Dr. Francesco Sottile

IT Innovation Expert

Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

With over two decades of experience in the IT field, my current role at the European Commission involves shaping digital policies and scrutinizing EU-funded IT projects. My mission is to deliver strategic insights that drive impactful digital transformation across Europe. At SAP, my focus is on cloud infrastructure management, where I've honed my problem-solving skills to enhance operational excellence. In collaboration with diverse teams, we have cultivated strong partnerships with service providers, ensuring a robust cloud ecosystem. My analytical prowess has been key in demand forecasting and service capacity planning, contributing to the innovation and continuous improvement of SAP's cloud services. Our team's efforts are geared towards streamlining processes and propelling the innovation trajectory within the organization.

Experience

  • Director at ITAL MANAGEMENT s.r.l.
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    Managing Director

  • European Commission IT Technical Expert and Quality Control at European Commission
    Jun 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

    I have been elected as Information Technology technical expert by the European Commission. As technical expert I evaluate proposals, monitor actions and status report of EU-funded projects and initiatives. In addition I assist the European Commission in the preparation, implementation or evaluation of programmes and design of IT policies.

  • Founder at Studio Sottile
    Apr 2000 - Present · 26 yrs 4 mos

    Studio Sottile is an elite group of software engineers specialized in High-End Media and Web Technologies targeted to academic, business and entertainment initiatives.

  • Senior IT Problem and Innovation Manager - SAP BTP at SAP
    Sep 2016 - Nov 2024 · 8 yrs 3 mos

    As SAP Cloud Platform infrastructure coordinator I coordinate innovation of the Business Technology Platform, infrastructure changes, track availability of the landscapes and be responsible for central reporting. In addition I engage in service and hardware capacity planning and demand forecasting while establishing a sustainable working relationship to all relevant Cloud Infrastructure Service providers such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Alicloud and more.

  • Software Engineering Specialist at NEC Laboratories Europe
    Sep 2014 - Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo