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Vito Pertosa

Vito Pertosa (April 22, 1959, Monopoli, Bari) is an Italian entrepreneur, chairman of MERMEC (since 2006), and founder and chairman of Angel Holding (since 2008). He is a scientific expert on technological innovation at the Ministry for Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT),[1][2] and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility Foundation (MOST).[3]

Vito Pertosa
Born (1959-04-22) April 22, 1959 (age 65)
Monopoli (Bari), Italy
OccupationEntrepreneur
Children3
Awards

Biography edit

Vito Pertosa is the son of Angelo Pertosa, founder of Meridional Meccanica S.a.s.[4][5] and dealer of Lamborghini Tractors. Vito began working formally in the family business in 1980, after graduating as a mechanical industrial expert and teaching at ENAIP.[6] In 1997, together with other entrepreneurs, he founded the Sviluppo Polis Association, which gathered more than two hundred companies, assuming the role of its President.

Upon joining Meridional Meccanica, Pertosa began a process of transforming the business toward the railroad sector, which led to the establishment of MERMEC S.p.A. in 1988.[7] In 2006, Pertosa became president of MERMEC.[8][9][10]

In 2007, he became Regent with the function of Censor for the Bari Branch of the Bank of Italy.[11] In 2008, he founded Angel Holding, a parent company of companies specializing in the research and development of technologies in different sectors, such as rail, aerospace, and digital mechatronics.[6][12] From 2012 to 2014, Vito Pertosa was a board member of the Italian Space Agency.[13][14]

In 2012, he founded SITAEL, an Italian aerospace company with entirely private capital operating in the market of small satellites, electric space propulsion, and satellite electronics.[15]

He was a member of the National Technical Committee for Innovation and Research of Confindustria and CEO of Centro Laser S.c.ar.l. (scientific research).[16][17][18]

Also, Vito Pertosa is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility Foundation (MOST).[19]

Pertosa was chairman of IMAGEMAP Inc.; vice president of the Tecnopolis Science and Technology Park; vice president of the Procomp Research Consortium, sole director of ITEL Italiana, and president of the Argenta Group, CEO of the South Space Consortium; and sole director of the 2M CLIV Consortium.[20]

As the President of MERMEC, in June 2023, he participated in the G7 Transport in Japan, representing Italy at the international summit.[21]

Awards and honours edit

Year Ribbon Class Name of the Order Title
2009 [22]   Knight Ordine al Merito del Lavoro Cavaliere del lavoro
2022 [23]   Knight Grand Cross Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Cavaliere di Gran Croce
 
Entrepreneur Of The Year in the 'Innovation' category. - ribbon for ordinary uniform
 Entrepreneur Of The Year in the 'Innovation' category
— Ernst & Young
— 2009 [24]
The NIAF Leonardo da Vinci Award in Technology
— 13 October 2018 [25]
Roma Award for Country Development - Economy, Corporate and Social
— 6 December 2018 [26]
 
Honorary Degree in Automation Engineering - ribbon for ordinary uniform
 Honorary Degree in Automation Engineering
— Polytechnic University of Bari
— 23 May 2019 [27]

References edit

  1. ^ "Albo Esperti Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico" (PDF). mimit.gov.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  2. ^ "Albo degli esperti in innovazione tecnologica - MIMIT" (PDF). mimit.gov.it.
  3. ^ "Fondazione". www.centronazionalemost.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  4. ^ Borrillo, Michelangelo (2018-04-12). "Il manager del satellite tutto made in Italy: "Papà costruiva rimorchi"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  5. ^ "Vito Pertosa il pugliese volante che ha portato i sensori su Marte". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  6. ^ a b "Gli imprenditori piu coraggiosi d'italia" [The bravest entrepreneurs in Italy] (PDF). bestof.milanofinanza.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  7. ^ Vito Pertosa, l'uomo dello spazio: dai macchinari agricoli all'elettronica per le sonde spaziali - Quarta Repubblica Video | Mediaset Infinity, retrieved 2023-09-20
  8. ^ "London Underground chose MERMEC Unattended Geometry Measuring Systems (UGMS) for line inspection". Intelligent Transport. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  9. ^ "How much is Italy's economic diplomacy worth? — The economic impact of the Farnesina's support to Italian enterprises. Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale". www.esteri.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  10. ^ "MERMEC Once Again Proves Its Status as an International Leader in the Field of Railway Transport | RAILTARGET". www.railtarget.eu. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  11. ^ "Deliberazioni del Senato Accademico" (PDF). poliba.it. 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Pertosa (Gruppo Angel): Università volano per la creazione di idee da trasformare in progetti concreti". www.teleborsa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  13. ^ "Agenzia spaziale Italiana" (PDF). Italian space agency (in Italian). 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  14. ^ Fuschetto, Cristian (2022-11-21). "I satelliti 100% italiani scelti per la missione dell'Esa". Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  15. ^ "Aerospazio, visita di Tabacci nello stabilimento Sitael di Mola di Bari: "Qui si prepara il futuro"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2021-07-10. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  16. ^ "CENTRO LASER S.C.r.l." www.tno.it. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  17. ^ "C'è tanto Sud nel supertreno che viaggia a 1200 km all'ora - IlSudOnLine" (in Italian). 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  18. ^ innovazione, redazione (2021-02-14). "Treni merci Italia. Mermec insegna! Porto di Genova 2021? Due Video terra-mare del futuro. Cosa ne pensa il Ministro dei Trasporti Enrico Giovannini? (di A. Martinengo)". FarodiRoma (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  19. ^ "Mobilità sostenibile, dalla ricerca all'impresa". Poliba Chronicle (in Italian). 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  20. ^ "NIAF Anniversary Gala Honors Six Outstanding Leaders". iitaly.org. 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  21. ^ Economia, Redazione (2023-06-16). "G7 Trasporti, Mermec rappresenta l'Italia al vertice annuale in Giappone". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  22. ^ Fuschetto, Cristian (2009-01-23). "I Cavalieri del Lavoro del 2009". Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  23. ^ "Pertosa Dott. Vito". quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  24. ^ "L'Imprenditore dell'anno 2009": sul podio Vito Pertosa". 2009-11-20.
  25. ^ "Cav. Lav. Vito Pertosa - The NIAF Leonardo da Vinci Award in Technology".
  26. ^ "Premio Roma allo Sviluppo del Paese".
  27. ^ "Politecnico di Bari, laurea honoris causa all'imprenditore Vito Pertosa". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
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