A journey from CERN to entrepreneurship

The CERN Venture Connect (CVC) programme is designed to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Among them is Andrea Apollonio, who benefitted from the CVC programme. Andrea is a CERN alumnus and the visionary founder behind RESHAPE.SYSTEMS S.R.L, built around the cutting-edge Accelerator Fault Tracker technology developed at CERN in order to leverage AI-driven risk analysis to create robust, fail-safe systems for a variety of applications.

Working with Andrea to reshape fault tracking for CERN’s accelerator complex resulted in much improved operational visibility and brought high strategic value. Now, through RESHAPE.SYSTEMS S.R.L., other organisations can also benefit from working with Andrea to boost their own value streams.

– Chris Roderick, leader of the Controls Software and Services group in CERN's Beams department

Andrea Apollonio’s journey from CERN to entrepreneurship serves as a testament to the boundless possibilities that emerge when passion, expertise and the spirit of innovation converge and are supported by visionary organisations like CERN. CERN Venture Connect (CVC) is designed to nurture such ambitions, empowering the next generation of scientist entrepreneurs and shaping the future with technology.

Ash Ravikumar from the Entrepreneurship team in CERN’s Knowledge Transfer group