Francesca has over 15 years’ experience in the telco and ICT industry combining technical expertise, innovation and commercial acumen in a variety of roles spanning portfolio strategy, marketing, product management and business development roles. As Emerging Technologies Director at Colt Technology Services, Francesca is exploring end to end cross partners propositions that enable the delivery and monetization of Telco cloud solutions, as well as the realization of the digital agenda of city authorities. Francesca has broad and in depth technology expertise spanning SDN/NFV, NFVI, wireless technologies, AI and IoT/smart city platforms.