Maurizio
Verga

Cermenate (Como), ITALY

Maurizio Verga was born in Como (Northern Italy) on March 21, 1963.

He received his formal education as a Textile Engineer, but soon emerged as one of the leading developers of Computer Aided Design solutions for the Textile and Fashion Industries along with other highly advanced computer-based projects. Maurizio has been active in marketing and sales of his latest developments in WEB-based products and services for the Internet presence of the fashion and textile industries since 1995.

In 1999 he developed a new idea: the vision of a large "business-to-business" Marketplace to help Italian Textile or Fashion companies to not only showcase, but to do instant business with international wholesale buyers through the Internet without the extra expense of the "middle-man". On May 17, 2000 the Marketplace was officially launched : ItalianModa was born. Since that time, Maurizio has established (along with three other partners) the ItalianModa.com Srl company, of which he is CEO and Founder.

ItalianModa is now Europe's largest and most visited Textile B2B Marketplace and one of the most important Internet portals worldwide. ItalianModa.com Srl dramatically expanded its global activities, developing new advanced solutions (for example: E-Catalogs and Portals) and launching more B2B Marketplaces in other countries (United States, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary).

Maurizio Verga is single and currently living in Cermenate, a village between Como and Milan in Northern Italy. Besides Italian, he speaks English fluently. He loves books, movies, some genres of music and travelling.

Maurizio's oldest and most avid hobby is seemingly an "odd" one: UFOs! Since 1977 he has been actively involved this highly fascinating topic, which he approaches both seriously and objectively, stricly evaluating only the available facts along with a very pragmatic view.

He has written numerous articles for several Italian and international magazines, as well as contributions to three books published in UK, France and the United States. He has been a guest lecturer for several Congresses and Seminars in Italy, as well as lectured in many countries, and given countless interviews to newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations.

In 1995 Maurizio created UFO ONLINE, one of the largest and most visited UFO WEB sites on the Internet. He also developed the UPIAR Store, an advanced E-Commerce site selling UFO books and magazines, mostly published by Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici (C.I.S.U.), the national UFO Research Center established by Maurizio and other UFO buffs in 1985.

Other interests that Maurizio persues are: computers, Space Exploration, Aviation, World War II (mainly 1944-1945), Atomic Tests, Science-Fiction Movies. He has a driving curiosity of life!