PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 – January 2020
European GNSS Agency, Executive Director
2009 – 2011
European Commission DG TREN, Policy Officer In charge of EGNOS
operation and definition of the Galileo exploitation phase.
2007 – 2008
GNSS Supervisory Authority, Head of Concession Department
Chief negotiator of the Galileo Public Private Partnership/Concession
contract and subsequently contributing to the re-profiling of EU
GNSS programmes.
2004 – 2006
Galileo Joint Undertaking, Head of Concession Department
Chief negotiator of the Galileo Public Private Partnership/Concession
contract.
2001 – 2004
Ente Nazionale di Assistenza al Volo (ENAV), Director of Programmes
and Engineering
Responsible for updating the technology of Italian airports and Area
Control Centres.
1990 – 2001
Alenia Spazio spa, Head of Advanced Telecommunication Projects
Program manager for advanced satellite telecommunication projects.
1988 – 1990
Honeywell Information Systems,
Project manager for end-to-end IT Systems
1986 – 1987
Italian Navy, Officer
Ammunition management for Italian Naval Forces.
EDUCATION
1991
Space Studies Programme,
International Space University, Toulouse, France
1988
Master in Business Administration from CUOA, Vicenza, Italy
1987
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy