Ernesto Ettore Troiano is a senior manager working as an interim manager in the Italian Innovation Unit of GFT Italia and managing Research & Innovation projects in the Financial and Industry sectors. He has a master degree in Electronic Engineering at University of Genoa, Italy. He has more than 30 years of experience in industrial and research projects in many different business sectors. He has been a founder and manager of companies in Italy and the Netherlands specialized in FinTech, Security, Digital Communication, Intelligent Transport Systems. His domain of technical expertise lies in the IoT, BigData and AI. He co-authored several papers published in international conferences and journals. From 2010 to 2016 he has worked and lived in the Netherlands and in the Silicon Valley, US. He is an expert and reviewer on behalf of European Commission of H2020 for projects on Cyber Security. He is the project manager of the H2020 FINSEC and H2020 INFINITECH project and many other EU funded projects in his career.