Marco is responsible for leading sales and business development for Blackstone in countries outside North America. With more than 25 years of global experience in the energy and oil & gas industries, Marco has a successful track record of sales and generation of business opportunities in large capital projects involving highly engineered equipment and integrated solutions. He began his career at Nuovo Pignone as a design engineer for centrifugal compressors and steam turbines. Since then, he has served in multiple roles with increased responsibility in GE Oil & Gas. Throughout his career, Marco has lived in Italy, the US, Canada, and Angola. The most recent positions he held in GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes GE included roles such as product leadership executive for offshore, executive director of commercial operations for Sub-Saharan Africa, global executive channel leader, and numerous other sales/commercial operations leadership roles in the Americas. Marco holds an MBA and BS in Business Administration and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.