High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valerio Zingarelli is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Babelgum. He took up the position in July 2007, taking over from former CEO and co-founder Erik Lumer. Previously Zingarelli was an independent board member of FASTWEB, the second largest Italian fixed line TelCo. Zingarelli has lengthy experience in the telecommunications sector and according to an article in Italian newspaper La Repubblica he was "one of the first Italian managers to take on notable roles with major foreign multinational firms" ("è stato uno dei primi manager italiani ad assumere posizioni di rilievo in grandi multinazionali estere").