CV: Head of the Performance Unit (Navigation & Integrated Comms Dept)

Academic Degree:

M.S. Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 2000

Languages:

Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fair)

Profile:

Telecommunication Engineer with consolidated experience in Satellite Navigation Systems and Applications.

Career Summary

Currently

Head of the Performance Unit in the Enginering Dept. of the Navigation & Integrated Comms B.U. in Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A.

Currently

Member of the Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Space Academy.

May 2000

Joined the Alenia Spazio S.p.A. as System Engineer

BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE:

(A) Technical and Managerial

Dec. 2005 - Currently

Galileo Phase C/D/E1 ESA Program:

Technical responsible and Cost Account Manager, in this frame, of the following line of activities:

Ø          SI&V Engineering (with ~10 ppl full time)

Dec. 2004 - Currently

Galileo Phase C/D/E1 ESA Program:

Thales Alenia Space Italia is in charge, within the C/D/E1 contract, of the System Integration & Verification (SI&V) activities.

Technical responsible and Cost Account Manager, in this frame, of the following line of activities:

Ø          IOV Test Campaign (with ~6 ppl full time)

July 2005 – Feb. 2006

Galileo Test Range (GTR):

Regione Lazio Program with 9 Subcontractors. Responsible of:

Ø       System Requirements Definition

Ø       Orbitography Laboratory Requirements Definition

May 2005 – June 2005

Proposal Technical Manager:

Responsible for the overall Technical aspects and coordination for the GALCOM (GALileo integrated COMmunications) Project towards European Commission (6^th Framework Program)

Nov 2003 –Sep 2004

Galileo Phase C0 ESA Study:

Ø          Member of System Verification Team supporting the activities of Galileo In Orbit Validation (IOV) Test Campaign Definition and Pass/Fail Criteria Identification for Galileo System Verification and Acceptance

Ø          Responsible of the Work Package defining the Technical Implementation of the Timing Interface between Galileo and GPS Systems for Time Scales Offset Determination (GGTO)

Jan 2003 – Nov 2003

Galileo System Test Bed (GSTB V1)

Ø          System Engineering Responsible for Clock Model Performance Assessment Test Case Experimentation in GSTB V1

Ø          System Engineering Responsible for software development of Analysis Tools for time synchronization facility dimensioning and performance assessment

July 2002 – Jan 2003

Galileo System Test Bed (GSTB V1)

Ø          Overall GSTB V1 System Specification responsible

Ø          Responsible for the Work Package relative to the Technical Coordination of GSTB V1 with Galileo main program

Jan 2002 – July 2002

Galileo Phase B2 ESA Study:

Ø          System Design Manager for Galileo Precise Timing Station (PTS) design and requirements identification c/o Galileo Industries

June 2001 – Jan 2002

Galileo Phase B2 ESA Study:

Ø          Support to the Galileo Architecture Definition, with reference to Time Synchronization Design and Trade-off activities

Ø          Responsible of the Work Package designing the Two-Way Clock Comparison capability as part of the TT&C transponder functionality c/o Galileo Industries

May 2000 – June 2001

GalileoSat System Test Bed (GSTB)

Ø          System Engineer in GalileoSat System Test Bed (GSTB) Project

Ø          Responsible of the Mission Requirements

(B) Education Summary

2000

M.S. Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

Degree Thesis carried out at Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale “Galileo Ferraris” (IEN) on “Errors of Atomic Frequency Standards on-board Modern Navigation Satellite Systems”.

(C) Technologies

Operating Systems:

q      Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003

Software Standards:

q      ESA – ECSS Software Engineering Standards

q      Galileo Software Standards

Programming Languages:

q      Matlab

Software Applications:

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio,

Telelogic DOORS-TREK, Matlab, Satellite Toolkit Pro

(D) Courses and Seminars

Held

May 2007

“Time for Navigation and Synchronization Systems” Course in the frame of the Thales Alenia Space Italia – Space Academy activities. Main arguments of the course held:

Ø       A Walk through Time

Ø       International Time References

Ø       Time transfer techniques: an overview

Ø       Time Traceability

Ø       Time Synchronization for Navigation

Ø       Time & Frequency analysis techniques

Ø       Timing technology & equipments

Dec 2006

“Space System Engineering” Course in the frame of the Alcatel Alenia Space Italia – Space Academy activities. Main arguments of the course held:

Ø       Space Mission Analysis

Ø       Space System Engineering

Ø       Segments Engineering

Ø       System Integration & Verification

June 2006

“Advanced Communication & Navigation Satellite Systems”, MASTER of “Tor Vergata” University of Rome. Main arguments of the course held:

Ø       Introduction to Satellite Navigation

Ø       Overall GNSS Systems Architecture

Ø       Performance Aspects of GNSS

Ø       Space Based Aspects of GNSS

Ø       User Terminal Aspects of GNSS

Ø       The Galileo Test Range (GTR) Initiative

November 2005

“Satellites and Orbiting Platform”, MASTER of “La Sapienza” University of Rome. Main arguments of the course held:

Ø       Introduction to Satellite Navigation

Ø       Overall GNSS Systems Architecture

Ø       Performance Aspects of GNSS

Ø       Space Based Aspects of GNSS

Ø       User Terminal Aspects of GNSS

Ø       The Galileo Test Range (GTR) Initiative

April-May 2005

Held the Alenia Spazio CREST course in the Roma and Torino premises. Main arguments of the course:

Ø       Theory of Satellite Navigation

Ø       The existing Satellite Navigation Systems

Ø       The Augmentation Systems

Ø       The Galileo System

Ø       The GSTB-V2 Experimental Satellite

Participation

July 2005

Course on “Satellite Navigation with special emphasis on Galileo”, lecturer Prof. Guenter W. Hein, Institute of Geodesy and Navigation, University FAF Munich

Oct 2003 – Apr 2004

Alenia Spazio Course on Program Management with the following arguments:

Ø       Overview on the Project Management Process

Ø       Sourcing and Subcontractors Management

Ø       Contractual and Legal Aspects of Subcos Management

Ø       Risk Management

Ø       Proposal Preparation Process

(E) Fellowship and Awards

September 2006