Strategy
Assess business objectives and technology needs, then define a scalable roadmap.
INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY — ITALY / EUROPE
Engineering
complexity.
Enabling the future.
AI strategy, cybersecurity, digital governance and mission-critical infrastructure. Independent engineering expertise where technology meets business and regulation.
EXPLORE EXPERTISE01 / THE PERSPECTIVE
Technology is complex.
Clarity is a competitive advantage.
I am Davide Botto, an independent Italian engineer and technology advisor based in the Milan area. Over more than 25 years in ICT and telecommunications I have designed and delivered networks and digital infrastructure in Italy and abroad, and I have co-founded engineering companies in different sectors. Today I help companies and public administrations adopt AI responsibly and comply with the EU AI Act, strengthen cybersecurity under NIS2 and ISO/IEC 27001, protect personal data under the GDPR, and design telecommunication networks and mission-critical infrastructure. I turn complexity into practical, executable strategies.
- Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor
- Member of AIRIA, the Italian association for AI regulation
- Engineer in optoelectronics and telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino
- 25+ years in ICT and telecommunications
- Co-founder of engineering companies
- ITS expert
02 / WORKING PROCESS
From strategy
to execution.
Execution
Coordinate deployment, integration and implementation of the chosen technologies.
Support
Continuous monitoring, optimisation and technical guidance.
03 / AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Deep expertise.
Connected thinking.
AI STRATEGY
AI systems, agentic architectures, responsible adoption and AI governance.
CYBERSECURITY
ISO/IEC 27001, NIS2, risk management and resilient security architectures.
DATA PROTECTION
GDPR, DPO advisory, privacy governance and accountability.
NETWORK ENGINEERING
IP, WDM optical transport, network synchronisation, SDN and NFV.
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Intelligent transport systems, structural monitoring, smart mobility and mission-critical systems.
TELCO
Telecommunications engineering: optical WDM transport, IP/MPLS, synchronisation, SDN, NFV and network transformation.
04 / SELECTED WORK
Real challenges.
Cross-disciplinary solutions.
01EU AI Act Consultancy 02NIS2 Expert Consultancy 03Data Protection Officer – CSQA 04Smart Mobility & Enforcement: Designing a WIM System for ANAS in Valtellina 05Empowering Structural Intelligence for the Ministry of Defence 06ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor – CSQA Qualification 07Encryption over WDM links
FREE RESOURCE
NIS2 Operational
Manual.
Governance, obligations and cybersecurity under the Italian transposition of the NIS2 Directive, updated to June 2026. 139 pages, free to download.
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Oltre il modello
Cosa fa davvero un AI strategist
26 Oct 2026 · 8 min
05 / KNOWLEDGE STREAM
Thinking in public.
Always evolving.
The latest LinkedIn posts and newsletter issues on AI, cybersecurity, networks and governance.
Newsletter
01
Il modello non l'ha scritto nessuno. Il collaudo, però, tocca a voi (Week 45/2026)
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Cosa faccio come AI strategist. E perché non sono io che scelgo il modello (Week 44/2026)
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Decidere costa quasi zero ... o no? (Week 43/2026)
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Agents that work in private don't make a team. And the company learns nothing (Week 42/2026)
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Ten thousand agents, 88 hours and a technicality from 2000 (Week 41/2026)
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Your software (Week 40/2026)
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Every paid tool should pay for itself: in time saved, work brought in-house and errors avoided (Week 39/2026)
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The bottleneck has shifted from production to verification (Week 38/2026)
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Disagreement is an asset, and you are not budgeting for it (Week 37/2026)
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"Chinese models" is not a procurement category (Week 36/2026)
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The competitive advantage is not in the model but in what you write (Week 35/2026)
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The invisible lever in AI contracts (Week 34/2026)
READ ON LINKEDIN (opens in a new tab)Posts
01
Agenti AI, il rischio è nel perimetro: cosa insegnano gli ultimi incidenti
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Il modello non l'ha scritto nessuno. Il collaudo, però, tocca a voi (Week 45/2026)
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Oxygen Forensics, il caso USA riapre il rischio supply chain nel software critico
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Cari amici e colleghi, oggi, nella seconda pillola, parliamo di RAG. Commenti sempre ben accetti. Buona giornata a tutti!
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Sicurezza per agentic AI: la gestione dei dati cloud
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Trattamenti per finalità di Polizia: come governare la circolazione dei dati
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Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026: l’AI accelera gli attacchi e amplia il perimetro
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Cosa faccio come AI strategist. E perché non sono io che scelgo il modello (Week 44/2026)
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Cosa fa davvero un AI strategist
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Agenti di OpenAI: nascoste le attività di hacking nelle violazioni governative USA
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Cari amici e colleghi, voglio inaugurare un modo diverso con
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Scaling satellite connectivity: why interoperability matters for NTN’s next phase
READ ON LINKEDIN (opens in a new tab)06 / CONTACT
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