Michele Ferrara

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Managing Director at Prism Labs · regulation, payments

Prism Labs
Milan, Italy · CET (UTC+1)
12+ years experience
HEC Paris
English, Italian
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Overview

I've spent 24 years on financial services strategy - first at Airbus, now at Prism Labs. Ran commercial diligence on 7 deals. Delivered 28 engagements across 5 countries. Before that: N26 and Maersk. Travel slowly, usually by train.

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  • Advice on API platforms
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Questions about API platforms
  • Working sessions on due diligence
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Travels often; replies within 48 hours

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operationsbanking strategyregulationdue diligencepayments
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Office hours for career switchers: financial services strategy and operations

Topics
API platforms, payments, regulation
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24 years of financial services strategy. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Milan, Italy · remote OKdue diligenceregulationoperations
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Experience

  1. Managing Director
    Feb 2025 - Present
    Prism Labs · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Milan, Italy
    • Shipped 26 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 28% in two quarters.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Jun 2023 - Jan 2025
    N26 · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Milan, Italy
    • Designed the operating model for a 18 thousand-person transformation.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $85 million.
  3. Business Analyst
    Mar 2021 - Mar 2023
    Maersk · 2 yr · Full-time · Milan, Italy
    • Shipped 10 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
    • Moved 64% of public API traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  4. Business Analyst
    Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
    Criteo · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Milan, Italy
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 32% in two quarters.
    • Brought on-call pages for public API down from 37 a week to 3.
  5. Business Analyst
    Apr 2015 - Oct 2017
    Airbus · 2 yr 6 mo · Contract · Milan, Italy
    • Brought on-call pages for public API down from 15 a week to 2.

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Education

  1. HEC Paris
    MBA, Business Administration
    2004 - 2006
  2. Bocconi University
    BSc, Public Policy
    1999 - 2002

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