DOMENICO D’ANTONIO

From systems builder
to organisational transformer.

Governance · Risk · Innovation · AI-enabled Transformation · Assurance

I work with complex organisations to connect strategy with execution and turn complexity into governable, resilient and evolving operating models.

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Portrait of Domenico D’Antonio

WHO I AM

A professional journey built by connecting different worlds.

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I COME FROM

Technology, manufacturing and the shop floor.

I started with computer science and entered professional life in a metalworking environment, working across information systems, software, industrial automation, production, purchasing and quality.

At the same time, I continued my studies in Economics and Business, completing my degree while already professionally active.

02

WHAT I DO

I observe organisations from multiple perspectives.

My work combines international auditing and assurance, advisory, consulting, training, facilitation and governance roles.

That cross-organisational exposure has become one of the most important sources of my professional understanding.

03

WHERE I AM GOING

From assurance to transformation.

My focus increasingly combines digital and organisational transformation, AI-enabled operating models, cybersecurity, innovation, process design and organisational resilience.

I am interested in the point where emerging technology becomes an organisational question.

Technology taught me how systems work.
Business taught me why they matter.
Auditing taught me how organisations really operate.
Transformation is where I bring those perspectives together.

WHAT I BRING

Integrated perspective.
Practical execution.

I integrate technical, digital, economic-financial and organisational perspectives to understand complex systems as a whole and connect strategic direction, operational decisions and business outcomes.

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Strategy, Governance & Leadership

Strategic thinking · operating models · governance · decision support · stakeholder alignment

02

Innovation & AI-enabled Transformation

AI adoption · AI governance · agents · digital transformation · innovation management

03

Risk, Resilience & Compliance

Enterprise risk · operational risk · business continuity · resilience · NIS2 · D.Lgs. 231/2001

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Processes & Organisational Excellence

Process design · management systems · performance · organisational development · change enablement

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Audit, Assurance & Cybersecurity

Third-party audits · information security · cloud · industrial cybersecurity · supplier assurance

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People, Learning & Facilitation

Executive education · training · workshop design · facilitation · public speaking

Different disciplines. One integrated view of the organisation.

EXPERIENCE

Evidence built in the field.

Experience at scale becomes pattern recognition. Pattern recognition becomes better judgement.

Nearly 40years of cross-functional professional experience
4,000+audit days
800+organisations audited
500+operational activities and processes assessed
25+ yearsthird-party auditing and assurance

A CROSS-ORGANISATIONAL VIEW

Seeing organisations from strategy to practice.

Through sustained dialogue with executives, managers, process owners, specialists and operational personnel, I have developed a distinctive perspective on how strategy, governance, risks, people, processes and controls interact in practice.

Seeing many organisations changes the way you see one organisation.
ASSUREThird-party auditing & independent assessment
ADVISEGovernance, systems and transformation
ENABLETraining, facilitation and capability development
GOVERNOversight and organisational accountability

INNOVATION

Turning experience into intellectual capital.

Over time, I have increasingly transformed professional experience into methods, frameworks, learning formats and AI-enabled approaches.

Innovation becomes valuable when it changes the way an organisation thinks, decides and operates.

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AgileRisk®

Event-based risk methodology connecting scenarios and assessments to actionable controls.

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AgileRisk231®

AI-enabled framework for process-based analysis of risky events, governance and control needs.

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Creative Workshop Design

Visual, structured and experiential formats that turn complexity into shared understanding and action.

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Crestlab Evolve

Applied AI pathway from discovery to implementation and agent-supported pilots.

Domenico D’Antonio in a digital infrastructure environment

AI & ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN

AI is not only a technology question.

It changes processes, decision rights, data flows, accountability, controls, skills and human oversight. My interest lies precisely at this intersection.

KNOWLEDGE

Learning, codifying and sharing.

Understand deeply, structure clearly, and make knowledge usable by others.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

INFN EPIC Cloud · 2026

Co-author of INFN EPIC Cloud: Building ISO/IEC 27001-Certified Secure Cloud Regions for Trustworthy AI and Open Science, Proceedings of Science (PoS), ISGC 2026.

TRAINING & FACILITATION

Trainer since the early 1990s.

Professional and executive education, specialist programmes, corporate workshops, facilitated team sessions and experiential learning formats.

SPEAKING & SHARING

Creating dialogue around complex topics.

Corporate events, universities, webinars and professional communities across risk, cybersecurity, resilience, governance, inclusion, AI and organisational change.

1996Degree in Economics & BusinessSapienza University of Rome
1987Diploma in Computer ScienceITIS G. Galilei, Latina
1996–presentContinuous professional developmentAudit · cyber · risk · resilience · governance · facilitation · AI

CONNECT

Complex organisations need integrated thinking.

If you are working on a complex organisational challenge, a transformation initiative, or a new way to govern technology and risk, I am always interested in meaningful conversations.

Domenico D’Antonio

Latina · Italy

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