Work experience

Dates

March 2008 – Currently

Occupation or position held

Professional Consultant

Main activities and responsibilities

Electronic and TLC Engineer involved in the projects described in the following sections.

In the frame of my relocation from Milan to L’Aquila to support new Thales Alenia Space PA activities, I have also been appointed Single Point Of Contact towards customer (Thales Alenia Space) for Altran Quality Assurance engineer team currently made-up of three resources. Main task and duties:

• Handling of progress meetings between Altran and customer for the several projects and related workpackages under my responsibility;
• Business development;
• Assessment of external candidates and their eventual introduction to customer to cover new needs;
• Annual performance review for team under my responsibility; 

Name and address of employer

Altran Italia S.p.A.– Rome, Italy

Type of business or sector

Engineering Consulting Company

Dates

January 2009 – currently

Occupation or position held

Product Assurance Manager @ Thales Alenia Space S.p.A.

Location

Vimodrone (Milan) and L'Aquila

Main activities and responsibilities

As Product Assurance Manager, my mission is to ensure that the Customer's requirements are satisfied. To do so, my role must gather, validate and present to the project's Customer the proof which shows and ensures that the product conforms or will conform to all of its contractual requirements.

Beginning of 2011, I’ve been relocated from Milano to L’Aquila site to cover PAM position for the new main space programs (Iridium Next) since its design and development phase.

During previous years I’ve been in charge of PA activities for space programs  regarding earth observation, microgravity scientific experiment in the International Space Station and navigation business line (GPS unit for ATV program).

My work interfaces are the principal european space industries (other Thales Alenia Space companies, EADS Astrium) and European Space Agency.

Main duties and responsibilities are:

• Negotiate the project product assurance requirements with the Customer;
• Define the measures to be introduced to meet the Customer's quality requirements in the quality plan in terms of RAMS, EEE parts quality, radiation, materials and processes quality, production quality (manufacturing and AIT);
• Handling of suppliers and subcontractors;
• Reporting and handling of  Non Conformance Report;
• Support for preparation of Request for Deviation, Request for Waiver and Request for Approval;
• Identification and monitoring of critical items;
• Risk managements with particular focus on risks mitigation actions follow-up;
• Check of  program documentation in terms of contents and congifuration;
• Meetings attendance

Type of business or sector

Aerospace industry

Dates

March  2008 – December 2009

Occupation or position held

IOT (Inter-Operability Testing) Consultant @ LGElectronics S.p.A.

Location

Rome

Main activities and responsibilities

Mobile terminals quality assurance with respect to H3G and Vodafone projects.

Testing activity in Application area of the following services/clients:

• Streaming, Progressive Download and Playback;
• SMS, MMS and Email;
• SyncML;
• Istant Launcher;
• KPI (Key Performance Index);
• Browser;
• DVBH;

Troubleshooting  trough network traces analysis got on mobile terminals with several chipset (Qualcomm, Ericsson, Infineon) and several operating system (proprietary LG operating system, Symbian e Windows Mobile).

Test reports preparation and defects management. Cooperation with R&D department for defects resolution.

Type of business or sector

Telecommunication Industry

Dates

March 2006 – February 2008

Occupation or position held

Consultant

Main activities and responsibilities

Electronic and TLC Engineer involved in the projects described in the following sections

Name and address of employer

Reply S.p.A. – Turin, Italy

Type of business or sector

Engineering Consulting Company

Dates

May 2007 – February 2008

Occupation or position held

Technical Lead @ Vodafone Italy

Location

Ivrea (Turin)

Main activities and responsibilities

Mobile terminals quality assurance with respect to CPE (Consumer Push Email) technical area. Technical Lead of the CPE testing area.

Decisions regarding technical acceptance of the several mobile terminals under testing trough evaluation of the reported defects.

   Planning and complete management of all processes related to the own technical area.

Test list revision and update due to new requirements released by Vodafone.

   Management of a small work team (up to three persons) and direct interface with customer.

International work context:

• Vodafone Italy has been lead  Operating Company for CPE technical area;
• Testing activities executed for all the remaining Vodafone European companies;
• Periodic update of testing activities with global coordinator located in Dusseldorf;

Type of business or sector

Telecommunication Industry

Dates

March 2006 – April 2007

Occupation or position held

Tester Engineer @ Vodafone Italy

Location

Ivrea, Turin

Main activities and responsibilities

Mobile terminals quality assurance with respect to CPE (Consumer Push Email) technical area . Testing activity on several mobile device vendors.

Test cases drawing up starting from requirements defined by Vodafone Italy.

   Troubleshooting activity trough analysis of communication network traces.

   Test report preparation and defect noticing on defect management tool.

Type of business or sector

Telecommunication Industry

Education and training

Dates

January 2008

Title of qualification awarded

Italian Professional Engineering Qualification

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of L’Aquila

Dates

December 2005

Title of qualification awarded

Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering, specialization in Telecommunication

Marks: 110/110

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Electromagnetic fields, antennas, telecommunications and radio communication system; analogical  and digital electronic

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of L’Aquila

Dates

July 1999

Title of qualification awarded

Classic Diploma.

Marks: 86/100

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Secondary school focusing on mathematics

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

High School “E. Einstein”, Teramo (TE) - Italy

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

Italian

Other languages

English

Social skills and competences

Easy and rapid integration in different social groups and working environment.

Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Organisational skills and competences

Good organization and coordinating skills improved through work experience.

Confident in handling new tasks.

Strongly goal oriented and able to work under tight deadlines.

Technical skills and competences

Coding language: C, C++

Defect and Non Conformance management tool: Lotus Notes, Ficheyes, NCTS, Mercury Quality Center

Other tools: Ethereal/Wireshark, Qualcomm QXDM

Scientific and Simulation packages: Matlab, Labview

Basic knowledge of  Unix script, SQL

Microsoft applications: Project, Word, Excel, Explorer, PowerPoint

Standard: ECSS, internet protocols, protocol architectures

Technologies: GSM, GPRS/UMTS, HSDPA, VOIP, DVBH, Bluetooth, UWB

Driving licence

European driving licences B.

Additional information

I am available to be relocated.

Hobbies: running, music, reading