Beyond srl (BYD) is an Italian SME established in 2013, with operative site in Naples, and obtained the status of “innovative start-up” (among a total of ca. 2.600 companies) in the ICT national market. It represents a sort of “spin-off” of the legal subject participant PayBay Networks Srl, from which it acquires experience, knowhow and technological competencies. The main activities of BYD are addressed to define and develop innovative digital services and products applied in different sectors, such as school (public/private educational sector, Universities), tourism and culture, smart commerce, transportation, etc., basing on a strong research component proved by its participation in many R&D projects. The major research topics are: gamification theory applied to create specific user experience and engagement; big data analytics; social network analysis; semantic technologies; mathematical modelling of complex systems; software architectures; digital security.

Eng. Carmine De Nicola

Head of Research and Development Projects

At Beyond, he leads and coordinates research and development activities regarding gamification modeling, automation algorithms, profiling systems, data analitycs, operation research. He is an Electronic Engineer holding PhD in Mathematics from University of Salerno in Italy and he had about 10 years of traceable research experience. During his experience, he worked in many national projects as consultant for companies and research departments. He is also author of different scientific papers published on international journals.

Dr. Vincenzo Moccia

Head of Software Development

He is a Computer Scientific and holds PhD in Mathematics from University of Salerno, and his major interests are research activities in software development models and techniques, software architectures, data analitycs, operation research. He was also consultant for companies and research departments, and is author of different scientific papers published on international journals. At Beyond, he leads activities of teams of software developers.

Dr. Vincenzo Mazza

Software Developer

He obtained basic degree in Computer Science from University of Salerno. He worked on different industrial and R&D projects respectively as software developer and junior researcher for companies and university research consortium. At Beyond, he is usually involved in activities regarding software development, also giving his own contributions in the definition of technological and conceptual solutions.