Director of research at the National Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics (INFN) and Director of GARR the Italian Research & Education Network, Federico Ruggieri has been director of CNAF, one of the major scientific computing centres in Italy, and President of INFN’s National Computing and Network Committee. Professor of data acquisition at University of Roma Tre, he boasts more than 400 scientific and technological publications. His collaboration with GARR dates back to the nineties, when he was a member of the first GARR Scientific and Technical Committee.