Acronis TRU Security Day Italy 2025

Denis Cassinerio is Senior Director and General Manager of South EMEA for Acronis and has over 30 years of experience in sales development, channel building and business evolution in the Enterprise cyber security market. At Acronis, he is responsible for the region partnerships and South EMEA sales operation’s, supporting the company's commitment to delivering integrated, automated cyber protection that solves the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges of the modern digital world. In addition to a significant experience in Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Denis studied in Business Communication at the IULM in Milan and obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Cumbria, Carlisle (UK).

Emanuele Frontoni is a Full Professor of computer science with the University of Macerata and the Co-Director of the VRAI Vision Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Lab. He is Affiliated Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy (https://inbot.iit.it/). Since 2022, he has been the Scientific Director of the Center for Scientific Research and Technological Innovation in the Neurological Field, NemoLab, at Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy (https://nemolab.it/). His research interests include computer vision and artificial intelligence with applications in robotics, video analysis, human behavior analysis, extended reality and digital humanities. He is the author of over 300 international articles and collaborates with numerous national and international companies in technology transfer and innovation activities. Since 2021, he has been included in the annual "World's Top 2% Scientists" list curated by Stanford University and Elsevier, which lists the top 2% of the world's most cited scientists within the "Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing" category. He has been Program Chair or General Chair of various international conferences and summer schools (e.g. IEEE / ASME MESA Mechatronic Embedded System & Applications 2016 and 2017, IEEE ECMR European Conference on Mobile Robotics 2017, BigDat 2020, DeepLearn 2021) and co-organizer of many international workshops (eg DeepRetail @ ICPR 2020, D2CH @ CVPR 2021, AI4DH @ ICIAP 2022). He is also involved in several national and international technology transfer projects in the fields of AI, Deep Learning, data interoperability, cloud-based technologies, and big multimedia data analysis, extended reality and digital humanities. He is a member of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence, the European AI Alliance, and the International Association for Pattern Recognition. He served as expert for the EU Commission in the AI H2020 and Horizon Europe Calls and as co-speaker of the European IPEI CIS (Important Project of Common European Interest - Cloud Infrastructure and Services) for the Data Exchange & AI services of the next generation of European Cloud & Edge Services.

Francisco has been working in Acronis for over 16 years and he has over 21 years of experience in the IT industry in training, presales, support, and system administration areas. He was previously a teacher of mathematics, physics, and computer sciences in High School. He has obtained multiple certifications from VMware, Microsoft, and CompTIA Security+.

Katya Ivanova leads Global Sales at Acronis. Katya has been with the company since 2011 and has held different Sales and Technical Support positions. Katya holds vast international experience; her teams build and support a strong partner ecosystem that reaches customers in more than 150 countries worldwide. Katya is responsible for the Acronis sales strategy and the development of critical programs that help Acronis attract new service providers and support the growth of its existing partner network.

Oleg Shaikhatarov drives excellence within R&D, Product Management and Operations. Before moving to this role, Oleg served as VP of Product Management at Acronis, responsible for Cyber Platform and Cyber Infrastructure and focused on driving integration capabilities of Acronis Cyber Platform and growing adoption among large number of ISV and Platform Integration partners of Acronis. With over seven years at Acronis, Oleg has also served as VP of Engineering at Acronis and driven development efforts for core parts of Acronis products including Cyber Platform, Cyber Files, Cyber Backup and Cyber Disaster Recovery.

Ronan McCurtin is the Vice President for Europe, Israel and Africa at Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection solutions. With more than 20 years of experience in the international IT and software industry, Ronan brings extensive experience in this segment, where he has successfully led multiple teams. He is highly qualified and experienced in developing and improving channel business and customer relationships to create efficient distribution channels and partnerships. These efforts include working with resellers and managed service providers.