Mario Di Dio

Prior of being appointed CEO at Helium, Mario served as General Manager, Network at Helium and previously held the title of VP of Wireless Convergence at Kyrio and CableLabs, where he led R&D for cable industry wireless and broadband network technologies. He created the first commercial SDR platform for massive MIMO LTE deployment at Artemis Networks and contributed to several European Space Agency and European Union R&D projects, including an emergency communication system now serving approximately 60,000 citizens in Italy. Mario holds a Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa and an Executive MBA from the University of Denver.