Dr Tony Scoleri is the co-founder and CEO of AICRAFT, a South Australian company established in 2021 that designs and manufactures low-power AI computing systems for space and aerospace applications. Prior to this, he was the Chief Technology Officer at Asension where he contributed to the development of a spectrum monitoring satellite and payload, the latter which was part of the first Australian commercial rocket launch in 2020.

Before moving to the private sector, Dr Scoleri had worked at the Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group for 13 years where he led key research and developments in the areas of National Security, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Weapons Systems and Electronic Warfare. In his last role as senior scientist, he managed the R&D for the situation awareness and missile warning system of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.

Tony holds a Ph. D. degree in pure mathematics and computer vision from The University of Adelaide. He has published more than 30 academic papers and 60 scientific reports, received single-author best conference paper award and prize money for best technological innovation for safeguarding Australia.

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