Giancarlo Gaggero

Giancarlo Gaggero obtained a Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy. He underwent advanced training in Monte Carlo and Finite Element Methods at the Max Plank Institute, Munich, and the International Center for Mechanical Engineering, Udine.

Dr. Gaggero has more than 30 years of R&D management experience in engineering, physics, and computer science. He led the development of online information retrieval and data base management systems, graphics systems for CAD, compilers, operating systems, and communication protocols. He has experience with a wide spectrum of computers from mainframes to microcomputers.

While employed as Principal Scientific Officer with the Commission of the European Communities, (EEC), he served as director of the European Computer Program Institute (1975-1980), head of the Joint Research Center Informatics Support Section (1976-1980, serving 600 scientists and engineers), and deputy head of the JRC Informatics Division (1978-1980, staff 50). Dr. Gaggero was also the founder and president (1977-1979) of the European Association for Software and Information Transfer, (EASIT).

From 1987 to 1998, Dr. Gaggero was president and owner of Data Strategies International. During these eleven years, he won DSI a place at the forefront of the data storage technology, by establishing effective forms of cooperation with the major storage device manufactures as well as by developing innovative products to meet the requirements of advanced and sophisticated users.

Dr. Gaggero is currently the Chairman of DSI and served as a member of the Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC), X9B5 Working Group on Financial Image Interchange (Media Based Bulk Image & Data Delivery).