Renato is an independent Semantic Web Science Technology Strategist and Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). His research and technologies experience covers the Semantic Web, Web Science, Social Networks, & Rights and Privacy Management. Renato also has extensive experience in Information Standards for Internet, Web and Mobile platforms. Renato was also the Founder and is the Convener of the ODRL Initiative which develops and promotes industry strength rights languages for open and commercial sectors.
Renato also is a Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, and Technology Strategist at Peepel. He previously was Principal Scientist at the National ICT Australia (NICTA) research laboratory, Chief Scientist at IPR Systems & LiveEvents Wireless, Principal Research Scientist at the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC), and was a former member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Advisory Board.