Antonio is Director of Technology & Innovation at the European Broadcasting Union. He has extensive experience in conceiving, developing and taking new products and services to market. Antonio has launched several initiatives designed to leverage the collective expertise and momentum of the EBU Membership for technology innovation; to deliver key building blocks that enable the digital transformation of public service media; and to strengthen collaboration of public service media with European policy initiatives, start-ups and academic institutions.

Two of Antonio’s most recent initiatives are the 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) and Eurovox. 5G-MAG is an industry association designed to ensure future 5G standards are fit for purpose in media production and distribution; Eurovox aims to deliver language services for media, and is spearheaded by a speech-to-speech translation tool for producers.

Antonio previously worked as Director of Innovation and a Member of the Management Committee at Eutelsat; the European Space Agency; Telespazio, and Selenia Spazio.