Paolo is a dynamic and passionate High Performance Manager with deep domain expertise in the high-performance sporting environment with more than 15 years of international experience across Olympic, Paralympic and professional cycling. Paolo is also an active researcher with more than 30 international publications (including peer-reviewed articles and book chapters). In 2015 he completed his PhD at Edith Cowan University (Perth, Australia). He has worked with the Italian cycling team prior to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and with the Australian cycling team during the preparation for the London 2012, Rio 2016 and currently Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, contributing to 4 medal winning performances.