Annalisa Menin is an entrepreneur and author specializing in Branding and Communication. Venetian by birth, naturalized American, she lived for 20 years in New York City, where she worked in various roles for three of the most important industries in the world: Finance (Real Time Risk Systems LLC), Fashion (Valentino USA Inc.) and Real Estate (Corcoran).

 

In 2017 she co-founded Octonano, a marketing a branding agency, which she exited in 2025 to follow her calling for writing and creativity. 

 

In addition to her corporate and entrepreneurial life, she has published three novels Il Mio Ultimo Anno a New York (2013),  Il Traghettatore (2017)  with Giunti Editore,  and L’ Anna che verrà (2025) also with Giunti Editore, and created the initiative Remembering Marco, which supports young students and entrepreneurs around the world with high value internship and professional development programs in memory of her late husband Marco Omiccioli.

 

She is know for her sense of esthetic and determination, and loves building and working with cohesive, high-performing teams, recognizing and nurturing individual talents while motivating people to achieve their best. 

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