Introduction I am a telecommunications engineer MSc with over 20 years of experience in design of Satellite, TLC and SCADA equipment systems, and I spent the past 6 years in the design of maritime satellite antennas, cofounding Skytech Italia. Born in 2011 as a startup company, we quickly reached worldwide success and reputation with innovative carbon fiber VSAT maritime antennas in the OilGas market. I have worked closely with major satellite operators during testing, commissioning and type approval of our antennas, including the innovative flat panel terminals and dual band KuKa maritime antennas. I fully believe in the future of SATCOM systems and the innovative challenges posed by upcoming HTS GEO and the revolutionary LEO constellations, and the role that mobility applications land, sea and air will play in the near future. My past experience spans from the RD to the technical support for commercial proposals, and I have always been the technical reference point for many customers. I have often been called in as the solution architect and system engineer during the proposal and the implementation phases. Innovation has always been part of my role, and one of the latest and best achievements has been the worlds first dualband KU and KA maritime VSAT antenna compatible with KASAT and standard Kuband satellites. My past experience in TLC, Satcom and SCADA systems for the OilGas and Broadcasting industry brought to successful projects in Italy, France, USA, Middle East, North Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Venezuela, with notable customers such as Marine Technologies, Eutelsat, Viasat, MTN, Telespazio, RaiWay, ENI AGIP, SNAM Rete Gas, Hewlett Packard, PDVSA, Telvent, Sonatrach, Cegelec, ABB, Nokia Siemens Networks, Italian Railways, Selex Communications, AlcatelLucent, ENEL, Wind. Group work, sharing of knowhow and support to colleagues has always been part of my role. I have very good capability of relationship with customers and company presentation. Accustomed to frequent travels abroad for presentations, surveys, international fairs, partner qualification. As technical and organizational leader of Skytech Italia and Staer, I have coordinated the RD group, the Project Leaders Team, Logisticsoutsourcing activities, and the Technical Assistance Team. As CEO of Skytech Italia and Staer Sistemi, I have matured the skills of financial management, business planning, personnel administration, taking part in the annual budget preparation, projects and RD cost control, periodic review of revenue and turnover forecasts. I have implemented the ISO9001 quality system since 1997, and the company ERP system for cost control and industrial accounting. Please take a moment to go through my list of projects attached to the resume, this will give you an overview of my experience in many different aspects of TLC, Satcom and system design. Work Experience From July 2014 till now Name and address of employer SKYTECH ITALIA SRL Via di Grottarossa 1148 Rome, Italy Company sector of activity Design and integration of Maritime Satellite Communication Systems Type of employment Chief Technology Officer Principal subjects occupational skills covered SKYTECH ITALIA is dedicated to the hardware, firmware and system design of innovative carbon fiber VSAT stabilized satellite antennas for the maritime market. Part of the SKYTECH group, with operations and testing facilities in Rome, Italy, and offices in UK, Skytech Italia has developed a full line of single band and multi band KU and KA antennas, now operating in hundreds of installations worldwide in the offshore OilGas industry and commercial shipping. The introduction of dualband KuKa VSAT terminals by Skytech have increased the company visibility and reputation in the highly demanding world of mobile Satcom. With the increased number of highly skilled staff, I coordinated the RD activities, technical proposals, evaluate feasibility of new projects and opportunities. From February 2011 till July 2014 Name and address of employer SKYTECH ITALIA SRL formerly SKYSEARCH SRL Via di Grottarossa 1148 Rome, Italy Company sector of activity Design and integration of Maritime Satellite Communication Systems Type of employment Partner and Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer Principal subjects occupational skills covered Skysearch was the first name of what later became Skytech Italia. I started this small company and its Romebased activities dedicated to the system design of VSAT stabilized satellite antennas for the maritime market. Due to a successful and innovative line of products, Skytech Italia became part of the UK and USA based Skytech Group to further concentrate on RD of leading VSAT systems for the mobile market. I managed the steady company growth from an administrative and technical perspective until the acquisition by the Skytech Group. The turnover was over 1M after 3 years with a headcount of approx. 