Luca Sambucci

Current

Communications & Operations Manager at Future Time

Past

Director, Hosting Division at InRete.com
Director (CIO), Information Services at Refocus
Governmental member at Comitato Internet e Minori

Owner at Itaweb (Self-employed)
Consulting, Wireless & Security at Telespazio S.p.A.
Advisor to the Minister, IT Security at Ministry of Communications
Consulting, IT security at Fondazione Ugo Bordoni
Freelance technical writer at Mondadori S.p.A.
Freelance technical writer at Gruppo Editoriale JCE

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Education

The Open University
Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Recommended

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Connections

152 connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

My Company

Luca Sambucci’s Summary

I use computers since 1984 and I have proven work experience in the IT Security industry since 1993.

This experience includes a broad range of positions and activities:

★ PRIVATE SECTOR: I'm currently the Communications Manager at Future Time, the Italian distributor of ESET (NOD32 antivirus, ESS) and Agnitum (Outpost line) security products, though my actual duties make me closer to a Chief Operations Officer. Previous experiences include entrepreneurship roles with two start-ups and consulting activities for several large corporations (eg. Telespazio, Finmeccanica group).

★ GOVERNMENT: I've been a personal advisor to the Italian Minister of Communications for more than three years. I've also been a member of several governmental workshops and committees, including the 'Internet e Minori' committee, for the protection of children on-line.

★ JOURNALISM: I wrote seventy articles for various computer magazines, of which about forty for the main Italian computer magazine (PC Professionale). I currently publish Italy's most accessed IT Security information site at www.SicurezzaInformatica.it

★ AWARENESS RAISING: on several occasions I spoke at conferences on computer security and on the on-line protection of children.

★ RESEARCH: In the beginning of the nineties I conducted several independent anti-virus tests (you can read a comment on that research in the following paper located at the NIST site http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/1996/papers/NISSC96/paper019/final.PDF ). I'm also a reporter for the WildList Organization (www.wildlist.org) since 1995.

I speak four languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (fluent), French (good) and some Russian.

I constantly look for contacts to broaden my network in the IT Security industry.

Luca Sambucci’s Specialties:

IT and network security, security awareness, entrepreneurship, operations

Luca Sambucci’s Experience

Communications & Operations Manager

Future Time

(Computer & Network Security industry)

February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Future Time is an Italian software distribution company (~ 20 employees) managing several award-winning security programs: ESET products line (eg. NOD32) and Agnitum's Outpost-line. I'm the director of communications & operations, I have four direct reports and I supervise/manage about 500K Euros of yearly expenses.

My top priorities are:

► to increase the efficiency of company operations
► to reduce costs
► to ensure higher attention from the media

My main achievements so far:

★ I designed and enforced six internal procedures that streamlined operations in the following areas: technical support, administration, accounting, HR
★ I reduced 75K Euros of costs (15%) already the first year, from purchased materials and higher advertisement value
★ I increased the overall attention of the Italian media on our products, with reviews and articles on Italy's main newspapers
Director, Hosting Division

InRete.com

(Internet industry)

January 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 8 months)

I lead the Hosting & Housing division of InRete.com, an Italian-based Internet Service Provider, after the successful merger with my own company Itaweb.
Director (CIO), Information Services

Refocus

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

March 2005 — March 2007 (2 years 1 month)

I've been an associate at the Moscow-based Refocus. I managed the start-up phase and I worked as CIO.
Governmental member

Comitato Internet e Minori

(Internet industry)

February 2004 — February 2007 (3 years 1 month)

Role description:
Representative of the Ministry of Communications at the "Internet e Minori" committee, a joint project by the Italian government and the country's leading Internet providers associations focused on the on-line protection of children from any kind of abuse.

Main achievements:
• I ensured Governmental support to all initiatives of the Committee
• Promotion of best practices concerning ISPs and Public Sector cooperation
• Speaker at various conferences
• Publication of a "white book" (2005) on the status of children protection on-line in Italy
Owner
Itaweb (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 1997 — January 2006 (9 years 1 month)

Founder and owner of the company, providing all sort of Internet and IT Security services, including hosting and network security.
I managed all aspects of the company, including the technological, the administrative and the entrepreneurial ones. The company merged with a strategic partner in 2006 to create a larger ISP.
Consulting, Wireless & Security

Telespazio S.p.A.

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Role description:
Information & Security consultant, reporting directly to the CEO.

Main achievements:
• Development of a corporate strategy on IEEE's 802.16 standard, aka WiMax (team leader).
• Insourcing of the web site development (team builder and leader).
• Assessment of the company's IT security policies, with advice on corrective protocols.
Advisor to the Minister, IT Security

Ministry of Communications

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

March 2002 — April 2005 (3 years 2 months)

Personal advisor to the Minister Hon. Maurizio Gasparri on issues regarding the Internet and network security.
Nominated by the Minister on the 25th February 2002 with Ministry decree protocol nr. GMB/4658/03/02
Consulting, IT security

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

April 2004 — March 2005 (1 year )

I provided my assistance to "Sicur-Cert", a project aimed to certify IT Security products and services in Italy.
I also performed technical reviews of several studies and analysies regarding the technology behind computer viruses.
Freelance technical writer

Mondadori S.p.A.

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

June 1999 — February 2005 (5 years 9 months)

Role description:
My task was to write monthly articles on computer security issues, focusing on malware and software comparative tests.

Main achievements:
• I wrote over seventy articles published by the most famous computer magazine in Italy: PC Professionale.
• For the same editor I held conferences on hacker attacks and defense. At the two-day WPC Conference 2004 in Milan my tutorial was rated by the attendees as the best of the conference.
Freelance technical writer

Gruppo Editoriale JCE

(Publishing industry)

November 1992 — November 1993 (1 year 1 month)

Role description:
My task was to write monthly articles on computer security issues, mainly about the new threats posed by computer viruses.

Main achievements:
• I wrote over twenty articles published by the magazines "Mondo Software" and "PC Disk", describing the operation of computer malware and indicating defense measures.
• For the same employer I attended various technical conferences abroad.

Additional Information

Luca Sambucci’s Websites:

My Company

Luca Sambucci’s Groups:

Associazione Italiana esperti in Infrastrutture Critiche - AIIC,
Internet Society - ISOC Italian Chapter Founding member,
RIAL (Ressort International Alumni Club),
Clusit,
AIPSI - ISSA Italian Chapter,
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