Cristina Gentili, Network Engineer, Telecom Italia. is responsible for the architecture and design of Telecom Italia's backbone networks: Optical Packet Backbone (OPB) and Backbone Executive (BBE) At Telecom Italia, Dr. Gentili has also been involved in planning activities in support of IP services such as VoIP, MPLS VPNs nationwide. Prior to joining Telecom Italia, Dr. Gentili worked as Data Base development Engineer at EDS Italy.