An Industrial Engineer in the Space sector
Graduate student in Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
About Me
● Thesis student at Thales Alenia Space, System Eng. Management Office, Space Exploration and Science Domain, Turin, Italy, Present
● MS, Industrial Eng. & Management, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Present
● Summer School, CubeSat, ESA Academy, Belgium, 2024
● BS, Industrial Eng., Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy, 2023
I’m currently a master student in Industrial Engineering & Management at Polytechnic University of Turin, where I’m specializing in Space Economy. My studies are focused in Project Management, Space System Engineering, and Spacecraft Operations Management.
About Me
● Thesis student at Thales Alenia Space, System Eng. Management Office, Space Exploration and Science Domain, Turin, Italy, Present
● MS, Industrial Eng. & Management, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Present
● Summer School, CubeSat, ESA Academy, Belgium, 2024
● BS, Industrial Eng., Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy, 2023
I’m currently a master student in Industrial Engineering & Management at Polytechnic University of Turin, where I’m specializing in Space Economy. My studies are focused in Project Management, Space System Engineering, and Spacecraft Operations Management.
Vice-President
I served as Vice President of the Sapienza chapter of SEDS Italy, where I was responsible for managing and expanding the association's network, fostering collaborations with public institutions such as ASI, ESA, and others. Our team participated in the 5th Cassini Hackathon on Space for Defense & Security, organized by the EU Agency for the Space Programme, and proudly secured 3rd place.
Cost Engineer
Developed a comprehensive business model for commercial orbital flights, incorporating market analysis, PESTLE and Porter’s Five Forces frameworks, risk evaluation, and cost assessment. We presented findings to the Steering Committee in Paris, composed by representatives from ArianeGroup, Dassault Aviation, and the ESA, as part of the Student Aerospace Challenge.
Program Manager & COO
I led the team’s Operations Office, coordinating testing, launch, and competition campaigns, while also overseeing outreach events, recruitment, and sponsorship negotiations. I was later promoted to Program Manager with the task of establishing and leading the team’s Project Management Office (PMO). Following the PMO work, the team secured 1st place in the 2024 PLD Space Program Management Challenge, showcasing the strength of our project management culture.
Business Development
I was selected for the 2nd edition of the CubeSat Summer School, organized by the ESA Academy, to design a space business opportunity in the context of CubeSats. I spent two weeks in training and group work at the ESA’s ESEC Center in Belgium, deepen both technical and managerial knowledge across key space topics such as satellite subsystems, commercialization of technology and data, space law, and space debris.
Sharing
I believe that sharing is an extremely important value. It is only through sharing that we are able to expand our views, compare and improve.
It is a value I (re)discovered during the Camino de Santiago: something you have learned, and perhaps keep to yourself, could be of extreme help to someone else.
This concept works very well in science and technology, where it is almost a must to share new discoveries in order to achieve progress.
Anything else?
I am an extremely curious young student – I think this is the character that most distinguishes me. Once, Albert Einstein said:
Imagination is more important than knowledge: knowledge is limited, imagination embraces the world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution
I would add to imagination the same curiosity: before we imagine we must be curious. So was Faraday in observing electromagnetic phenomena, without any basic instruction in physics or mathematics. Curiosity moves the world and defines change.
Anything else?
I am an extremely curious young student – I think this is the character that most distinguishes me. Once, Albert Einstein said:
Imagination is more important than knowledge: knowledge is limited, imagination embraces the world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution
I would add to imagination the same curiosity: before we imagine we must be curious. So was Faraday in observing electromagnetic phenomena, without any basic instruction in physics or mathematics. Curiosity moves the world and defines change.