Dario Pardi has gained decades of experience at major multinational corporations in the ICT sector, holding international-level positions at Storagetek and Cabletron, as well as in Italy at leading companies such as Bull HN, Nixdorf Siemens and Hewlett-Packard. At Hitachi Data Systems since 2007, Dario Pardi was Vice Chairman for Benelux and Southern Region and Vice Chairman EMEA Growth and Sales Transformation. In April 2013, he became EMEA Vice President Global Markets and President of Hitachi Data Systems Italy, a position he held until December 2014. Since 2015, Dario Pardi has been Chairman of Retelit, one of the main Italian operators of data transmission services and infrastructures for the telecommunications and ICT markets, and Chairman, as well as a significant investor, of the TAS Group, a company operating nationally and internationally in the supply of software and services for banking and financial applications. During Dario Pardi’s presidency, Retelit and TAS, both listed at the time on the Italian Stock Exchange, conducted ambitious development projects through innovative organic and external growth lines, resulting in the acquisition of Retelit and TAS by leading international investment funds.