Antonio is the WW Director, Licence Compliance, Cyber and Raids, at Dassault Systèmes (DS), working to drive the success of DS in fighting software piracy safeguarding own IPRs.
Prior to DS, Antonio worked as Head of Cybercrime Unit and Head of Copyrights & Trademark Unit, at the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Economic-Financial Police Force) for about 26 years, where he led serious investigations on counterfeiting, online piracy, money laundering, white-collar crimes, etc.
Antonio was a lecturer at various Italian and foreign Universities, as well as at CEPOL (Collège Européen de Police). He was panelist at numerous conferences on digital identity theft and online commerce fraud. Antonio was part of teams involved in important international investigations under the direction of Europol and Interpol, as well as in collaboration with the FBI.
Among many awards received, Antonio received recognition from the American Ambassador pro-tempore (Mr. John Phillips), at the American Embassy in Rome, for one of the most important activities in defense of IPR and Trademarks.
In addition to his significant professional experience in the investigative field, Antonio is passionate about photography. A passion that has allowed him to receive prizes at local exhibitions.