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Municipality of Terni, Centro Mulimediale:
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August 2003
To Present
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Information and Communication Technology Director/Chief Executive. Head of Information Technology department. Hired from the Municipality of Terni to provides advice and assistance to the Major and other municipality departments, to ensure that information technology is acquired and information resources are managed in a manner that implements the policies and procedures of legislation, including the Paperwork Reduction. Ensures that information created and collected by the Department is provided to internal and external customers and to the Citizens in a timely, cost-effective and efficient manner. Establishes, implements, and maintains a comprehensive and effective computer security program to protect the Municipality's classified and unclassified information and information technology assets. Defines and implements policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure efficient, economical and effective IT planning, acquisition, and management in support of Municipality missions and objectives.
Also Chief Executive of the “Centro MultiMediale” a public company owned by the Municipality of Terni and the Region of Umbria.
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Telespazio
S.p.A.:
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Dec. 2001
July 2003
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Head of Acquisition and Processing Systems Department. Inside the Engineering and Operation Division of Telespazio he is responsible for the development of all the Acquisition and Processing Systems. He manages a group of 30 Telespazio employees and about 50 external consultants. The managed budget for the 2002 is about 20 M€. The main projects handled inside the division are related to Earth Observation (COSMO SkyMed) and Navigation (Egnos, Galileo).
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Nov. 1996
Dec. 2001
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Project Manager. Responsible for the development of the Astrolink Ground Segment. The Astrolink system will deliver telecommunications services; this system will deliver broadband, end-to-end, on-demand, domestic and international value added telecommunications services. Using the most advanced, high-speed technology available, Astrolink will provide a range of interactive multimedia services that support end-user needs. The value of the project was 508 M$.
Project Manager. Involved as Project Manager of the IRIDIUM System “Gateway Operation and Maintenance Center (OMC-G)”. He was the responsible for Telespazio System Engineering and Acceptance Test activities. He coordinates the sub contractor development activities.
Senior Engineer, Involved in the Iridium System in the System Engineering area, during this period he acquired a good knowledge of all the Iridium System with particular attention to the Gateway Management System (GMS), the Gateway Billing System (GBS), the OMC-G features, the interfaces between the GMS and the GBS, and between the GMS and the Satellite Control System (SCS).
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Itaco S.r.l.
(Consultant in Telespazio):
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Dec. 1989
Oct. 1996
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System Engineering Responsible. Senior engineer in the project for the realization of a Digital Video Broadcasting System according to DVB standard.
Senior Engineer, Involved in the analysis and design of the VIASAT System. VIASAT is a new satellite vehicle security and location system. A small terminal in the vehicle permits immediate location of the vehicle and connection with the Operations Center for any type of request for assistance. The system is built around the two-way communicator, designed to guarantee the maximum possible solidity to the link. The main route is a cellular link (ETACS, GSM are available) with roaming over a satellite LEO (low earth orbit) constellation (ORBCOMM is available). The GPS constellation permits the localization of the vehicle.
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System Engineering Responsible. Responsible for the System Engineering team for Telespazio activities in the WORLDVIEW project. This earth observation system was based on a Headquarters in USA and many Continental Gateways worldwide distributed.
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Project Manager. Project Leader for the Development of the Centralized Station Services (CSS) system in the framework of the realization of the ERS-1 Italian Product and Archiving Facility.
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System Engineer. Senior Engineer in the ERS-1 Italian Product and Archiving Facility system engineering area where he participated in Standard Preparation, Requirement Definition, System Architecture Definition, Test and Integration activities.
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Project Manager. Project Manager for the development of the software system "Gestion Production” in the framework of the HELIOS program. The HELIOS Project was a military project managed by Matra Espace with the involvement of Italy, France and Spain.
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Quality Assurance Responsible. In the Itaco company he was also the Quality Assurance Responsible. He participated in the process to certify the company respect to ISO 9000 regulation.
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Sogenia S.r.l.:
(Olivetti Group)
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Nov. 1987
Nov. 1989
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Project Manager. Development of a standard SCADA (Software Control And Data Acquisition). Development of a Water Purifier plant.
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Project Manager. Responsible for the realization of a production management system for the automation of a department of the “Terni Steel-Plant”.
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Progesi S.r.l.:
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Jun. 1987
Oct. 1987
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Project Manager. Project Leader for the Development of a Software Emulator for the INTEL 80286 Processor developed for a Finmeccanica Company.
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Acciaierie Terni S.p.A.:
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Apr. 1986
May 1987
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Project Manager. Responsible for the Automation of an Electrical Arc Furnace. He worked for 12 months in Sweden for the realization of the system.
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Telettra S.p.A.:
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Nov. 1985
Mar. 1986
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Test Manager. Software Engineer at TELETTRA S.p.A. in the area of Software Laboratory. During this period he acquired knowledge about real-time System Software design applied to Electrical Italian Network.
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| 1 month - Discovery | 350 euros | convert |
| 3 months - Bronze | 850 euros | convert |
| 6 months - Silver | 1450 euros | convert |
| 12 months - Gold | 2500 euros | convert |