WORK EXPERIENCE
03 July 2017 – today Project Manager
OHB Italia – Via dei Berio 91 – 00155 Rome – Italy
▪ Project Manager of the Maintenance of Operative Conditions phase of the PRISMA system (Client:
Italian Space Agency)
▪ Project Manager of the Trouble Shooting System for the PRISMA system during the operative
mission phase (Client: Italian Space Agency)
▪ Support to the Project Management Officer of the NAOS Program (Client: Belgium Ministry of
Defence)
▪ Deputy Project Manager for the PRISMA mission developed by OHB Italia and Leonardo for the
Italian Space Agency. Successful launch of the satellite on March 22nd, 2019, currently in
commissioning phase.
▪ Program supervisor of the integration, test and validation activities of the PRISMA satellite
▪ Regular Client management (Italian Space Agency) and preparation of periodic progress reports and
meetings
▪ Responsible of the overall PRISMA program schedule and costs report
▪ Management of the programmatic aspects of the PRISMA satellite environmental test campaign in
Toulouse (France) @ Airbus EVT
Business or sector Aerospace

01 Jan. 2012 – 30 Jun. 2017 GNC Engineer
Italian Aerospace Research Center (C.I.R.A.) – Via Maiorise – 81043 Capua (CE) – Italy
▪ Project Engineer for the FDI development within the Space Rider program
▪ System Engineer of the GNC-SAT project dedicated to the exploration of AOCS algorithms for
satellite formation flying
▪ Design and implementation of AODCS algorithms for satellites in Earth orbit
▪ Development of simulation tools for modelling attitude and orbit dynamics in Earth orbit
▪ Development and testing of guidance algorithms for autonomous re-entry vehicles
▪ Test in real-time of GNC algorithms for re-entry applications using dSPACE
▪ Development and testing of the algorithm for terrain avoidance of an autonomous replanner for
UAVs
Business or sector Aerospace

01 May 2008 – 31 Dec. 2011 Research Engineer
German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Space Systems – Robert Hooke Str. 7 – 28359 Bremen
– Germany
▪ Mission concept development and mission analysis
▪ Mission analysis and AOCS design, simulation and testing for the GOSSAMER-1 solar sail
demonstration mission by DLR and ESA
▪ Attitude and Orbit Control Systems design and simulation for planetary and interplanetary missions
▪ Member of the HPS (High Precision Simulator) development team
Business or sector Aerospace

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Sep. 2005 – Dec. 2007 Astronautical Engineering, MSc. (cum Laude) EQF 7t
School of Aerospace Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy)
▪ Astrodynamics
▪ Mission Analysis
▪ Trajectory design & control
▪ Simulation
▪ Earth observation
▪ Orbital maneuvers
▪ Satellite formation flying and constellations

Sep. 1999 – May 2005 Aerospace Engineering, BSc. EQF 6t
University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy)
▪ Fundamentals of aeronautics and space engineering

PERSONAL SKILLS
English C2 
German B1 
French A2

Communication skills 
▪ Excellent communication and presentation skills gained through the participation to several grams and national and international working groups and conferences in Europe and USA

Organisational / managerial skills 
▪ Excellent time management skills and ability of meeting tight deadlines
▪ Experience in project management and project planning
▪ Good negotiation skills and ability to handle the Customer in difficult situations

Job-related skills 
▪ Excellent knowledge of MATLAB/SIMULINK
▪ Good knowledge of STK
▪ Basic knowledge of C# for Unity development
▪ Basic knowledge of SWIFT for iOS development
▪ Basic knowledge of DOORS
▪ Proficient with version control
▪ Excellent knowledge of MS Office and MS Project
▪ Excellent knowledge of MacOS and the Apple productivity suite (Keynote, Pages, Numbers)
▪ Excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom for photo editing and image manipulation
▪ Good leadership gained by managing a team of up to 30 people

Other skills 
▪ Excellent photographic skills gained through more than 10 years of professional activity in wedding photography, commercial photography and event photography
▪ Excellent image retouching skills
▪ Good experience in web design using Wordpress
▪ Good knowledge of Unity
▪ Excellent experience in teaching photography and retouching workshops