Professional path

Dual-use deeptech (healthcare & defence) at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Sensor-independent software designed to estimate cognitive workload, attention and fatigue from EEG in operators of critical systems (TRL 5); NeuroMind DX, scale-based clinical decision support advancing toward CE marking as medical-device software under the MDR. One scientific core powers two separately governed product lines, now under construction. 18-month MVP roadmap, patent filed Jan 2026. Selected in September 2026 by ACN, Italy's National Cybersecurity Agency; Expression of Interest (2026) with Thales Alenia Space Italia; Fondazione ICSA as Institutional Advisory Partner. Engaging with NATO cognitive warfare frameworks, the Italian Technopole network and dual-use defence-tech investors.

Strategy & industry advisory, within Inema's consulting team, for national and multinational organisations. Focus: PNRR, infrastructure digitalisation, smart mobility, cloud, 5G, AI, cybersecurity. Previously ICT advisor to the Chair and the General Manager of Cotral: author of the ICT plan and of the ICT organisational model, governance of the NIS2 compliance path.

ICT for Italy's national road operator: about 300 FTE and an ICT budget of nearly €100M. Designed the €450M programme for dynamic remote monitoring of bridges, viaducts and tunnels (AI, IoT, sensors), negotiated with the Ministries of Infrastructure and Economy and the European Investment Bank and later folded into the PNRR. Structural health monitoring and Smart Roads.

Chief technical advisor on infrastructure digitalisation in the Conte I government, expert at the Minister's Cabinet in Conte II. Authored the technical content of the national guidelines for digital monitoring of critical infrastructure and supervised the launch of AINOP, the national digital archive of public works. Smart mobility, autonomous transport, smart ports, EV infrastructure.

Joined in the startup phase. Built innovation and digital strategy from scratch. 5G testbeds in Prato and L'Aquila with Wind Tre. AI predictive maintenance of data-centre cooling with ELIS. Contributed to the creation of Enel X. One of the world's largest enterprise AWS environments.

One of 17 global SMEs in Digital Transformation. Advised CxOs at Generali, Allianz, Campari and Tenova (Techint) on AI and cloud strategies, and sold Microsoft cloud and digital-transformation solutions to the clients advised.

Disruptive innovation and digital business transformation. Advisory Professional Services management; sold advisory services and digital-transformation projects directly to CEOs and their teams. Key client: Eden Viaggi.

Group CTO of the IT and services arm of CCPL Group, a historic Emilian cooperative group (over €1.1bn revenue, about 100 companies). Business idea generation, digital innovation, Head of Managed Services and Innovation. M&A activities.

IT strategy and operations; migration from a legacy ERP to Microsoft Dynamics; Business Process Reengineering.

Partner (from late 2002) and CTO of Sistema Nord, formerly Sisteda Nord: the systems and infrastructure services company that stayed independent when TeamSystem acquired Sisteda's software business, and its operating partner. Infrastructure, business continuity, cybersecurity, managed services.

System Engineer, Network Administrator, PC Technician, Teacher, Webmaster. Working during university studies in Bologna.