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CV: Ground Segment System Engineer and Project Management Support
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Nationality |
Italian |
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Date of birth |
21.03.1968 |
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Gender |
Female |
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Work experience |
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Dates |
August 2006 onwards |
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Occupation or position held |
Ground Segment System Engineer and Project Management Support |
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Main activities and responsibilities |
System Engineering, Project Management and Operational support to ESA for the various phases of the Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) development contracts for the SMOS (2006 - 2009), Swarm (2008 – 2014) and ADM-Aeolus (2014 – present) Earth Observation Missions. |
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Name and address of employer |
Serco S.p.a. via Sciadonna, 24/26 00044 Frascati (RM) Italy |
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Type of business or sector |
Space Business consultancy |
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Dates |
January 2007 – December 2008 |
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Occupation or position held |
Part Time Consultant |
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Main activities and responsibilities |
Consultancy for the processing and analysis of the data measured by the Radar Altimeter on-board the ENVISAT satellite in order to update the scientific data processing facility and to assess the performance of the instrument. |
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Name and address of employer |
IsardSAT Parc Tecnològic BCNord, Carrer de Marie Curie 8-14 08042Barcelona Spain |
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Type of business or sector |
Space Business consultancy |
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Dates |
January 1997 – July 2006 |
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Occupation or position held |
Remote Sensing and Data Quality Engineer |
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Main activities and responsibilities |
Scientific and operational support to ESA for the processing and analysis of the data measured by the Radar Altimeters on board ERS and ENVISAT Earth Observation Missions in order to control the quality of the data and to detect and explain eventual anomalies in the performance of the instrument or of the Ground Segment. |
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Name and address of employer |
Serco S.p.a. via Sciadonna, 24/26 00044 Frascati (RM) Italy |
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Type of business or sector |
Space Business consultancy |
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Dates |
January 1994 – December 1996 |
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Occupation or position held |
Various training positions in the field of Electromagnetic and Telecommunications research. |
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Main activities and responsibilities |
Trainee |
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Name and address of employer |
TNO, The Netherlands, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands, CSELT, Italy |
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Type of business or sector |
Military/Space/Telecommunications Business |
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Education and training |
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Dates |
June 2013 |
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Title of qualification awarded |
PRINCE2 Practitioner Training and Certification |
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training |
QRP International |
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Level in national or international classification |
Certification, Reg. No P2R/NLPB188556 |
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Dates |
March 2012 |
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Title of qualification awarded |
ITIL V3 Foundation Training and Certification |
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training |
QRP International |
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Level in national or international classification |
Certification, Reg. No ITIL/NL029369 |
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Dates |
March 2011 |
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Title of qualification awarded |
PRINCE2 Foundation Training and Certification |
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training |
QRP International |
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Level in national or international classification |
Certification, Reg. No P2R/NLPB134413 |
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Dates |
September 2000 |
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Title of qualification awarded |
Remote sensing of atmosphere and ocean from space: models, instruments and techniques |
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training |
International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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Dates |
1986 - 1993 |
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Title of qualification awarded |
Master of Science |
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered |
Electronic Engineering at the Engineering Faculty; Specialization: Telecommunications Final mark 110/110 cum laude |
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training |
Universityof Florence, Florence, Italy |
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Level in national or international classification |
National classification: Laurea |
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Personal skills and competences |
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Mother tongue(s) |
Italian |
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Other language(s) |
English, Dutch, French (beginner) |
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Social skills and competences |
Good interpersonal and communication skills: I have always worked in an international environment being in contact withcompanies and people of various backgrounds |
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Organisational skills and competences |
Proactive approach to solving problems, enthusiasm and a willingness to take on new challenges: acquired during my engineering studies and reinforced during my whole career.
Experience in procurement, project management, reviews and milestone achievement: gained in particular during the last seven years of my career while working astechnical and management support to ESA for PDGS projects implemented by external contractors. |
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Technical skills and competences |
Experience in ground segment system engineering, project management support and operations in the field of Earth Observation:
o Interaction with the Scientific Community, payload experts and Ground Segment operations teams. o Identification and implementation of work-around to ensure continuation of operations o Knowledge of Earth Observation payload hardware and measuring philosophy; familiarity with the algorithms used for on-ground and on-board processing. |
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Computer skills and competences |
Proficiency in MS Office tools and IDL programming. Basic knowledge of UNIX/LINUX scripting. |
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Driving licence |
Category B |
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Additional information |
References can be supplied on request
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