Success stories
The professional success of our talents is our best business card and our greatest satisfaction. Becoming an Arsutoria student means writing the first chapter of your successful career.
Have a look at some of our most successful students and their achievements.
Senior alumni
Our long-date graduates that, along the years, have achieved top positions in the most well-known brands around the world.

Andrzej Bartie Bikowski
Head of Design Outdoor & Golf at ECCO Shoes

Augusto Festa
Director of footwear development & Merch at Coach

Piero Fenato
Innovation Concept Engineering Director at Nike

Lisa Cronin Arida
Creative Design Director at Steve Madden

Elio Garcia
Head of production at Tempe Inditex Group

Fausto Costa
Footwear Technical Director at G-III Apparel Group

Lucinda Sun
VP of Footwear Design at Gina Group

Solveig Gubser
Leathergoods Senior Designer at ECCO Accessories

Bellentani Matteo
Head of Product & Design at Clarks Originals

David Ruperto
Technical Director Footwear at Michael Kors

Elliot Wordsworth
Category Leader Advanced Concepts at Alpinestars

Hugo Lam
V.P. Product Development and Sourcing at Kodiak Group Holdings

Michelle Genovese
Director Global Footwear Development at Timberland

Sarah Flint
Executive Chairman, Creative Director and Founder at Sarah Flint Inc.

Indrajeet Sen
Senior Head of Sourcing & Development at Puma Group

Julio Ciocia
Head of Leather Sourcing at Birkenstock
Junior alumni
Our most recent graduates that have already kickstarted their careers in the shoe and bag sector

Alessandro Nobili
Footwear Pattern Maker at Hermès

Alexandros Vasdekis
Footwear Designer at Mia Becar

Fabio Pellegrino
Shoe Pattern Maker at Prada Group

Franç Riera Fortuny
Zara Woman Footwear designer en Inditex

Giulia Forcellini
Bag pattern maker & prototyper at Renato Corti

Guglielmo Gorno
Junior footwear designer at Ermenegildo Zegna Group

Hélène Meksavanh
Head of Buying & Merchandising at Officine Creative

Katharina Toppel
Technical Developer Men Shoes at Hugo Boss

Pablo Maestre Vieco
Co-Director Laurel Shoes, S.L

Pablo Chico de Guzmàn Amat
Project Manager at Emboga S.A.

Pablo Jaspers Callado
Pattern Maker at Jimmy Choo

Benedetta Boroli
Founder & Creative Director at Benedetta Boroli Milan

Diana Larrotta FandiÑo
Assistant Footwear Designer at Versace

Daniela Rincòn
Handbag designer at Misako

Greg Palazzo
Product Manager Running/Training Footwear at PUMA

Javier Albañil Mogollón
Bag & Footwear Design - ACBC

Jeffrey Waskowiak
Footwear Concept Creation Manager at Keen

Kaiwen Yen
Footwear Designer at Coach

Luca Ripari
Women's Footwear Pattern Maker at Hermès

Margarita Leano
Footwear Designer at Sam Edelman

Will Verona
Men’s Footwear Designer at Hudson London

Tommaso Somigli
Junior pattern maker at Gucci