Corrado, a Senior Policy Officer at the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, has been pivotal in Italy’s role in founding major 21st-century astrophysics facilities such as SKA, CTA, and EELT. Physicist, science policy skilled, he leaded WPs of several EC FPs funded projects. He is also directing national programs to maximize innovation and socio-economic impact of the national investments in Astrophysics.