10 people From March 2010 till Febr. 2011 Name and address of employer RADIOTECH Communications Technology Monaco Company sector of activity Design and integration of Maritime Satellite Communication Systems Type of employment Consultant and Chief Technology Officer Principal subjects occupational skills covered Technical and organizational coordination of the Italian development team of a maritime satellite communication antenna, with electronic stabilization, for bidirectional VSAT links in Ku and Ka bands., for the offshore OilGas industry. From January 2010 till Dec. 2013 Name and address of employer RGS Telecommunications srl Rome Italy Company sector of activity Design and OEM production of electronic boards, RF equipment, automation systems Type of employment Technical Consultant Principal subjects occupational skills covered System designer, commercial and technical support for design and production activities From March 2010 till June 2012 Name and address of employer STAER SISTEMI srl Via Tiburtina 1266 00131 Rome Italy Company sector of activity Design and integration of Automation, Remote Control and Telecommunication systems SCADA for OilGas, Utilities, Broadcasting and TLC sectors Type of employment Consultant Principal subjects occupational skills covered Technical sales support, HW products maintenance From March 2008 till March 2010 Name and address of employer STAER SISTEMI srl Via Tiburtina 1266 00131 Rome Italy Company sector of activity Design and integration of Automation, Remote Control and Telecommunication systems SCADA for OilGas, Utilities, Broadcasting and TLC sectors Type of employment President and Chief Technology Officer CTO Principal subjects occupational skills covered Technical and organizational coordination of RD, Operations, Logistics and Technical Support areas. Support to proposal engineering, strategic marketing, technical Company presentations to Customers, business development. From June 1999 till February 2008 Name and address of employer STAER spa Via Tiburtina 1266 00131 Rome Italy Company sector of activity Design and manufacturing of Automation, Remote Control and Telecommunication systems SCADA for OilGas, Utilities, Broadcasting and TLC sectors Type of employment RD Manager, Technical Director, member of Board of Directors from 1999 to 2005 Principal subjects occupational skills covered Technical coordination of HWSW design activities, proposal engineering, strategic marketing, technical Company presentations to Customers. I designed successful HW products in the Telco market SNMP alarm collectors, modular router units and managed important nationwide SCADA systems for the OilGas industry ENI group, Sonatrach and for the TV broadcasting RAI Italian TV From 1994 till May 1999 Name and address of employer STAER srl Via Tiburtina 1266 00131 Rome Italy Company sector of activity Design and manufacturing of Automation, Remote Control and Telecommunication systems SCADA for OilGas, Utilities, Broadcasting and TLC sectors Type of employment Employed as a HWFW designer in the RD Team Principal subjects occupational skills covered HWFW Designer, Project Leader Education and Training 19871994 Name and type of organization providing education and training University of Rome La Sapienza Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Digital Signal Processing techniques Title and professional qualification obtained Master of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Telecommunication Grade 107110 Graduation thesis Design and building of an interface for quality measurements in telephone transmissions Level in national classification if applicable Italian State Qualifying examination for the Engineer Profession 1995 19821987 Name and type of organization providing education and training Liceo High School specialized in Scientific Studies Villa Flaminia Rome Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English Title obtained Scientific High School Certificate Grade 6060 Personal skills and expertise Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas Mother tongue Italian Other languages English Reading skills Excellent both in technical and literary english Writing skills Excellent Verbal skills Excellent CambridgeFirst Certificate in English FCE obtained in Rome in 1985. Numerous stays for study and business in U.K. and USA Frequent