Andrea Battaglia Appointed as the New CEO of FIWARE Foundation [image: Logo] [image: Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 12.20.45.png] *Andrea Battaglia Appointed as the New CEO of FIWARE Foundation* *Dear FIWARE Community, * We are thrilled to share some exciting news that marks a significant moment in FIWARE Foundation. Today, *we proudly announce the appointment of Andrea Battaglia as the next Chief Executive Officer of FIWARE Foundation and a member of the Board of Officers, effective January 1, 2024.* With 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Andrea is known for his proven track record in digital transformation, enterprise IoT, and ecosystem development. He will bring his deep knowledge of the business and technical aspects within the enterprise open-source industry to the forefront of FIWARE's mission to empower its partners and members through innovative open-source technologies, ecosystem collaboration, and a customer-centric vision. *“I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the FIWARE Board of Directors and proud to take on this role. Our mission is to keep making FIWARE a global standard and continue to drive innovation in all target industries, Enterprise Edge, IoT, and beyond, to pave the way for a digital and sustainable future. In my new role, I am committed to continuing a path that ensures FIWARE Foundation remains at the forefront of these developments by further strengthening and fostering collaboration with Open Source communities, enterprise technology vendors, and technology consumers,*" said *Andrea Battaglia.* [image: Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 12.20.58.png] [image: Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 12.25.06.png] *Dario Avallone, Chairman of FIWARE’s Board of Directors,* commented, *“Andrea is a proven senior executive and a strong operational business developer. He has done an outstanding job over the past years, supporting the transformation of Red Hat into a reliable provider of enterprise open-source software solutions with an impressive portfolio of digital products and strategic partnerships. This is why we believe that Andrea will be an extraordinary value-add who can implement the FIWARE long-term strategy, capture the opportunities ahead of us, and drive growth into further international markets.”* FIWARE’s focus remains on continuing to grow and develop its position as a global provider of open-source technologies for key economic sectors such as Smart Cities, Smart Energy, Smart Water, Smart Industry, and Smart Agriculture. FIWARE is also committed to strengthening its role as a leader in the area of Data Spaces, and expanding into new regions and countries, such as China, Brazil and the Middle East. *FIWARE‘s actual CEO, Ulrich Ahle, *added, *“Andrea’s leadership philosophy is deeply rooted in collaboration, innovation and a commitment to the values of openness and transparency, which are central to FIWARE's ethos. This makes him an excellent fit for FIWARE and its community. I am glad to hand over the management of FIWARE to such a hands-on leader, and I am looking forward to further supporting the collaboration between many established initiatives, like the Data Spaces Business Alliance between Gaia-X, IDSA, BDVA and FIWARE”.* Andrea will take over a well-positioned FIWARE Foundation and elevate it to the next level of success. As long standing and experienced members of the Board of Officers, Cristina Brandtstetter (CMO) and Stefano de Panfilis (COO) will ensure ongoing continuity in the leadership team. *Warm regards,Team of FIWARE Foundation* 4ayzwm4pgx84 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/fiware-evangelist/attachments/20231215/3c346240/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Logo Type: image/png Size: 22892 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/fiware-evangelist/attachments/20231215/3c346240/attachment-0004.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 12.20.45.png Type: image/png Size: 248231 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/fiware-evangelist/attachments/20231215/3c346240/attachment-0005.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 12.20.58.png Type: image/png Size: 215459 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/fiware-evangelist/attachments/20231215/3c346240/attachment-0006.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 12.25.06.png Type: image/png Size: 293458 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.fiware.org/private/fiware-evangelist/attachments/20231215/3c346240/attachment-0007.png>
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