Academic qualifications
1995/96
University of Urbino
Degree in Arts and Philosophy, modern curriculum. 110/110.
1987/88
State Technical Industrial Institute «VI ITIS», Naples
Technical industrial diploma, qualification as an Electronics and Telecommunications Technician.
Postgraduate education and specialist training
2009
University of Pisa
Master's programme in Legislative Science and Political Governance, D3 training programme.
2002
Regione Toscana — European Social Fund
Advanced postgraduate course in Text and Image Processing and Communication, with applications to archaeology and the management and promotion of cultural heritage. EU level III professional qualification.
1997/98
University of Ferrara — C.A.R.I.D.
Postgraduate specialisation course in Multimedia Communication and Teaching, with the final examination successfully completed.
1997
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Specialisation course covering textual and visual data processing and communication, office automation, hypertext and hypermedia, image processing, multimedia, networks, telematics and digital mapping.
1997
CESVIT — Advanced Technology Agency
Course in web page creation and administration, within the European Digital Arts community project.
2008
Regione Toscana — European Social Fund
Further training in entrepreneurship, competitive strategies, business planning, e-business, organisational models and economic value chains.
Competition panels
different periods
Local public administrations
Member of selection panels for local public administration competitions in information technology.
Interests
In my spare time I work with electronics, hold an amateur radio licence and have the A1/A2/A3 drone qualifications. I develop open-source projects and created antennacommander.com, an open-source project for pointing and calibrating antennas and radio links. I also enjoy long walks in the woods looking for mushrooms and scuba diving; I have also worked as a windsurfing instructor.