Web site: Scala . Ferdinando . Restoring abaptation . Trends in Ecology and Evolution . 4 December 2023 . Volume 11, Issue 8 . 320 . English . 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)89919-3 . August 1997.
  5. Web site: Danielle Caraux-Garson . Bernard Lacaze . Ferdinando Scala . Joachim Hill . Wolfgang Mehl . Ten years of vegetation cover monitoring with LANDSAT-TM remote sensing, an operational approach of DeMon-2 in Languedoc, France . Symposium on operational remote sensing for sustainable development, Enschede, Nederlands . 4 December 2023 . English.
  6. Web site: Scala . Ferdinando . Le antenne di ricerca per il monitoraggio della desertificazione . Ministero dell'Ambiente - UNCCD . 4 December 2023.
  7. Web site: admin . 2023-08-16 . Ferdinando SCALA . 2023-10-06 . GIANO NEWS . it-IT.
  8. Web site: Poli.design, Politecnico di Milano . How to sell healthcare services in an era of Big Data and Crowdsourcing. . 4 December 2023.
  9. Web site: Esperti a confronto su "Sanità digitale e terapie digitali, i bisogni delle persone al centro del nuovo patto per la salute" . Umbria Digitale . Umbria Digitale . 3 January 2024 . Italian . June 28, 2021.
  10. Book: European Patient Cancer Coalition . Vivere bene durante la terapia oncologica . 2019 . 4 December 2023 . Italian.
  11. News: Blake . Hannah . The unwanted consequences of regulations in pharma . 15 December 2023 . Pharmaphorum . October 16, 2012 . English.
  12. Web site: Scala . Ferdinando . Marketing for life science companies - drivers of change . Pharmaphorum . Pharmaphorum . 7 December 2023 . English.
  13. Web site: Scala . Ferdinando . Agrò . Leandro . Crowdsourcing and Big Data - How ePatients, and their machines, are evolving Health . Slideshare . Razorfish Healthware . 7 December 2023 . English.
  14. Web site: Faculty - Ferdinando Scala . Digital Health Campus . 7 December 2023.
  15. Web site: Authors - Ferdinando Scala . Digital Health Global . 7 December 2023 . English.
  16. Web site: Industry Pharma: l'evoluzione del lavoro nel settore farmaceutico . Reverse.hr . 3 January 2024 . Italian.
  17. Web site: Digital Health Awards . Judges at Digital Health Awards . 4 December 2023.
  18. News: Scala . Ferdinando . La Digital Health al servizio dei pazienti: insights dal percorso formativo . 4 January 2024 . Digital Health Italia . 18 January 2018 . Italian.
  19. Muscaritoli . Maurizio . Molfino . Alessio . Scala . Ferdinando . Christoforidi . Kalliopi . Manneh-Vangranberen . Isabelle . De Lorenzo . Francesco . Nutritional and metabolic derangements in Mediterranean cancer patients and survivors: the ECPC 2016 survey . Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle . 5 April 2019 . 10 . 517–525 . 10.1002/jcsm.12420 . 3 January 2024 . Wiley Online Library. 6596398 .
  20. Web site: Living well during cancer treatment . European Patient Cancer Coalition . 8 January 2024 . English . 2019.
  21. https://www.almalaboris.com/le-faculty-e-i-docenti/scala-ferdinando/91.html Bio on Alma Laboris Business School website
  22. Web site: Faculty: Ferdinando Scala . Digital Health Academy . 4 December 2023.
  23. Web site: Milan offers City Brexit partnership amid threat from EU rivals. Sky News. en-EN.
  24. Web site: Brexit is an opportunity to revamp Europe's financial landscape, according to Milan. 2016-11-10. CITY A.M.. en-EN.
  25. Web site: Brexit: Milan fait des appels du pied à la City. 24 November 2016. La Tribune. fr-FR.
  26. Web site: Italy tries to swoop on City of London to 'fix its Brexit problem. 2016-11-10. Daily Express. en.
  27. Web site: Brexit : la place de Paris veut lutter "contre les idées reçues" (fiscales). 29 November 2016. LaTribune.fr. FR.
  28. Web site: Milan extends help to City to fix Brexit mess. CITY A.M..
  29. Web site: 23/12/2016: Cnbc (Trading Room). Youtube. it-IT.
  30. Web site: 13/12/2016: Cnbc (Trading Room). Youtube. it-IT.
  31. Web site: 03/11/2016: Cnbc (Trading Room). Youtube. it-IT.
  32. Web site: 13/10/2016: Rai 3 (Piazza Affari). Youtube. it-IT.
  33. Web site: Ferdinando Scala Bio . Infosec . Ispromay . 4 December 2023.
  34. Rosso Maniero Nunziatella, Organo ufficiale dell'Associazione Nazionale Ex Allievi Nunziatella. Anno XVII, n. 4, dicembre 2022, p. 45
  35. Web site: 2024-04-16 . La Nunziatella prende il volo . 2024-04-18 . Difesa Online . it.
  36. News: Scala . Ferdinando . La Nunziatella e l'arte . 2 December 2024 . Difesa Online . 2 December 2024.
  37. News: Scala . Ferdinando . La Nunziatella si fa spazio . 11 April 2024 . Difesa Online . April 8, 2024 . Italian.
  38. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Sotto una luna storta? . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . March 6, 2022 . Italian.
  39. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Come bacchettare un'astronave . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . February 12, 2022.
  40. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Stelle e quadrumani . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . Italian.
  41. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Astronavi e ceralacca . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . June 17, 2022 . Italian.
  42. Web site: 2024-04-08 . La Nunziatella si fa spazio . 2024-04-18 . Difesa Online . it.
  43. News: Scala . Ferdinando . E' la fine per gli amplificatori valvolari? . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . March 25, 2022 . Italian.
  44. News: Scala . Ferdinando . E' possibile un'etica del cyberwarfare? . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . June 25, 2022 . Italian.
  45. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Elon Musk compra Twitter . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . April 26, 2022 . Italian.
  46. News: Scala . Ferdinando . La memoria del giorno . 11 February 2024 . Difesa Online . February 10, 2024.
  47. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Guerra Russo-Ucraina: il punto strategico . 15 December 2023 . Infosec.news . March 28, 2022 . Italian.
  48. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Come si dice Anschluss in russo? . Infosec.news . February 24, 2022 . Italian.
  49. News: Scala . Ferdinando . Valutare a distanza la gravità del Parkinson: le nuove frontiere dell’IA . 4 January 2024 . Agenda Digitale . November 17, 2023 . Italian.
  50. News: Scala . Ferdinando . November 7, 2023 . La percezione dell’IA in ambito sanitario: quanto conta l’istruzione . April 18, 2024.
  51. Scala . Ferdinando . Continuando . Rosso Maniero . 7 August 2024 . 2, 9, 13 . 16 September 2024 . Associazione Nazionale Ex Allievi Nunziatella . Naples, Italy . Italian.
  52. Di Biase . Gennaro . Nunziatella, cadetti pronti a giurare. "I nostri valori? Bussola per la vita." . Il Mattino . November 3, 2024 . 34 . Naples, Italy . Italian.
  53. Di Biase . Gennaro . La Nunziatella si espande - Via libera all'ampliamento. . Il Mattino . 6 November 2024 . 30 . Naples, Italy . Italian.
  54. News: Di Biase . Gennaro . Allievi, appello del Gambrinus: "la statua resti per sempre" . Il Mattino . November 17, 2024 . 26 . Italian.
  55. Book: Scala . Ferdinando . Il caduto dimenticato: la Grande Guerra di Federico Mensingher . 2016 . Associazione Nazionale Ex Allievi Nunziatella . Naples, Italy . Italian.
  56. Book: Azan . Cesare . Luigi Russo alla Nunziatella (1919-1923) e il Masso del Monte Grappa - Protagonisti e polemiche tra le due Guerre . 2023 . Associazione Nazionale Ex Allievi Nunziatella - Fondazione Nunziatella Onlus . Naples, Italy . 88 . Italian.
  57. Web site: Scala . Ferdinando . Carbone . Flavio . Ricerca storica, Esercito e Arma dei Carabinieri . YouTube . èStoria . 5 December 2023 . Italian.
  58. Web site: Nuova Antologia Militare - Rivista interdisciplinare della Società di Storia Militare, Numero 1, Supplemento 1, 2020, p.1-3 . 2020-10-08 . 2020-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925131149/https://www.nam-sism.org/recensioni/Recensione%20SCALA,%20Il%20Generale%20Armando%20Tallarigo.pdf . dead .
  59. http://www.inquinamentoacustico.it/dowload/arma-carabinieri-rassegna-2019-2-estratto.pdf Rassegna dell'Arma dei Carabinieri 2 Anno LXVII aprile - giugno 2019, p. 291-292
  60. http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/ImageStore/Magazines/Rassegna/Rassegna%202021-2/index.html F. Carbone, M. Lippiello, Rassegna dell'Arma dei Carabinieri 2, Anno LXVII April-June 2021, p. 237-238
  61. https://www.academia.edu/44145151/NAM_Book_Reviews_2020_Supplemento_Recensioni_Nuova_Antologia_Militare?email_work_card=view-paper Nuova Antologia Militare - Rivista interdisciplinare della Società di Storia Militare. Supplemento Recensioni 2020, p. 245-248
  62. https://opac.sbn.it/opacsbn/opaclib?db=solr_iccu&resultForward=opac/iccu/full.jsp&from=1&nentries=10&searchForm=opac/iccu/error.jsp&do_cmd=search_show_cmd&fname=none&item:1032:BID=TSA1712975 La religione civile di un popolo, OPAC - Italian Public Libraries System. Access on February 4, 2022
  63. News: Ellero . Gianfranco . Cimiteri di guerra e sacrari, un viaggio nella religione civile di un popolo. . 5 December 2023 . Il Messaggero Veneto . October 29, 2020 . Italian.
  64. News: Cionci . Andrea . Un libro che finalmente parla di Patria: religione civile fonte di amore e bellezza. . 5 December 2023 . Libero . December 8, 2020 . Italian.
  65. https://www.raiplay.it/video/2021/10/TG2-Dossier-del-30102021-7097ec15-1d74-4833-b67d-d5d8ee3e3001.html Il Milite ignoto, TG2 Dossier, RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana, November 30, 2021, min. 37.50
  66. Carbone . Flavio . Armando Tallarigo, Ferdinando Scala - I capi e la loro preparazione morale alla funzione del comando . Rassegna dell'Arma dei Carabinieri . 2024 . 2 . Anno LXXI . 179-181 . 22 August 2024 . Leaders and their moral preparation to the function of command . Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Italiano . Rome . Italian . 2533-3070.
  67. Transfarino . Anthony . Armando Tallarigo, I Capi e la loro preparazione morale alla funzione del comando Edizione a cura di Ferdinando Scala . NAM - Nuova Antologia Militare . October 2024 . Year 5 . 20 . 839-842 . 10.36158/978889295989728 . 24 September 2024 . Società Italiana di Storia Militare . Rome, Italy . Italian . 2704-9795.
  68. Web site: Cecini . Giovanni . Il generale Antonio Sorice ministro della Guerra (1943-1944) . Italian.

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