Francesco Valentini received a masters degree in Electronics Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering and Computer Science, from the University of L'Aquila (Italy), in 2010 and 2016, respectively. He completed a specialization in "Networking and Multiservice IP Networks" in 2012. He has certified as a Cisco CCNA and CCNP since 2012 and, in 2014, he became a certified instructor for the Cisco Networking Academy of the University of L'Aquila. Since 2017, he has been an adjunct professor of "Advanced and Software Defined Networks" for the Telecommunications Engineering M.Sc. course of the University of L'Aquila, also being co-advisor for many master thesis. He is currently employed in the Radiolabs consortium in Italy as project manager and networking and communication engineer in the field of connected vehicles, telecommunications, network softwarization, and new generation mobile networks. Since 2020, he has been the project manager for the Italian initiative EMERGE-Navigation, aimed at the development and validation of the key enabling technologies for connected vehicles (connectivity, positioning, cybersecurity and Cloud/Edge computing). Since 2021, he has been leading the P-CAR project funded by ESA, having the objective of realizing an accredited laboratory focused on the safety and performance evaluation of positioning systems for cooperative, connected, and automated mobility.