DIRECTOR

Colonel (ITA Army) Francesco PACILLO

Born in Manfredonia (FG) on 9 February 1966, he attended the Military Accademy in 1985-87 and commissioned Signal Officer.
In the course of his career, Colonel Francesco Pacillo has gained a wide range of experience across the institutional, operational, inter-service spectrum. He has developed his leadership and command skills together with a profound knowledge of the Signal Corp of the Army and a genuine inter-service spirit thanks to his active role over the last 18 years in the operations and C4ISTAR Department at Defence General Staff.
Commander of Company for 4 years, Commander of detached and stand-alone Signal Battalion for 2 years, Commander of Signal Training Regiment for 2 years, Commander of Signal Regiment for 1 year giving C4I support to UN and NATO operations. In 2011, served as staff officer at UNIFIL HQ (J6) in South Lebanon.
At the Defence General Staff – Department of C4I Systems and Transformation served as Staff Officers at CIS branch, Security Requirement Section head, IT Branch Head and national expert within the NATO Public Key Infrastructure Advisory Group (NPAG).

From 2018 to 2022 posted at the NATO Strategic Command (ACT) in Norfolk (USA), Col. Pacillo was responsible for:

– the establishment and the NATO accreditation of new Centre of Excellence (COE),
– NATO-accredited COEs coordination, and
– the Military integration of new NATO Member Nations (Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Finland, Sweden).

He is married to Lucia and has a son, Vito, and a daughter, Martina.

SUMMARY OF NATIONAL COMMAND ASSIGNMENTS
– 1990-1998: Platoon and Company Commander of 107 and 184 Signal Battalion, 5th Army Corp, Udine.
– 2007-2009: Commander of Signal Battalion “Abetone”, Florence;
– 2012-2014: Commander of Signal Training Regiment, Rome;
– 2014-2016: Commander of 232st Signal Regiment, Avellino.

SUMMARY OF STAFF POSTS IN THE ITALIAN ARMY
– 1998-1999: G6 Officer of the 1st Command Of Defence Forces, Vittorio Veneto;
– 2009-2011: Army General Staff- CIS Branch – Section head, Roma;

SUMMARY OF JOINT SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS
– 1999-2003: Defence General Staff – C4I Dep. and Transformation -C2 Office – Staff Officer, Rome,
– 2004-2006: Defence General Staff – C4I Dep. and Transformation – CIS Office – Staff Officer, Rome,
– 2006-2007: Defence General Staff – C4I Dep. and Transformation – Security Office, Rome;
– 2016-2018: Defence General Staff – C4I Dep. and Transformation – IT Branch – Branch head, Rome;

SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
– 2011: J6 staff officer at the UNIFIL HQ, Naqoura (LEBANON)
– 2018-2022: ACT/JFD – Centre of Excellence Program Development Branch Head, Norfolk (USA)
– 2022-: NATO Modelling and Simulation COE Director, Rome (ITALY)

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
– 1985-87, He completed the 167th course of the Accademia Militare in Modena, and Army and interservice
advanced staff courses at the Scuola Ufficiali (Officers’ School) in Turin, the Scuola di Guerra
(War College) and the ISSMI (Joint Services Advanced Staff Course);
– NATO Land forces electronic warfare introductory course for middle ranks (Feldafing- DEU)
– INFOSEC Course (Scuola TLC Interforze, Chiavari, Italy)
– Managing Successful Programmes Foundation course (QRP)
– COBIT Foundation course (SOIEL)
– Degree in Computer Science – University of Turin;
– Degree in Strategic Sciences – University of Turin;
– Degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs – University of Trieste;
– Master degree for Strategic and International Studies – University of LUISS (Rome);
– Master degree for Strategic Science – University of Turin

PUBBLICATIONS
“Il problema del Digital Divide: l’approccio delle Difesa”, Informazioni Difesa n. 2/2007
“La protezione del patrimonio informativo”, Rivista Militare n.2/2011