Giovanni Germano is the CEO and a consultant engineer and researcher at Newmatt. After completing a MSc degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Naples “Federico II”, he began active in the field of measurement instrumentation. He has worked for important national companies from the aeronautical sector to railway signaling. Subsequently he took over the direction of a testing laboratory for building materials and began research in the field of civil engineering, designing and manufacturing instrumentation and test machines for viaducts, bridges, buildings and works of historical interest. He currently carries out his research activity at the University of Salerno,in the fields  of seismic engineering and experimental mechanics.