Sergio Dulio graduated with full marks in Aerospace Engineering in 1981 at the Milan Polytechnic. He began his professional career in the aerospace industry working first abroad and then in Italy. He then moved to IBM where he worked in selling and supporting 3D CAD systems until 1987. Finally, he entered the world of product and process technologies for footwear, where he worked both in industry and in research (National research Council of Italy and European research) until 2005. After a few years as a consultant for ASSOCALZATURE and ASSOMAC, he was called in 2013 to create and manage ATOMLab, the research and innovation division of the ATOM Group, a provider of footwear manufacturing technologies. Since 2021 he has been Chief Technology and Innovation Officer with the task of reorganizing the development function of machines and systems with a view to digital transformation.