Andrea Rossi is a CrossIdeas founder responsible for leading CrossIdeas' global sales & partner management operations. Prior to joining CrossIdeas, Rossi served in a number of roles at Novell. As SEMEA Sales Director, he was instrumental in providing leadership and driving revenue growth for Novell's Identity & Security business. He joined Novell in 2001 as a Principal at Cambridge Technology Partners – a consulting firm acquired by Novell. Before this, Andrea started his career at the Logica Group. Andrea Rossi holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy.