TTS Italia new President appointed

Creation date: 10 November 2011

On 25th of October the new President of TTS Italia was appointed: Rossella Panero, Director of 5t, TTS Italia ordinary member since 2001.

Mrs. Rossella Panero has got a degree in physics in 1988 from the University of Turin (Italy). She has been working for about ten years on projects in the field of telematic technologies for transport and traffic at companies of FIAT group (SEPA and Magneti Marelli) and during this period she was involved in several research projects funded by the European Commission (Prometheus, Quartet, ….). Mainly she has been involved in the development and marketing of Magneti Marelli car navigation system Route Planner. In the following period she was employed for four years as Marketing and Sales manager at Divitech, a young company developing fleet management systems and control room software applications. In November 2001 she  joined 5T organisation as program manager and R&D team leader. Recently (march 2008) she was selected by Gruppo Torinese Trasporti, main shareholder of 5T, as Head of ICT department.

The same day, also the new Vice-Presidents were appointed: Stefano Mellina (Famas System) and Alfredo Bolelli (Mizar Automazione). Finally, members of the board of directors were also appointed: Emilio Cera (Atac), Sergio Dondolini (Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport), Roberto Balduini (Octo Telematics), Carlo Lastrucci (Powersoft), Roberto Arditi (Satap), Adriano Scardellato (Targa Infomobility) and Antonella Di Fazio (Telespazio). "Our priority is the acknowledgment in Italy of the European ITS Directive as well as the definition of an ITS National Plan which is required within August 2012. – the new president explains – In a moment so delicate for Italian economy and for transport, the acknowledgment of the Directive might represent an important opportunity for the development. Also at local level."