Appointed as Commissioner of the Italian Agency for tourism – ENIT by the Italian Government in June 2014. President of Anitec, the Italian Association of Informatics, Telecommunications and Consumer Electronics, he has taken office in November 2010. Member of the Executive Board of DigitalEurope, the Association representing ICT at EU level. Vice President of Confindustria Digitale, the Italian Federation representing ICT companies from June 2011 to July 2014.
He began his career in GTE, moving afterwards to Siemens, Italtel and Nokia Siemens Networks, having global management responsibilities in Research & Development, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Business Administration and Control. Resident for several years in the United States.
He writes articles on economics, management and digital agenda. He served four years as Vice President of the Blood Donator Association of Milan. The President of the Italian Republic awarded him “Stella al merito del lavoro”, the Major of Sesto San Giovanni, Italy nominated him “Cittadino benemerito” and the Trade Chamber of Milan gave him the prize “Milano Produttiva”.
Married, three children, he graduated in Nuclear Engineering, Quantum Electronics specialization at Politecnico of Milano and attended a biennial course in Business Administration at the Master Division of Bocconi University.