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
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
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.