Ernesto Ettore Troiano is a senior manager working as an interim service manager in the Italian Innovation Unit of GFT Italia. He is currently supervising and managing Research & Innovation projects in the Financial and Industry sectors. He has a master degree in Electronic Engineering at University of Genoa, Italy and more than 35 years of experience in industrial and research projects in many different business sectors. He has been a founder and CEO of companies in Italy and the Netherlands specialized in FinTech, Security, Digital Communication, Intelligent Transport Systems. His domain of technical expertise lies in large software applications involving BigData, AI, Blockchain and IoT technologies. From 2010 to 2016 he has worked and lived in the Netherlands with a brief working experience in the Silicon Valley, US. He has been a reviewer and expert on behalf of European Commission for projects on Cyber Security.