Umberto Ciriello was born in Naples, Italy and studied Chemistry at the University of Naples where he received his Master Degree in Organic chemistry in 2001 under the guidance of Prof. Romualdo Caputo and Prof. Giovanni Palumbo. After graduating he worked for two years in the research group of Professor Caputo with a fixed-term scientific contract for the development of innovative synthetic strategies of organic molecules having biological activity. After this training experience at the Federico II University, he won the competition for the PhD in Organic Chemistry but decided to leave the University to work at the I.C.I. International Chemical Industry spa. He worked in ICI for five years as R&D manager acquiring a deep knowledge on the development of new methods of synthesis and lyophilization, in sterile and oral conditions, of APIs, in particular: penicillin, cephalosporins and steroids. Currently, he has been working as Chief R&D officer at Linnea Sa, a Swiss company specialized in the production of APIs extracted from vegetable raw materials. In Linnea, he leads the R&D department to continue the development of APIs synthesis by increasing his experience in the management of extraction processes with organic solvents and supercritical CO2 extractor. Moreover, he is a member of Linnea management team and reports directly to the CEO of the company for both R&D activities and the contributions to strategic decisions for company management.