Colonel Italo G. Spini is an Italian Army officer serving as Deputy Director and Chief of Staff of the NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence (NATO MW COE) in Slovenia. His professional background combines extensive experience in mountain warfare and multinational military environments with a strong focus on the adaptation of mountain forces to contemporary and future operational challenges. At the NATO MW COE, his work focuses particularly on Multi-Domain Operations in mountainous environments, unmanned systems, C4I integration, wargaming, operational innovation and capability development. He is actively engaged in connecting operational experience, doctrine, training, experimentation and emerging technologies, while fostering cooperation between NATO, national mountain warfare communities, academia and industry.