Aldo Lo Castro is Head of Research & Development for Aliaslab Italia s.p.a,  and Director for AliasLab UK LTD.

Aldo Lo Castro is a broad-based or multidisciplinary technologist, with an eye set on the future, and the other well focused on real field implementations.

Aldo has led some of the most relevant e-Signing projects in the last 6 years, mainly in Italy, becoming one the leading experts in this field. He is one of the main contributors to the IDSign e-Signature platform, one the first Qualified Signature Creation Devices certified at European Level, under the eIDAS regulation.

Since 2015 Aldo has been actively involved in several blockchain / DLT projects. Thanks to this experience, SignChain – An Advanced Blockchain Electronic Signature Solution – was devised, and launched in October 2016. Building on top of the experience gained from SignChain, Aliaslab has been working on a broader scope of blockchain / DLT in the areas of Identity, KYC, and general notarization of data.

Currently Aldo is a part of the CEN/TC 224/WG 17 – Protection Profiles in the context of SSCD, and the newly created BSI technical committee for ISO/TC 307 Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology.