Francesco Topputo is co-founder and ex-CEO of Dinamica Srl, an Italian engineering firm. He got his PhD from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, on non-Keplerian orbits for space applications. With Dinamica, he has managed the ESA ITT study on Hybrid Propulsion Transfers, and he has taken part to other ESA studies as the ITT on End-of-Life Disposal for Lagrange-Point and HEO Missions. He is responsible for the activities of Dinamica in the FP7 project Stardust. He has also a position as assistant professor at Politecnico di Milano. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 publications.