Leonardo Camiciotti is the Executive Director of the TOP-IX Consortium. Since 2006 he has been responsible for the TOP-IX Development Program, which facilitates the creation of new businesses by providing infrastructure support and promotes technological innovation projects in various sectors, such as Big Data, HPC, Open Manufacturing and Civic Technologies aimed at producing an economic and social impact. Previously, he was a research scientist, head of business strategy and development and business owner at Philips Corporate Research. He holds a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Florence and an MBA from the University of Turin.