Alberto Ferrari

Alberto Ferrari is Senior Director of the Model Based Digital Thread Center of Expertise (COE), a new organization at United Technologies, Co. (UTC) under CTO Nicolas Pujet. The COE is focused on accelerating the development and adoption of model-based technology for product design and verification across all business units. 

Prior to this role, Alberto was the co-founder and director of the innovation company ALES s.r.l. that was acquired by UTC in 2012 and integrated into United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), in 2015. In addition to day-to-day operations, Alberto acted as the general manager and technical lead for model-based technology for UTRC. 

Alberto’s passion lies in development and deployment of new methods and tools for the design and verification of cyber-physical systems. He is the author of several technical journal articles and conference papers on design tools and methodologies for embedded systems, safety-critical embedded controllers, and hybrid systems. He has taught courses on network and embedded systems for more than 10 years at the University La Sapienza (Roma) and University of Ancona, Italy, where he also advises masters and Ph.D. students. Alberto received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Bologna, Italy.