President of Torino e-District and contract professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology “MIPT” for the development of non-conventional automated vehicles. In 2011 he founded his company, Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles I-FEVS. He holds a degree in General Physics from the University of Torino. As senior director at the Centro Ricerche Fiat he has originated quite a number of EU projects on advanced systems development for efficient electrical mobility. He is the author of over 150 publications and holder of several patents that led to large-scale productions. He was a member of the founding group of the European Platform EPoSS on Smart Systems integration. He is Member of the H2020 Advisory Group on “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport”.