Marco Vetrano is Chief Technology Officer and member of the Board of Directors at CAL-TEK Srl, a company active in the development of ICT solutions, software, simulation, serious games and immersive technologies. He is Technical Responsible for the company’s research and development projects and contracts and has gained strong experience in the Modeling & Simulation domain, working with organizations and partners such as NATO STO CMRE, NATO M&S COE, the Italian Ministry of Defence and Leonardo Company.

His professional activity focuses on the design and development of interoperable web platforms, mobile applications, distributed simulation systems, 3D environments, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, serious games and software solutions for training and decision-support. He has contributed to the development of platforms supporting training, security, troubleshooting and maintenance in manufacturing systems, integrating Android and iOS applications, AR/VR contents, voice-based digital assistants and RESTful architectures.

Over the years, he has developed strong expertise in Unity3D, Laravel, PHP, Java, C#, C++, relational databases, MVC architectures, RESTful APIs, JSON and XML formats, Apache Solr, Apache Lucene, Vuforia, RabbitMQ and High Level Architecture (HLA). His technical skills also include web and mobile application development, distributed simulation, the integration of graphic engines with heterogeneous software systems and the creation of interactive virtual environments.

His most relevant experience includes the design and development of a full mission ship training simulator based on distributed applications, TCP/UDP protocols, Geoserver, Blender, Unity3D and C#, as well as the development of the PARC distributed simulation system for NATO STO CMRE, aimed at simulating the behaviour of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in different operational conditions. He has also contributed to systems based on serious games, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and intelligent agents within R&D projects such as SG-ICT and SIMCJOH, supporting the development of immersive solutions for training, cultural heritage, industrial systems, logistics and defence.

He is co-author of international scientific publications in the fields of mixed reality, artificial intelligence applied to production planning and control, serious games, human behaviourmodelling, augmented reality and mobile technologies for maintenance, safety and operational support.

Through his role at CAL-TEK, he contributes to the technical definition of the company’s solutions, the coordination of the development team and the transfer of technological expertise into advanced industrial applications, with particular focus on interoperable platforms, immersive virtual environments, distributed simulation, web and mobile applications, serious games and enabling technologies for digital transformation.