Cristian Parrino

Experience

Founder, CEO 2015 - Present (about 9 years)

Greengame is a tech for good startup that works with cities, universities and businesses to incentivise sustainable behaviour, through the combination of automated activity... more

InterClimate Network

Board Member 2020 - Present (over 4 years)

ARuVR® (formerly VRtuoso)

Advisor 2018 - Present (over 6 years)

Keep Britain Tidy

Interim Director, Innovation and Research 2018 - 2019 (10 months)

Led environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy's award winning behavioural research and innovation program, focussed on co-developing solutions to waste and litter with Local... more

Canonical Ltd (Makers of Ubuntu)

VP Mobile 2010 - 2015 (over 5 years)

Canonical is the commercial backer of Ubuntu, the leading open-source Linux operating system for cloud, desktop and connected devices. Responsible for conceiving and launching... more

Chef2video

Founder, CEO & Founder 2008 - 2010 (over 1 year)

Created, launched and exited a crowdsourced platform for food related video content (video recipes, live broadcasting) to help people make healthier food choices at home while... more

Company- British Telecom (BT) - Brightstar Corporate Incubator

Advisor / CMO 2002 - 2008 (over 6 years)

Helped set up the first startup accelerator in the UK and worked directly with two of the first startups in the program (Vidus, iO Global), one of which successfully exited... more

Founder

Greengame, Chef2video

Employee

Canonical Ltd (Makers of Ubuntu), Company- British Telecom (BT) - Brightstar Corporate Incubator, Keep Britain Tidy

Advisor

ARuVR® (formerly VRtuoso)

Board Member

InterClimate Network

Projects

Ubuntu Phone

Launch of the Ubuntu Phone and why that's special

MD · The mobile market is saturated. Any new entrants are doomed from the start. And if you need proof, just look at Windows Phone or BlackBerry. The… · More

About

Achievements

Founded award winning Greengame (sustainable living startup). Created the Sustainable Cities Tournament. Gave life to the Ubuntu Phone. Broke crowdfunding records with the Ubuntu Edge. Launched and exited Chef2video. Helped set up the first startup accelerator in the UK. Developed social entrepreneurial programs for universities, secondary and primary schools, with an emphasis on marginalised youth in the UK. Conceived the Regenerative Economy Innovation Hub.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Cristian Parrino

Tech-for-good entrepreneur & startup advisor on product, go-to-market, growth and business model. Systems change, regenerative economy, social impact.