contacts with foreign customers and partner companies French Reading skills Good Writing skills Basic Verbal skills Good Frequent stays and contacts with frenchspeaking northafrican countries Social skills and competences Level of interaction, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential eg. culture and sports, etc Good aptitude to group work, sharing of knowhow and support to collegues. Excellent capability of relationship with Customers and company presentation. Accustomed to frequent travels abroad for presentations, surveys, international fairs, partner qualification. Organisational skills and expertise Coordination and management of Human Resources, projects and budgets at work, in voluntary work eg. culture and sports and at home, etc. Coordination of the RD group, of the Project Leaders Team, of Logisticsoutsourcing activities, and of the Technical Assistance Team. Takes part in the annual budget preparation, projects and RD cost control, collaborates to the periodic review of revenue and turnover forecasts. Definition of design procedures for the ISO9001 quality system. Implementation of the company ERP system for cost control and industrial accounting. Research and comparison of bestinclass market solutions to ensure technical product update. Ensures the application of current regulations to products. Technical skills and expertise Computer, special machinery and devices Software Defined Radio, Signal Processing, Embedded Systems Wired and Wireless communication systems VSAT antennas and satellite systems for mobile applications Inertial stabilization systems, Cisco routers, Idirect modems Global Vsat Forum certification SCADA system designer for OilGas, Broadcasting and Telecommunications Linux Embedded appliances, product design and production process supervision. HW, FW and Product design team leader. Other skills And competences not mentioned above Hobbysport amateur radio IW0CNB, sailing, flying, skiing, music, travels Advanced Open Water Diver Driving licence Car and motorcycle driving license, Ultralight Aircraft Flying License, sailing boat license Annex n.1 Main projects achieved Satellite Communications projects 20142015 Project manager for the development of the world first dual band KUKA maritime VSAT antenna, 75cm size customer MTN, Eutelsat 20142015 Project manager of a multiband 1mt maritime VSAT terminal with switchable RF payload 20132014 Project manager of the first 75 cm maritime VSAT terminal in KAband compatible with KASAT Eutelsat and Viasat1 networks customer Eutelsat and Viasat 20122013 Project manager of a flatpanel, horn array VSAT antenna in KU band for Satcomonthemove applications customer Marine Technologies LLC 20122013 Project manager of the 1.5mt and 1.25mt maritime VSAT antennas in KU band customer Marine Technologies LLC 2011 System designer of a Webbased management and supervision system for telemetry and diagnostics of a fleet of 200 VSAT antennas Customer Marine Technologies LLC 20092011 Technical and organizational coordination of the Italian development team of an innovative, fully carbon fiber maritime satellite communication antenna, with electronic stabilization, for bidirectional VSAT links in Ku and Ka bands. 2007 HWFW designer of a dualmode Satellite ThurayaGSM modem for telecontrol and meter reading applications Customer ENELWind 2003 Project Manager of the telecontrol system of RadioTV sites with VSATIP links 20 RTUs, customer FINET 1999 System designer of the communication system based on Orbcomm satellites for the telecontrol system of the Marsicano Acqueduct Consortium, including the installation of the gateway station at the Telespazio Satellite Center in Gera Lario 50 RTUs. 1997 Italian Relay Station for the link via lowearthorbit microsatellites between the Italian Base Station of Terranova Bay Antarctica and Italy, dedicated to remote transmission of medical images. Wired and Wireless communications projects 2015 System designer of a Radio Transmitter Location and Identification System RTILS for accurate 3D localization of noncooperative radio sources, targeting military and Homeland Security HLS applications 2013 System designer of a long range digital video downlink system, transmitting HDSD video from an aircraft over 150 miles using autotracking antennas, with frequency and space diversity 20112013 Project manager of a maritime ranging radar with active retroreflective transponders, for precise ship positioning in OilGas offshore operations Customer Marine Technologies LLC 2013 System designer of a medical healthcare gateway, for local data acquisition of pressure, glycemic and other patient data over cable or Bluetooth, and remote transmission to a data center 150 units, customer Merck 20092010 System designer of a seriesmode voice recorder for safety applications in the Italian Railway network 2008 System designer of a 900 Mhz pointtopoint SCADA link for the Electric Power Plant of Petacalco, Mexico Customer Techint, using GEMDS radios 2007 Project Manager of a modular IPOSI router, based on ARMXSCALE Embedded Linux, dedicated to Microwave networks supervision customer Nokia Siemens Networks, 500 installed units 2006 System integrator of 2 Mbits FMUX equipment for digitalizing the copper cable network of SNAM Rete Gas, Italian Methane Gas Transporter 130 equipment 2006 Project Manager of an SNMPbased Remote Terminal Unit, for remote monitoring of GSM shelter sites customer Nokia Siemens Networks, 500 installed units 2004 Project Manager of the service telephone system for digital radio links EOW, Customer Nokia Siemens Networks 4000 installed units 2003 System designer of the telecontrol system of the Siemens microwave radio telecommunication network of PDVSA Venezuela, 150 RTUs, STET Hellas Greece, 250 RTUs, and Portugal Air Force 50 RTUs 2001 HWSystem designer of the telecontrol equipment dedicated to VHFUHF radios for Air Traffic Control Ground to Air and Vessel Traffic System VTS Customer SelexCommunications 1999 Project Manager of the telecontrol system of Siemens microwave radio links supplied to Lebanon PTT, including HW, SW and WAN network 30 RTUs. 1999 System designer of the frontend and the telecommunication network dedicated to the supervision of radio links for ALBACOMBritish Telecom 250 RTUs, 60 modem. 1998 Project manager for the development and realization of a nonintrusive measurement system of voice echo on 2 Mbits PCM links. HWFW designer of the interface and measurement board, based on TMS320C25 DSP. 1996 Project manager for the development, realization and installation of the telecontrol system of data rooms for Telecom Italia, based on X.25 network, equipment and software designed by STAER 50 RTUs. 19931998 Installationmaintenance of a Linuxbased internetpacketradio gateway 1992 Development of a SW for inverse differential correction and various protocol converters for different cartographies. 1991 HW and SW Development and realization of the first vehicle localization systems based on GPS and Dead Reckoning Units. 1988 Installationmaintenance of various nodes and TCPIP routers for the national amateur radio packet network 12009600 bps. TVRadio Broadcasting projects 2009 System designer of an offsite DVBT monitoring unit for quality assessment of transmissions. Extension to DABDMB radio transmissions under study customer Raiway. 2009 System designer of the technology upgrade for secondary repeater site monitoring using GPRS and Hyperlan networks customer Raiway, about 500 new equipment expected 2007 System integrator of FMUX equipment for highquality music channels transport customer RAIWAY 2006 Collaborates to the automation project of RDS encoders to enable TMC service over the FM network of Raiway 80 sites 2005 Collaborates to the project of the DVBT transmitters supervision using SNMP Customer Raiway, about 200 sites 2004 Project Manager of the NMS system for the national IP WAN of Raiway using MPTS STAER SCADA package 2002 System designer of RAIWAY auxiliary telephone network with TDM multiplexers Kilomux RAD 20002006 System designer of the national WAN network for the SITT project of RAIWAY, based on G.703 dropinsert equipment, interface converters and Cisco routers 160 nodes 2000 System designer of the WAN network for remote control of S.Palomba high power MW and SW transmitting center Customer RAIWAY. 1998 HWSystem designer of the telecontrol and quality measurement system of microwave PDH radio links and 2 Mbits G.703 links Customer Siemens RAIWAY 1997 Collaborates to the project of updating the telecontrol network of the main transmitting centers of RAIWAY Italian National Television, 150 sites 1997 System designer of a UHF packetradio based monitoring system for secondary repeater sites customer Raiway, over 500 installations 1996 Project manager for the design and realization of the STAER MPTS2 telecontrol system, dedicated to the supervision of repeater installations of RAITV 250 sites. HW designer of the CPU board and codesigner of the IO boards. SCADA Projects in OilGas and Public Utilities 2015 Feasibility study for the upgrade of the satellite communication network to newer Kaband technology and SCADA system upgrade, for a network of 42 hydroelectric power plants customer Hydrowatt, Italy 2009 System designer of the redundant optical ring for the water