Entrepreneurial, result-driven executive CTO and R&D manager, I rely on 20+ years of market experience in both SME and multinational firms. I played varied roles in engineering, R&D, system integration, software analysis, design and project management. With a strong technical background, I have been the principal originator of proprietary products and have a significant understanding of business drivers, business planning and control, people and team management, customer’s operations and needs. I also have experience in managing contracts and C-level interactions.My area of expertise range from the ICT to the field of aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, fluid-dynamic, vehicle dynamic and flight simulation. The latter 10 years have been dedicated to the design and development of cutting-edge high-demanding real time applications, simulation systems and machine-vision systems, used by our customers in different market segments such as aerospace, automotive, printing, medical, electronic-manufacturing, jewels & luxury.Management skills: business planning, financial planning, program & project management (Scrum methodology and Agile practices, PMI and CMM methodologies), presentation and communication skills, customer requirement gathering, formalization and tracking , customer support & non-conformity management, software configuration management & bug-trackingTechnical skills: System integration of complex architectural software systems, real time application, data-intensive and CPU-intensive applications, virtual reality and augmented reality systems, flight simulation devices, control loading system, motion platforms, technological scouting, prototype development and technology demonstrators, mechanical/mechatronics design, manufacturing and integration (3D CAD / CAM), finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics modelling and simulation (FEM/FEA/CFD), machine learning algorithms