Francesca Forestieri

Background

About Francesca Forestieri

Francesca Forestieri has a proven track record for launching and developing new initiatives in the planning and applied use of new technologies in transport and telecommunication fields. She focuses on defining the appropriate strategic approach, networking, problem solving, mediating, delivery of results, and drilling down for full deployment. She is a strong business advocate working across multiple stakeholders towards a common objective, both with trade associations as well as individual organisations. Her expertise spans different fields including: • Internet of Things service development: the application of new technologies in different industrial sectors, which have not traditionally leveraged connected services, including evaluating the scale of opportunity and the opportunity for value-add service development. • Telematics and infotainment service development: automotive requirements for connected car services, associated business models, the importance of technical functionality on service delivery (e.g. embedded SIM, billing & charging, next generation tethering, LTE), the opportunity of big data associated to the connected car, regulatory mandates for telematics fitment, etc. • ICT and transportation development, for large intermodal transnational corridors and services, as well as urban mobility: 1) Application of new technologies for service development: development of access control systems, assessment and development road pricing, urban freight distribution, as well as the Application of Cleaner Transport Technologies; 2) Transport Policy & Planning (Public, Collective and Freight): integration of Urban & Regional Development, Spatial Development, and Transport Economics into the transport planning process for sustainable development. She has also worked in Supply Chain Management & Logistics (looking at the global trade flows), Interchange Development, Environmental Impacts of Transportation Practices & Policies