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Berlino, Germania

▪ Role: Sales Director responsible for leading sales efforts in the Preliminary Design division, focusing on the company's advanced aerospace software solutions.▪ Key Responsibilities and Skills: - Collaborate with existing and potential customers to understand their needs and business processes, creating tailored solution proposals based on the company's offerings. - Effectively deliver the company's value proposition and identify and develop opportunities with internal teams, coordinating demos, proofs of concept, and proposed solutions. - Drive a sales-oriented culture across the organization, mentoring employees to contribute to sales activities. - Develop and conduct compelling sales pitches and presentations via web, phone, or in-person meetings. - Create and manage proposals and contracts, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company goals. - Attend industry events to enhance the company's market profile and build relationships. - Design and implement sales campaigns, including social media strategies in collaboration with the marketing department. - Demonstrate a strong work ethic, competitive nature, and the ability to adapt quickly, ensuring continuous improvement and strategy refinement. - Leverage extensive knowledge of the aerospace industry and stay updated on emerging trends (e.g., eVTOLs, hydrogen/hybrid/electric propulsion systems).

Scuola Di Ingegneria Industriale E Dell’Informazione

▪ Role: Adjunct Professor responsible for teaching courses in the MSc degree program in Aeronautical Engineering.▪ Courses Taught: - Aeronautical Instrumentation and Navigation Aids (from academic year 2015/2016 to present). - Optimization and Integration of On-board Systems (formerly Optimization and Integration of Avionic Systems) (academic years 2008/2009 to 2014/2015).▪ Responsibilities: - Developed and delivered comprehensive course materials, lectures, and assessments to equip students with advanced knowledge in aeronautical instrumentation, navigation aids, and system integration. - Pioneered innovative didactic methodologies to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. - Provided academic guidance and support to students, fostering their professional growth and ensuring their readiness for careers in the aerospace industry.

▪ Project Overview: UNIFIER 19 is an innovative airliner concept designed to offer a sustainable and cost-efficient air mobility solution. The 19-passenger near-zero-emission aircraft aims to provide a diffused service connecting smaller airports to each other and to larger hubs, accommodating both scheduled and on-demand shuttle flights. By leveraging the underused European small airport network, UNIFIER 19 will offer commuters a radically new mobility experience, as simple to use as a bus.▪ Key Responsibilities: - Investigator involved in multiple work packages: > WP1: Design Framework. > WP2: Initial concurrent design competition. > WP3: High-fidelity design and optimization. > WP4: Management and dissemination. - Contributed to the development and optimization of the aircraft design, ensuring alignment with sustainability and cost-efficiency goals. - Participated in design competitions and high-fidelity design processes to refine and enhance the aircraft's features and performance. - Managed dissemination efforts to promote project findings and innovations to stakeholders and the broader community.

Department Of Aerospace Science And Technology

[Project MAHEPA, financed by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 723368]▪ Project Overview: MAHEPA is a research project aimed at addressing the current limitations of electrically powered aircraft by introducing new serial hybrid-electric powertrains. The project focuses on developing new modular components to power two four-passenger hybrid electric airplanes, scheduled to fly in 2020. One airplane will be equipped with a hybrid powertrain utilizing an internal combustion engine, and the other will be a fuel cell hybrid-powered aircraft.▪ Key Responsibilities: - Investigator involved in multiple work packages: > WP1: Powertrain architecture design and power management, control, and delivery. > WP2: Component qualification and assembly into ICE-Hybrid powertrain. > WP7: Flight testing. > WP8: Consolidation of results and trend analysis. > WP9: Scalability studies. > WP10: Strategies for maximizing the impact of hybrid electric aircraft on near-term (2025), medium-term (2035), and long-term (2050) scenarios. - Contributed to the design and integration of hybrid-electric powertrain components, ensuring successful assembly and performance validation. - Participated in flight testing, providing critical data and insights to refine and optimize powertrain systems. - Analyzed and consolidated results, contributing to trend analysis and scalability studies to enhance the project's overall impact.

Milano, Italia

▪ Role: Independent consultant providing expert services across various aerospace and transportation projects.▪ Key Responsibilities: - Conducted conceptual and preliminary aircraft design, particularly focusing on innovative pure electric or hybrid electric powertrain configurations. - Conducted transportation scenario studies, including software development, to define and assess potential demand, environmental benefits, parameter sensitivity, and market attractiveness of novel air services (e.g., micro-feeder, miniliner). - Managed system-to-system and system-to-platform integration, verification, and validation, including Interface Control Documents (ICD), data buses, protocol interpretation, and conversion. - Provided support for complex hardware certification according to RTCA-DO 254 standards. - Supported developmental and certification flight test campaigns, including defining and preparing test matrices, flight cards, parameter lists, test point reduction, Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) system selection and configuration, data processing, and report preparation. - Designed, developed, and tested hardware and software with a focus on data acquisition, management, and transmission.

▪ Role: Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Chief Sales Officer (CSO), overseeing the technical and commercial management of the company’s data acquisition and wireless data transmission product lines.▪ Responsibilities: - Defined product requirements, ensuring alignment with market needs and regulatory standards. - Led hardware and software design efforts, ensuring innovative and reliable solutions. - Managed testing and evaluation processes to guarantee product quality and performance. - Directed the certification phases, securing necessary approvals and compliance.▪ Impact: Drove the successful development and commercialization of cutting-edge data communication products, enhancing the company’s market position and technological capabilities.

▪ Role: Instructor for EASA Part 66 Module M5, covering Digital Techniques and Electronic Instrument Systems.▪ Responsibilities: Delivered high-quality theoretical training to maintenance personnel, ensuring compliance with EASA Part 147 standards.▪ Impact: Contributed to the professional development of numerous maintenance technicians by providing in-depth knowledge and practical skills essential for their certification and career advancement.

[Project MANOEUVRES, financed by European Community’s Clean Sky Joint Undertaking Programme under Grant Agreement No. 620068]▪ Project Overview: The MANOEUVRES project demonstrated the feasibility of an innovative approach to noise abatement in rotorcraft terminal manoeuvres based on in-flight measurement of the rotor state. A novel sensor system for rotor tip-path-plane angle of attack was designed, developed, and flight tested, along with the necessary signal conditioning, to evaluate its capabilities for application on production helicopters.▪ Key Responsibilities: - Led WP4 (In-Flight Noise Monitoring) and served as one of the principal investigators in WP2 and WP3, which focused on the conception, development, testing, and flight testing of the sensor. - Managed the design and implementation of the novel sensor system, ensuring successful integration and performance evaluation during flight tests. - Coordinated with interdisciplinary teams to achieve project milestones and meet research objectives, contributing to advancements in rotorcraft noise abatement technology.

Milano, Italia

▪ Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow involved in various aeronautical research programs.▪ Key Responsibilities: - Designed and operated Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) systems for multiple research projects. - Managed several third-party contracts with the Ultra-Light Aircraft industry, focusing on the d- - Development and certification flight test campaigns for their aircraft. - Participated in a funded research program dedicated to the development of an innovative all-electric Environmental Control System (ECS) for rotorcraft applications.

▪ Role: Founder, partner, and technical director of a company specializing in designing and manufacturing wired and wireless data communication systems for industrial applications (R Squared). The company later expanded its offerings to include airborne navigation systems (GPSAeroborne).▪ Achievements: Successfully led the company from inception through its evolution.▪ Outcome: In 2008, the company was sold to a larger entity due to an attractive acquisition offer. This decision coincided with my personal choice to pursue a PhD and re-enter the academic world.

Phd, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Executive Mba

Master Of Science - Ms, Aeronautical Engineering

Maturità, Liceo Classico