Chief Innovation Officer at Atlantia. He holds a degree in Electronic engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and a Master in Information technology at the Cefriel institute. His career has brought him to live and work across Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States of America. In 1991 he joined Siemens in Munich, up to the responsibility of Managing Director of Siemens Italy, over the years. He was ceo of Benq Mobile Italia until 2007, president and ceo of Nec Italia and general manager of the Smart grid solutions division of Nec Europe until 2015. Later, he was ceo of Thales Italia and of Sinelec, part of the Gavio group, a company specialized in the development and marketing of technological solutions applied to security, infomobility, payment systems and operational management of the freeway network.