Andrea Barchiesi

Andrea Barchiesi (born 1971) is an electronic engineer, founder, and CEO of Reputation Manager, an Italian company specialized in the analysis, management, and construction of the online reputation of companies, brands, institutions, and prominent public figures.

Career
After obtaining his degree in Electronic Engineering, in 1998, Andrea Barchiesi embarked on his career at Accenture, where he was involved in technological, organizational, and strategic consulting for client companies. In 2004, he founded Reputation Manager, an Italian company specializing in the analysis, management, and construction of the online reputation of companies, brands, institutions, and prominent public figures. He also outlined the foundations of Reputational Engineering, a scientific methodology that enables the governance of the entire digital ecosystem related to a subject.

In 2012, he developed the innovative TV program “Reputescion”, the first one dedicated to the scientific evaluation of the online reputation of an individual. Hosted by Andrea Scanzi, the program aired throughout 2012 and the following years on the La3 TV channel, featuring prominent figures from the worlds of politics, culture, society, and entertainment. The analyses conducted during the program were coordinated by Reputation Manager.

In 2013, in collaboration with the IULM University of Milan, he launched the first Master's program in Reputation Management in Italy, later taking on the role of Digital Consultant for the Italian Ministry of Health from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Communication Steering Committee for AGENAS - Italian Agency for Regional Health Services since 2015, the following year he became Responsible for the technical development of activities offered by the “Sportello help web reputation giovani” of Co.Re.Com. Lombardia, as well as for informative and educational projects for students, parents, and teachers in secondary schools in Lombardy. He led a similar project for Co.Re.Com Abruzzo from 2017 to 2019 and for Co.Re.Com Veneto from 2019.

Starting in 2017, Andrea Barchiesi was responsible for the conception, technical development, and management of the “Fake Content Mitigation” project on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Health. The project was dedicated to the direct online counteraction of false information on citizens’ health. In 2018, together with Auro Palomba, he co-founded Reputation Science and assumed the role of CEO.

Among his current activities, he is also a professor in Master's programs and university courses, in addition to collaborating with various national newspapers. Since 2016, he has been contributing to “Spiaggia libera”, a monthly column in “Prima Comunicazione” where he conducts analyses and insights on digital topics and its impact on social and communicative aspects.

Since 2018, he has also collaborated with “L’Economia - Corriere della Sera” newspaper, where he oversees the monthly column dedicated to the “Top Manager Reputation” permanent observatory, the first in Italy specifically focused on the online reputation of top managers.

Awards



 * In 2011, Andrea Barchiesi was awarded the National Innovation Award by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano.
 * In 2018, he was honored with the Adriano Olivetti Award.

Interviews

 * Intervista ad Andrea Barchiesi di Reputation Manager da parte del TG5, TG5, 2009 (in Italian)
 * I protagonisti del Forum Digitale 2011 - Andrea Barchiesi, Comunicazione Italiana, 2011 (in Italian)
 * Reputazione Digitale: L'importanza dell' identità digitale - Andrea Barchiesi, Tg2 Costume e Società, 2012 (in Italian)
 * AudiSocial Tv. Intervista ad Andrea Barchiesi di Reputation Manager - Tg1 Economia, Tg1 Economia, 2012 (in Italian)
 * La reputazione on-line, Treccani, 2013 (in Italian)
 * Politici e Web: Andrea Barchiesi di Reputation Manager intervistato da Sky Tg24, Sky Tg 24, 2013 (in Italian)
 * Diritto all'oblio, parla l'esperto di reputazione online: "Un'anomalia tutta europea", Rainews, 2014 (in Italian)
 * Reputation Manager su Rai News 24, Rai News 24, 2015 (in Italian)
 * La tentazione dell'oblio: reazioni, conseguenze e contraddizioni - Andrea BARCHIESI, Scuola di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Camerino, 2016 (in Italian)
 * Roma e Milano, i candidati su Facebook, L’Aria che Tira, La7, 2016 (in Italian)
 * L'Io Digitale, il biglietto da visita che può cambiare la vita, Askanews, 2016 (in Italian)
 * Attacco Hacker a Unicredit: come difendersi? L'intervento di Andrea Barchiesi, Tgcom 24, 2017 (in Italian)
 * Data fusion e nuove professionalità: ecco come cambia la gestione della reputazione nell'era del digitale, Tgcom 24, 2018 (in Italian)
 * La comunicazione corporate nell'era delle fake news, ANRA, 2019 (in Italian)
 * LiFE 2019, Andrea Barchiesi: la reputazione delle imprese, LiFE - Labour intensive Facility Events, 2019 (in Italian)
 * Frontiere. Danni collaterali, Frontiere, Rai1, 2020 (in Italian)
 * Correre ai ripari: la reputazione digitale è importante, Il Giorno, 2022 (in Italian)
 * Disinformazione online su Health Sky TG24, Health, Sky Tg 24, 2023 (in Italian)