Franco Manuel Crivello is a Civil Engineer (National University of Córdoba, Argentina) and holds a Master’s degree in Hydroinformatics and Water Management (Euroaquae Consortium, Spain/United Kingdom/France). He is the Program Leader of 5.1 Asset Optimization, belonging to the Digital Services and AI Applications area at CETAQUA Barcelona, and currently works in the IDEATION project. His professional experience centers on hydraulic modeling and programming, with great focus on exploitation and optimization of water distribution networks. Key experience includes his work as a Hydrology Analyst at GMV Aerospace and Defence, where he focused on groundwater models and spatial data management, and his role as Project Coordinator for the execution of the Master Plan for the Pilcomayo River Basin for BETA Studio SRL (Italy).