Graduated in Nuclear Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1980, he was working for Italian Navy, Philips-MDA, Parke-Davis and Festo-CTE both as industrial engineer and as senior consultant. He was also Italian representative in CEN (European Committee for Standardization) for Technical Committees Maintenance and Management Consulting and former President of ISPE (International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers) Italy Affiliate. He was professor of “Design, Monitoring and Management of Industrial Facilities”, “Design and Management of Facilities for Pharmaceutical and Food” and Responsible of Advanced Studies Masters in SUPSI-DTI (Switzerland). He founded ACADEMIA in 1990. Actually, he is consultant for some important international companies, lecturer at the School of Management of the University of Turin, member of International Maintenance Association Scientific Committee, member of SPS Italia Scientific Committee and member of Critical Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Board for some European research projects.