Antonio is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). He is also the Chair of the 5G-Media Action Group (5G-MAG) and Security4Media organizations, and the project sponsor and architect of the 5G-EMERGE consortium funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and 33 other partner companies. He has extensive experience with bringing products to market in the satellite, media and telecommunications fields. Under his leadership, and by leveraging the combined weight of European public service media, the EBU successfully introduced and accelerated several key infrastructure technologies, delivering greater capabilities, robustness and market opportunities to the media sector. Antonio also initiated the EBU EuroVOX, ‘A European Perspective’ and tech-i mobile application services. Prior to joining the EBU in 2018, Antonio worked as Director of Innovation and a Member of the Management Committee at Eutelsat, and prior to that at ESA.