Attilio Piacente was born in Stuttgart (Germany) where he lived for over 10 years and began his studies.
Once back to Italy, he graduated in Microelectronic Engineering at the UNICAL (University of Calabria) where he worked also as a researcher, in particular dedicating his energies to design diving computers.
Free diver since he was a very young child, he has later become a scuba diver, succeeding to combine his passion with his job.