Brigadier General Giuseppe Sgamba was born on 22 July 1963 in Rome, Italy. He attended the Italian Air Force Academy from 1982 to 1986.

In his operational tours he has served as Weapon System Operator in 36th Fighter Wing at Gioia del Colle – Italy, in the Royal Air Force in Cottesmore, UK, as a flying instructor for operational tactics (Conventional all-weather fighter-bombers), and at the 6th Wing at Ghedi Air Base as 406 operational technical service Squadron Commander.

As Colonel, he was Commander of the EW Operational Wing from 2009 to July 2012. He has participated, with different roles, in the following operations: Gulf War 1990, NATO Kosovo Operation 1999, and NATO Unified Protector Libya 2011.

He served in Washington-DC (USA) as the national representative of the C4I Interoperability Team, within the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and in Italy, within the 4th Innovation and Logistics Department of the Italian Air Force General Staff, in charge of the EF2000 aircraft development and in country in-servicing.

As Brigadier General he was Commander of the Air Force 4th Brigade Telecommunications, Air Defence Systems and Air Navigation Services from 2014 to 2016 and Deputy Chief of the Information and Security Department of the Italian Defence General Staff responsible for INTEL Policy, EW, Asymmetric Threat and Satellite Earth Observation.

From 2016 to 2021, he served as Assistant Director of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany.