Francesco Palma Email and Phone Number

Software design, development and testing in aerospace industry, for electricity smart distribution on military trainer aircraft.

R&D director for design and maintenance of the WEB portal on National Council of Certified Public Accountants; Supervisor new solutions/services for platinum customer.

Company contact point with AIAD – Federazione Aziende Italiane per l’Aerospazio, la Difesa e la Sicurezza – to participate to NATO International infrastructural tenders

- Strategic Business Plan for company development – technical coordinator;- Patents and IPR group coordinator;- R&D for in house and third parts prototype development coordinator;- R&T e R&D director: - Italian Ministry of Defense –PNRM (Programma Nazionale Ricerca Militare) programs; - Piedmont Region – Advanced Production Systems (Sistemi Avanzati di Produzione – SAP) programs; - ICT Pole – TorinoWireless programs; - Sicilian Region – Production Activities… Show more - Strategic Business Plan for company development – technical coordinator;- Patents and IPR group coordinator;- R&D for in house and third parts prototype development coordinator;- R&T e R&D director: - Italian Ministry of Defense –PNRM (Programma Nazionale Ricerca Militare) programs; - Piedmont Region – Advanced Production Systems (Sistemi Avanzati di Produzione – SAP) programs; - ICT Pole – TorinoWireless programs; - Sicilian Region – Production Activities programs (Action 4.1.1.1 to support Research and Development).- Be the technical interface for strategic suppliers and academic research centers:Universities: Polytechnic of Turin, IT - Université Montpellier 2, FR - Leeds University, UK - Université Parigi 6, 7 et Parigi Sud, FR - Moscow University, RU - Warsaw University, PL - Sheffield Hallam University, UK;- Research centers: Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, IT - Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, IT - Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, IT - CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FR - Russian Academy of Sciences, RU - Institute Of Electron Technology, PL - RPI Troy, USA.- Manage projects for complex systems in TeraHertz domain manager;- Prepare the proposals for Regional, National and European tenders for facilitated finance in research domains;- Be the Industrial Security officer, according with Italian DPCM February, 3rd, 2006 and associate regulation to treat classified data and State Secret, in possession of NATO Secrecy authorization (Nulla Osta di Segretezza – NOS);- Be the technical director in military applications for engineering activities. Show less

Technical interface for main Customers. THz systems project manager. Project manager in ambito sistemi TeraHertz. Technical manager for military applications at MoD. Responsable for applications to Regional, National and European tenders for puplic funding in research field. Team leader.

- Design secondary optical fiber networks (“Last Mile”) on existing infrastructure (underground cable ducts / pilings / cables on facades) owned by Market leader on di Player leader on electricity distribution;- Supervision of construction works for pilot projects;- Testing of built networks in training centers

Italian Ministry of University and research representative in Management Committee (MC) of COST Action MPNS – MP1204 (http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/mpns/Actions/MP1204?);Exploitation Manager in Core Competences Group in MC, to develop strategies to efficiently take advantage of research in commercial domains;Industrial IPR Expert to solve problems related to Intellectual Property Rights.

Software/hardware designer for Hi Tech biometric systems for data protection.- To develop, build and debug the firmware for integrated real-time microcontrollers per, programmable logic circuits, FPGA, used both in civilian and military domains: - Microchip PIC 8/16 bit family – C code; - FPGA (Actel SystemOnChip) Actel – VHDL code.- To keep contact with both customers and supplier.- To be expert of State Secret regulation (according with Italian DPCM February, 3rd, 2006… Show more Software/hardware designer for Hi Tech biometric systems for data protection.- To develop, build and debug the firmware for integrated real-time microcontrollers per, programmable logic circuits, FPGA, used both in civilian and military domains: - Microchip PIC 8/16 bit family – C code; - FPGA (Actel SystemOnChip) Actel – VHDL code.- To keep contact with both customers and supplier.- To be expert of State Secret regulation (according with Italian DPCM February, 3rd, 2006 and associate regulation) to keep continuously dialog with Security National Autority (Autorità Nazionale per la Sicurezza – ANS):- COMSEC officer;- EAD Security officer and Industrial Security vice-officer;- In the past CCI-CIFRA authorized;- In possession of NATO Secrecy authorization (Nulla Osta di Segretezza – NOS). Show less

Designer and software developer for artificial vision systems for contactless measuring machines in industrial production lines for quality insurance.- To develop software for industrial machines for quality insurance – Microsoft Visual Studio (C++) environment:- Systems’ precision down to 0,01mm- Real-time system used in robotized production cells to 100% control of production.- To develop, build and debug measuring algorithms, operator procedures, measurement procedures and… Show more Designer and software developer for artificial vision systems for contactless measuring machines in industrial production lines for quality insurance.- To develop software for industrial machines for quality insurance – Microsoft Visual Studio (C++) environment:- Systems’ precision down to 0,01mm- Real-time system used in robotized production cells to 100% control of production.- To develop, build and debug measuring algorithms, operator procedures, measurement procedures and Graphic User Interface Show less

- To develop and build software for offline measuring systems and quality insurance of produced pieces (random controls or of production lot), or for CAM / Reverse 3D Engineering - Microsoft Visual Studio (VisualBasic) environment:- To develop, build and debug operator procedures - Graphic User Interface Software- Production CNC software interface to correct in real-time production errors