As a senior software engineer and project leader (1983-1986) he has:

• developed firmware applications for 8 bit microprocessors (Z80, 8085);

• developed firmware drivers for the Z8000 processor in Olivetti S.p.A.,Ivrea;

• been responsible for the software development of a microprocessor based system for the automatic test of industrial devices;

• developed boards drivers on a PDP-11;

• spent 1 year in Ansaldo-Esacontrol, Genova, working in the MODIAC project (a custom network of PDP-11 computers for industrial applications) with particular reference to the development of the ISO/OSI compliant network protocol and of the Distributed DataBase Management System (DDBMS);

• taken part in the definition of important offers for software development in the military field;

• managed projects for computer (VAX) communication in the FMS field.