TEAM
The Megariders, living in the shadow of Vesuvio, breathing the sea breeze, smelling the tires burning.
RESEARCH – Our people deeply believe in the strength of scientific research, actually applied to the races and to the evolutive path run by mobility. The continuous investment in our team’s knowledge and expertise is supported by the intrinsic relationship with the UniNa Vehicle Dynamics research group and by the possibility that each member has to grow, freely following both projects with customers and R&D activities on pioneering and strategic topics.
COMMITTMENT – We take onboard people able to understand that MegaRide is a dream become true, and able to keep alive such vision, making it their own dream. The tangible feeling of being capable to have an impact on the company growth, the hectic rhythm of living inside motorsport, the contact with a multidisciplinary and international context, push our people to commit, to improve, to focus on the details that makes the difference, for us and for our partners’ achievements.
FAMILY – Each of us, every morning, is free to choose if working at our research lab, from home, at office, or sitting in a coffee on the seaside. But the connection among all of us, inside and outside the workplace, is a key-point. We grew first of all as a group of people, united by the will to succeed doing the most beautiful job in the world, from the best place in the world. Each of us takes care of someone else, taking in our company the structure of a research team, working fast as a race team.
Prof. Flavio Farroni is Applied Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics professor at University Federico II, co-founder and CEO of its spinoff MegaRide, and works as academic advisor in vehicle dynamics with several companies and racing teams. His activities focus on the development of physical models for the optimization of performances in motorsport, in Driver in the Loop systems and in digital mobility scenarios, cooperating within an international research network. He has been awarded during Tire Expo 2015 as “Young Scientist of the Year”, by MIT Technology Review among “Italian Innovators Under 35” of 2018, and in last years received research grants as Principal Investigator for various national and international projects on friction modelling and innovative tire concepts.
Prof. Aleksandr Sakhnevych holds the chair of Applied Mechanics and Technologies for Smart Vehicles at the University of Naples Federico II, where he teaches and conducts research at the frontier of vehicle dynamics and embedded automotive systems. As CEO and co-founder of MegaRide, he leads the development of advanced models, tools, and solutions for vehicle embedded frameworks, spanning the full stack from sensing to control strategies. His vision centers on integrating real-time tire limit estimation, human-in-the-loop systems, and regulatory normatives to enable next-generation driving systems with enhanced safety, performance, and comfort. Beyond research and development, Aleksandr actively drives MegaRide’s growth through open innovation initiatives and strategic acquisitions, building an expanding innovation hub that connects the academic ecosystem with industrial excellence.
Prof. Francesco Timpone is Associate Professor of Vehicle Dynamics at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II and is Chairman and co-founder of MegaRide. He has a PhD in Thermo-Mechanical Systems Engineering in 2004 at University of Naples Federico II discussing a thesis developed in collaboration with Elasis S.C.p.A. (FCA Group): “Ottimizzazione dell’impianto frenante e delle strategie di controllo del nodo freni dell’autoveicolo mediante simulazione SIL (Software in the Loop)”. His main research fields are Vehicle Dynamics and Controls, Tyre-Road Interaction, Mechanical Transmissions, Tribology, Lubrication.
