Andrea Tabacchini is a physics PhD graduate from Macquarie University, who is incredibly passionate about high technology and innovation. He falls in love with real problems and leads the journey to solve them by delivering actual value to customers and final users. Throughout his career, he held multiple positions at Baraja, where he started as an Optical Design and Process Engineer and climbed the ladder to become a Project Leader before becoming a Product Manager. Additionally, Andrea served as a Coach at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator program, where he mentored young entrepreneurs. He values his work-life balance and participates in several activities to maintain this balance, such as playing soccer, tennis, and running. He also fosters excellent relationships with his social circle, which he considers very important.

Andrea is an influential leader and has always welcomed feedback, particularly from the teams he works with. One of his most important metrics for success is how effective he is at being an influential leader. He hustles by working hard and celebrating harder the positive outcomes. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Bologna and a master's in nuclear physics from the University degli Studi di Milano.