Work experience

Dates: From September 1999

Position: Technical Manager

Main activities and responsibilities:

Lead technology services development projects and maintenance service delivery engagements with organisations such as the Italian Space Agency, National Research Centre and Polytechnic of Milan. Oversee installation of technologically advanced custom solutions. Maintain ISO 9001/2008 certification. Manage telecommunication, radar and satellite sites, defining maintenance and quality procedures, overseeing operations, data collection and analysis. Generate customer reports. Manage critical situations. Develop new business, submitting proposals. Manage engineers and contract resources. Develop and maintain relationships with customers, prospects, F&A officials, bankers and other stakeholders.

Key Accomplishments:

Generated new business, adding government agency and private sector clients to increase turnover 20% per year and administering contracts and collections.

Rapidly built firm reputation for quality and ability to handle complex technology projects, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.

Developed new software and hardware systems used in space and research programmes.

Successfully implemented and maintained ISO 9001/2008 quality standards to improve operations and secure additional opportunities.

Reduced overhead by implementing paper-free office operations and automating / digitalising core business procedures.

Employer: IDF Srl, Via Torino 24/11, 20063 Cernusco S/N, Milan, Italy, www.idf-projects.it

Specialised IT engineering services company offering turnkey telecommunications and technology solutions and maintenance services for private industry, government and educational institutions.

Dates: From January 2000 to December 2002

Position: Chief Technical Officer, Chief Executive Officer

Main activities and responsibilities:

Launched start-up operations and grew business capabilities to meet client requirements. Managed software development projects using Windows OS and C++ language. Oversaw software development teams and managed customer relationships. Negotiated profitable sale of business.

Key Accomplishments:

Identified potential new application for customer’s professional product and persuasively presented business case to launch company.

Prepared initial business plan, negotiated contracts to launch successful business and subsequently negotiated sale to customer.

Employer: World Net Projects Srl, Via Torino 25, 20063 Cernusco S/N, Milan, Italy

Start-up company created to develop software for a leading public electronics corporation; specialised in developing applications to control digital (MPEG) encoders.

Dates: From January 1997 to August 1999

Position: Project Manager

Main activities and responsibilities:

Managed €15m security and access control system project for the Italian National Railways, directing a team of 15 and overseeing purchasing, development, operations and F&A functions. Maintained high quality standards and ensured suppliers met requirements, designing a new supplier quality assurance procedure that was widely adapted throughout the company. Successfully delivered project on time.

Employer: Philips Spa, V.le Casati 23, 20052, Monza, Italy

Dates: From September 1995 to December 1997

Position: Proposal Manager

Main activities and responsibilities:

Played a key role in developing technical contract and preparing bid for €300m Telecom Italy project. Worked with technical teams from a variety of companies participating in the joint venture. Supervised 3 staff and worked with cross-functional teams to develop hybrid fibre coax (HFC) network technical specifications and produced several thousand pages of documentation. Visited Philips factories and research centres in the US, Austria and France and liaised with hardware development and manufacturing contacts.

Employer: Philips Spa, V.le Casati 23, 20052, Monza, Italy

Dates: From September 1991 to August 1994

Position: Researcher / Team Leader

Main activities and responsibilities:

As researcher and then research team leader at Philips Research Labs I was involved into the development of HDMac and Mpeg encoders and channel coding algorithms for optical laser disks.

Employer: Philips Research, V.le Casati 23, 20052, Monza, Italy

Education and training

Dates: From September 1994 to December 1995

Executive Master of Business Administration

SDA Bocconi School of Management, Via Bocconi 8, 20136 Milan, Italy

Dates    From October 1983 to July 1990

Master of Science in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications

Polytechnic of Milan, P.za L. da Vinci 26, Milan, Italy

Dates    From 17 to 21 January 2011

Wireless Communications Engineering

IEEE Communications Society

Dates    From 28 to 30 September 1998

Project Management Training

Philips BV

Personal skills and competences:

Research & Development • IT Operations • Problem Solving • Programme / Project Management

Telecommunications • Site Maintenance • Proposals • Product Management • Technical Support

Business Development • Radar & Satellite Communications • ISO 9001/2008 Standards • Reports

Software / Hardware Development • Relationship Management • Critical Incident Resolution

Languages:

Italian mother tongue

English speaking, reading, spoken interaction, spoken production: C1 proficient user

Social skills and competences:

Ability to adapt to multicultural environments.

Organizational skills and competences:

Large experience in project and program management. Able to achieve results in a stressing working environment.

Technical skills and competences:

Telecommunications • Radars • Wireless Networks • Electronics • RF

Computer skills and competences:

Microsoft Office Suite • Microsoft Project • Open Office • Linux • CAD

Driving license:

Category B

Additional information               Member:

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Member: ASDA (Executive MBA alumni network)

Member: Milan Order of Engineers