Simone Sacco graduated in electrical engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome in 2002. He joined Terna Rete Italia SpA as a coordinator in the engineering department. He coordinates all activities on power transformers, shunt reactors and phase-shifting transformer technologies. In particular, Sacco deals with life-cycle management, from the technical specifications to post-mortem analysis. He is a member of CIGRÉ and the Italian Electrotechnical Committee TC 10 (fluids for electrotechnical applications) and TC 14 (transformers).