Served on the following vessels of the Italian Merchant Navy, with the rank held, from 1976 to 1980:
- Mare Aegeum (Tanker) – Deck Hand;
- Motopesca Maria – Sailor;
- Eolia (Bulk Carrier) – Deck Officer Cadet;
- Punta Mare (Ore oil) – Deck Officer Cadet;
- Addaura (Miscellaneous cargo) – Deck Officer Cadet;
- Ilice (Bulk Carrier) – Third Deck Officer;
- Punta Mare (Ore oil) – Third Deck Officer;
- Orfeo (Bulk Carrier) – Third Deck Officer;
- Freccia dell’Ovest (Ro-Ro) – Second Deck Officer;
- Gilam (Tanker) – First Deck Officer;
- Cecilia (Tanker) – First Deck Officer.
- Spes (Car Carrier) – Coast Guard Officers Group in training
- Giano (Ocean Tug) – Purser (2021);
- Giano (Ocean Tug) – Purser (2023).
Main shipping companies:
Società Ligure di Armamento – Genoa;
Grimaldi Group – Naples;
F.lli D’Amico – Rome;
Oceanic Trading – Genoa;
Purple Water Ltd UK.
- 1982 – 1983 • Italian Navy Ship “BRENTA” – Executive Officer and 2nd in command and safety and security Officer
- 1981 – 1982 • 61st Oceanic Minesweeper Squadron – Squadron Navigator
Navy Ships Squalo and Sgombro - 1981 • 1st Corvette Squadron – Squadron Navigator Navy Ships Visintini – Todaro – De Cristofaro
Sept. 2007 – Feb 2011
- Chief of the Italian Coast Guard Operational Centre – I.M.R.C.C. and Chief of Italian Vessel Traffic Center Rome “ITVTMIS”
2006 – 2007
- Chief of the Port Security Office – Italian Coast Guard Headquarters
- Member of the “Expert Group/Counterterrorism Action Group G8” – Berlin Italian Coast Guard Headquarters Representative within the Italian Interministerial working group for the “Antiterrorism National Plan” (port security sector) – CISM
- Maritime security senior trainer c/o IT Coast Guard training Centre
2003 – 2005
- Italian Expert Delegation – Tirana, Albania – Naval and Maritime Expert
2001 – 2002
- Captain of the Port and Adjoint Director Manager Gioia Tauro Port authority
1995 – 1998
- Harbor Master/Coast Guard Office Civitavecchia – Head of the Safety of navigation section and Port State Control Officer (PSC)
1994 – 1996
- 3rd Coast Guard Squadron and OPV “CP409 – Giulio Ingianni” Commanding Officer – Brindisi
1994
- 1st Coast Guard Squadron and OPV CP403 – Walter Fachin Commanding Officer – Lampedusa
1991 – 1992
- Captain of the Port of Santa Margherita Ligure Coast Guard Office (Genoa)
1989 – 1991
- Member of the National Commission for the Italian Vessel Traffic Service Project
1984 – 1988
- Fast Patrol Boat “CP247” Commanding Officer and Chief of the port operational room Harbor Master Porto Empedocle (Sicily)
2007- 2011
- Maritime security expert in Libya. Chief of Maritime security project in Libya (Bengasi) for Italian MOFA – Representative of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport within the “Interministerial Unit for Situation and planning of the President of the Ministry’s Council” for Libyan crisis (maritime security field) – Humanitarian demining advisor for United Nation (UNMAS).
- Member of the EU “European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF) Working Group” Bruxelles
- Italian Project Coordinator for the “Surveillance Operation in the Western Mediterranean Sea” planned by the “Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Center for the Mediterranean Sea” (REMPEC) Malta
- National Competent Authority on Long Range Identification Tracking (LRIT) with International Maritime Organization (IMO) and European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA accreditation
- Participation at several international working groups and exercises (Gibuti, New Zealand, UAE, Croatia) within the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) as Italian National Expert
- National Expert evaluator within the EU driven project “Blue Mass Med” (Sea border security)
- National representative at European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for AIS Satellite monitoring
- Chairman of the Italian Coast Guard Working Group for the “La Maddalena G8” meeting 2009
- Member of the Steering Committee for the “1st Forum of the Mediterranean Coast Guards” (2009)
- Senior trainer maritime security c/o IT. Coast Guard training Centre Genova and Navy training Centre Taranto
- Expert Evaluator
Project evaluator for European Commission – Bruxelles – “7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development” (FP7) – Maritime Security – EU Commission – Bruxelles
1992
- NATO/UEO Operation Sharp Fence, naval operation – Boarding Team Leader – Italian Navy Ships EURO and ALISEO – Enforcement of the UN embargo during the Former Yugoslavia conflict. Maritime interdiction Operation Italian Navy – Comdinav 3 – Brindisi.
/ I have sailed the three oceans in both hemispheres. / The sea teaches respect and responsibility.
/ I have sailed the three oceans in both hemispheres. / The sea teaches respect and responsibility.
/ The sea is part of my identity / I have rounded the Cape of Good Hope twice
/ The sea is part of my identity / I have rounded the Cape of Good Hope twice