Italy’s electrical/electronic manufacturing sector blends traditional industrial operations with connected products, factory automation, and increasingly cloud-connected supply chains. That mix makes cyber risk “two-speed”: classic enterprise threats on the IT side, and high-impact availability/safety risks on the OT side. The leaders below stand out for owning governance, operations, and IT/OT security in complex manufacturing environments.
Alessandro Zannini — Chief Information Security Officer, Bticino
Alessandro Zannini serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Bticino. His role centers on enterprise security planning and governance, with a clear emphasis on security program definition, organizational quality planning, and the handling of personal data—an important intersection for manufacturers that manage customer, employee, and partner data alongside operational systems.
Thomas Ferretto — Chief Information Security Officer, Midac Batteries SpA
Thomas Ferretto is CISO at Midac Batteries SpA, bringing long-tenure operational familiarity to the security function. Alongside the CISO remit, he has extensive experience as a systems administrator—useful in manufacturing contexts where infrastructure, virtualization, and operational continuity often sit close to security ownership. His profile also highlights NIS2, reflecting the regulatory pressure shaping security roadmaps across European industry.
Angelo Iannello — Chief Information Security Officer, Datalogic SpA
Angelo Iannello is CISO at Datalogic SpA, with a foundation in electronic and telecommunications engineering and security experience across consulting, banking, and manufacturing. That cross-sector exposure is valuable in a manufacturing environment where governance expectations (from regulated industries) increasingly meet engineering realities (from production and product ecosystems).
Roberto Palmarini — Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Alberici
Roberto Palmarini serves as Deputy CTO at Alberici, with responsibilities aligned to shaping technology strategy, policies, and procedures—work that often overlaps with security outcomes in manufacturing environments. His experience areas include security protocols and disaster recovery, both critical for organizations that must keep production and business services running through incidents and disruption.
Andrea Verardi — Head of Cybersecurity Operations, FAAC Technologies
Andrea Verardi leads Cybersecurity Operations at FAAC Technologies. His background reflects strengths in IT leadership, team management, and process-driven improvement—practical capabilities for security operations in industrial organizations where consistency, response readiness, and cross-functional execution matter as much as tooling. His listed focus areas include cloud security and business continuity, both increasingly relevant as manufacturers modernize infrastructure and operations.
Nicola Querciagrossa — Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Life Elettronica
Nicola Querciagrossa combines CIO and CISO responsibilities at Life Elettronica, spanning strategy, governance, architecture, detection/response, and resilience. His profile explicitly calls out IT and OT coverage, Industry 4.0/5.0 initiatives, and leadership across systems that typically sit at the heart of manufacturing transformation—MES/ERP, networking, and virtualization—making him a strong example of “security enabling production and innovation,” not just controlling it.
Francesco Del Curto — Head of IT/OT Cybersecurity, NHOA Energy
Francesco Del Curto leads IT/OT Cybersecurity at NHOA Energy, focused on designing secure OT architectures and aligning programs to IEC 62443 and industrial best practices. His remit is directly tied to safeguarding critical industrial operations—where OT security decisions must balance cyber risk reduction with uptime, safety, and engineering constraints.
Strengthening Industrial Resilience Across Italy’s Manufacturers
Electrical and electronic manufacturers face constant pressure to modernize—connected products, digital factories, remote maintenance, and tighter supply-chain integration—while keeping operations safe and reliable. The leaders featured here reflect that reality: a blend of governance and compliance (e.g., NIS2), security operations and continuity, and deep IT/OT alignment that’s increasingly essential for industrial cyber resilience.