transport network in Skikda, Algeria Customer CondotteAlgerienne des Eaux 2009 System designer of the communication network for remote monitoring and SCADA systems dedicated to photovoltaic power plants 2009 System designer of a lowcost RTU dedicated to HVAC remote monitoring, based on Linux and Opensource automation package Proview 2008 Project Manager of the telecontrol system for the public street lighting in the city of Rome customer ACEA Distribuzione, 450 RTU, designed and programmed by myself, MODBUS and IEC8705101 protocol 2008 System designer of the new data concentrator unit MTU for the primary gas transport network of SNAM Rete Gas Customer HPTelvent, IEC8705101 protocol 2006 System Designer of the SW architecture of the STAER SRX1 LinuxBased RTU, using IEC611313 programmable language ISAGRAF 2005 Project Manager of the SCADA system of the algerian gas pipeline GK1GK2, relating to the RTUFrontEnd part, in Linux environment customer CegelecSonatrach, 50 RTUs 2005 System designer of the optical fiberpacket radio telecommunication network, for the BBKBBKN oil field Algeria, Customer ABBSonatrach, 20 RTUs 2003 Project Manager of the pressure monitoring system of the water distribution network of the city of Rome customer ACEA ATO2 Roma, 150 RTUs designed and built ad hoc, IFIX SCADA package 2001 Project Manager for the supply of 200 RTUs dedicated to the supervision of the gas distribution network of Edison Gas, including the development of custom protocols for interfacing to flow computers and gascromatographers. main contractor Telvent Canada. 1998 HWSystem designer of the radio communication subsystem of the offshore platform Jole 1 final customer AGIP 1998 HWSystem designer of the telecontrol system of maritime lighthouses final customer Italian Navy, 500 RTUs based on VHF packet radio 1997 Project manager for the development and implementation of the telecontrol data acquisition subsystem dedicated to the primary gas pipeline network of SNAM Rete Gas 800 custom DSP modem, 1500 RTUs. HardwareEmbedded Products 2014 HW designer of an outdoor embedded AIS VHF receiver with Ethernet and PoE supply 35 units, customer Marine Technologies LLC 2013 HW designer of a medical healthcare gateway using Embedded Linux equipped with cable, Bluetooth and GPRS module 150 units, customer Merck 2011 HW designer of a switching logic unit for the national primary gas pipeline network of SNAM Rete Gas 200 units. 2008 HWFW designer of a small and lowcost RTU dedicated to public street lighting monitoring and control 2007 HWFW designer of a dualmode Satellite ThurayaGSM modem for telecontrol and meter reading applications Customer ENELWind 2007 Project Manager of a modular IP router, based on an Embedded Linux environment customer SiemensNokia Networks, still under development 2006 Project Manager of the Alarm Converter telecontrol unit, using an Embedded Linux Environment customer Siemens ICN, 500 units 20042005 HWSystem designer of the third generation telecontrol equipment for the supervision of the primary gas pipeline network of SNAM Rete Gas 450 RTUs. 2004 Project Manager of the service telephone system for digital radio links EOW, Customer Siemens ICN 4000 installed units 2004 HW Designer of a converter to carry analog telephone channels over digital radio links provided with V.11 interface Customer Siemens ICN, 800 units 2002 codesigner of an equipment dedicated to aid recreational air navigation, based on vocal synthesis technique. 2002 HWFW designer of the EthernetWEB server interface board, for the STAERMPTS telecontrol equipment family. 2001 HWFW designer of the mixed data acquisition board for the STAERMPTS telecontrol equipment family 1999 HWSystem designer of the 32bit CPU unit for the STAERMPTS telecontrol equipment family, with LCD graphic display. 1997 HW designer of dropinsert boards on 2 Mbits PCM links with G.703 codirectional interface 1997 HWFW designer of a modemprotocol converter board based on TMS320C25 DSP for the telecontrol data acquisition subsystem dedicated to the primary gas pipeline network of SNAM Rete Gas 800 installations. 1997 codesigner of a Wireless LAN 2,4 Ghz board for pointtomultipoint links. 1996 HW designer of the redundant CPU board for the telecontrol equipment STAER RTMD2, used in the primary gas pipeline network of SNAM Rete Gas 500 RTUs. 1995 HWFW designer of programmable modem boards, of telegraphic type, based on TMS320C25 DSP for the telecontrol equipment STAERMPTS Customer RAI, Italian National Television, 200 installations. 1993 HWFW designer of a board based on SPROC DSP to interface 2 Mbits links for nonintrusive measurements on FAX traffic.