Mentor Background

Full marks Master Degree in Electronics and Telecom Engineering (University of Rome) in the 70’s, he held a number of technical & management positions both in Manufacturing and Services Industry -- VP / Director of Marketing & Regulations, Senior VP / Director of Studies, Senior VP / Director of Iridium Program Office (66-satellite personal communications system), Managing Director of Iridium Italia, Telecom Italia Group company providing Iridium services (Europe-South America).

Concerning P.A. senior job positions, from 1987 to 1990 he was Associate Professor at the University of Rome-Tor Vergata, and from 2007 to 2012 Director General of Studies & Research at AGCOM, the Italian independent Authority for regulations and guarantees in electronic communications.

Since 2012, as a Business & Innovation Angel, he has been delivering education, strategic advisory and interim / project management of ICT-driven initiatives, as well as open innovation / technology transfer for small business acceleration, startup / SME mentorship in the digital economy paradigm.