Speakers

Francesco Ciccola is Regional Sales Director at Mitsubishi Power Aero, where he is responsible for commercial strategy and deployment of fast-start, aeroderivative gas turbine solutions supporting mission-critical infrastructure. His work focuses on integrating on-site generation, microgrid architectures, and grid-supportive assets to enhance resiliency and flexibility for hyperscale and colocation data centers.

Francesco has 15-years’ experience in the European market, working with utilities, TSOs, and energy companies to position power generation facilities as dispatchable and grid-interactive nodes, capable of providing ancillary services, peak shaving, black-start capability, and capacity support.

He holds an MSc in Turbomachinery design and Energy Systems from Bologna University and an BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Bologna University.