Overview
Federico Menna is Chief Executive Officer of 28digital and is based in Brussels. He joined 28DIGITAL in April 2015 as an innovation analyst and moved through a series of roles there, heading innovation and education operations from 2017 to 2020 and staff and operations from 2020 to 2022, before becoming Chief Operations and Finance Officer in September 2022. He held the position of interim Chief Executive Officer from November 2022 and was confirmed in the role in March 2023.
Before joining 28DIGITAL, he spent more than seven years at Vodafone, starting in November 2007 as an RF planning and dimensioning engineer, then working as a RAN engineer from 2010 and as a senior mobile access engineer from 2012 until March 2015.
He has been a member of the Forbes Technology Council since January 2023 and joined the board of Adra, the AI-Data-Robotics-Association, in May 2026.
Menna studied at the Università di Trento, taking a B.Sc. in telecommunications engineering in 2005, an M.Sc. in the same field in 2007, and the state exam for professional qualification in information engineering in 2008.
Career history
In the news
- Earlier today in Brussels, together with Sara Escriba Cuevas and Vilma Djala, I had the pleasure of meeting with Florensa Haxhi, PhD, Gjergji Taho, Vahidije Kadiu and Enea Rrapaj from Durana Tech Park to discuss our future collaboration and the establishment of a 28DIGITAL hub in Albania. This marks another exciting step in expanding our European network and creating new opportunities to connect Albania’s fast-growing tech and innovation ecosystem with the rest of Europe, fostering collaboration, talent and entrepreneurship
- Innovation does not happen in isolation. It happens when ambitious regions connect talent, innovation, entrepreneurship and industry to global networks. Proud that 28DIGITAL and EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology will support Sardinia in this journey, helping local innovators access European opportunities, partnerships and markets. We build what’s next. Talent. Tech. Trust.
- Covering all Europe with @28DIGITAL and our team, in Berlin for GITEX Europe next week. Looking forward to meet founders, entrepreneurs, CEOs, policymakers and dreamers. Europe has no shortage of talent, ambition, or groundbreaking ideas. The real challenge is creating the conditions that allow innovative companies to grow, compete globally, and stay rooted in strong ecosystems. We are going to unpack this on our panel discussion "Backing the Next Big European Scaleups." Too often, the conversation focuses exclusively on creating
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