Simone Trimarchi

E-Sport Manager at Cookies Digital

Speaker

Simone "AKirA" Trimarchi is an Electronic Engineer that managed to become the first Italian Starcraft champion in the history of the country and a veteran in the gaming community in Italy. Thanks to that tournament, which he won in 2001, he managed to establish a prominent role within the Italian esports scene. He was the first journalist to cover the gaming movement from 2003 onwards (currently writing for Corriere dello Sport) the first caster, meaning a video game commentator in the country, and today he is serving as Esport Manager for Cookies Digital, esport solutions provider for telcos. Despite being 45 years old he is still competing in the online community on Twitch and Youtube and in his offline family against his two sons that are way better than him at every non-boomer videogames.