Stefano Quintarelli is an Italian information technology specialist and a descendant of the Italian writer Emilio Salgari. He was a member of the Italian Parliament in the XVII legislature, as part of the Civics and Innovators group.
He was a member of the telecommunications and transport commission in the Italian Parliament during the XVII Legislature and is President of AGID.
Quintarelli was included in a Corriere della Sera article on the thirty most innovative Italian entrepreneurs.
After leaving BT Group in 2007, until July 2012 he was the managing director of the digital area of Il Sole 24 Ore, an Italian financial newspaper. He left office when he was proposed as an independent candidate for the presidency of AGCOM, the Italian communications authority. In proposing his candidacy, the Italian section of ISOC likened him to one of the great figures of the Renaissance.
In 2015, he formally defined the concept of Device Neutrality and proposed a bill to enforce it in Italy.