Director at Engineering Group's Technical, Innovation & Research Division, he is the head of the Big Data & Analytics and Open Source Competency Centers and founder of the SpagoWorld initiative. He has been member of the OW2 Board of Directors of OW2 since its inception. He participates in the Eclipse Foundation and is member of the Open Source Initiative. He has held senior management positions at Engineering Group in the fields of project and product management, software process improvement and design of innovative software architectures. He is an active supporter of various initiatives bringing innovation to industry, research and education.