holds an Engineer Degree in Telecommunication and Networks. He is one of the co-founders and current president of the International HealthGrid Association. He works in the domain of Grid technologies applied to healthcare and biomedical research since August 2000 and he has been successfully involved in more than 15 projects. He is regularly acting as an expert for the European Commission. Since June 2008, he is Director of International Relationships for the maatG company (www.maatg.com)