Meet CrestOptics team

Management

Renato Giacobbo Scavo

CEO

A degree in Electronic Engineering at University of Rome and an MBA at HEC School of Business, he has been working for over 20 years in Venture Capital and Private Equity industries. Manager at Bain & Company focused on innovation, Investment Director at Jupiter Finance and then since 2007 serial entrepreneur and investor with several successful exits in high-tech industries.

Early founder and Board Member of CrestOptics since 2013; CEO of the company since 2020.

Sales, Marketing and Technical Support

Alessandra Scarpellini

CCO

PhD in Cell Biology and Biochemistry after a Master degree in Biotechnology.

After developing experience in the microscopy field in Nikon Instruments Europe and Essen Bioscience/Sartorius, Alessandra joins CrestOptics, where she oversees business and marketing.

Andrea Santinelli

Head of Technical Support

Master’s degree in Physics, Quantum Optics.

Almost 10 years experience in CrestOptics through R&D, sales and technical support.

Andrea is in charge of all the pre-sales and after-sales activities aimed at supporting system integrators and end users.

Sonia Montanari

Business Development Specialist
Technical Sales Specialist

Carlo Brighi

Application Specialists
Marketing and Communication Specialist

Dino Joy

Technical Support Specialists

Damiano Paolini

Junior Technical Support

COO – Organization, Product Development

Paolo Sona Crestoptics

Paolo Sona

COO

With a master’s degree in Electronic Engineering and 30+ years of experience, Paolo has covered Research, Product development and Operations management roles on industrial lasers, telecommunication and consumer electronics products in several companies like Quanta System, Hewlett Packard, Jabil, Cisco and Pirelli.  Paolo has a large experience in managing international multicultural teams across Europe, USA , South America and Far East on complex projects and is familiar with Chinese culture thanks to his Taiwan assignment in ADB where he was also General Manager of Italian office. 
Paolo has joined CrestOptics to lead the Product Development and Operations teams.

Raino Ceccarelli

Chief Technology Officer

Master’s degree in Physics, Quantum Optics. Raino coordinates a team made of researchers, optical, mechanical and electronics engineers through the different phases of products development.

Emanuele Roccia

Tomas Steponavicius

Optical Engineers

Emanuele Pontecorvo

Fabrizio Gala

Joint Lab CrestOptics-IIT Researchers

Franco Castelmani

Andrea Di Giovambattista

Fabio Nazzarri

Giampietro Piscopo

Mechanical Engineers

Federico Filesi​

Giovambattista Pulcini

Claudio Sciascera

Electronics Engineers

Gregory Bachman

Electronics Technician

Production Quality & Engineering and Change Management

Marco Broglia

Head of Production Quality & Engineering and Change Management
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Marco oversees the production team and he is responsible for the optimization of all steps involved in the production process.

Donatello Laurenziello

Production Engineer

Franco Fazioli

Senior Electronics Design Advisor

Franco Castelmani

Senior Mechanical Design Advisor

Planning, Purchasing & Logistics

Planning, Purchasing & Logistics Manager

Elisa Ieraci

Purchasing

Francesco Compare

Planner/Buyer

Domenico Zucaro

Warehouse

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Manager

Davide Fumanti

Edoardo Pelliccioni

Damiano Pirone

Massimo Ricci

Renato Toader

Mattia Cimarelli

Daniele Santoru

András Veres

Nobin Islam

Manufacturing Technicians

Administration & Finance

Rosella Mesiti

CFO

With University education in Economics at ‘La Sapienza’ University in Rome, Rosella is a results-driven executive officer with 20+ years of progressive experience in finance and operations management.

Rosella has strong qualifications in developing and implementing financial controls and policies and procedures and has large experience in successfully overcoming complex business challenges by leading multicultural teams in several companies in the renewable energies, health, retail industries.

Alessandromaria Pannunzi

Financial Senior Controller
Administration & Finance Manager

Simona Matteucci

Giulia Lauciani

Maria Rosaria Siciliano Iengo

Accounting

Corporate Development

Chief Corporate Development Officer

Master’s degree in Economics and Management of Innovation. After an experience in management consulting, currently he’s responsible for implementing and achieving success with Strategic Plan, as well as overseeing all activities related to corporate affairs, ESG, M&A, and corporate governance.

HRO & Quality

Andrea Cappelletti

HRO & Quality

Bachelor’s degree in Law. Having more than 30 years’ experience in Human Resources, Andrea joins CrestOptics where he supervises the HR team along with the Office Management team.

Quality Engineer & Internal Processes Manager

Maria Fazio

Quality Control & Logistics support

Irene Battistelli

Logistics & Office Management
Well-being & Office Management

Emanuela Spadaro

HR Talent Development

Tania Falzetti

HR and Administration

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