Researching solutions for datacenter relocation, with the goal to reduce maintenance internal workload and improve business continuity / disaster recovery plans.Analyzed industry-ready solutions available in the market and evaluated feasibility plans for systems virtualization, use of cloud services, migration to a SaaS model of systems managed in-house.Working on the implementation of sales analysis, forecasting and planning tools.

Responsible for the local Information System department and budget for the IS needs of USA and Canada locations. Ensured continuity of operations in a period of transition when North-America owned companies were merged and systems migrated, while dealing with a changing business landscape.Facilitated the migration of wholesale systems, including EDI, to the newly designed ERP system while maintaining a continuous flow of information, technical and business-related, with Armani's central headquarters in Milan.Updated user-facing tools to newer versions of both hardware and software, including workstations, office automation and email systems; introduced and renovated mobile technology and changed service providers where necessary to support business users’ evolving needs.Renovated or updated data-center assets to support business growth and continuity of services, consolidated DB, virtualized servers and desktops, adding redundancy and performance while reducing, or not raising, costs. Put payroll on a SaaS model, found 3rd party support for legacy Retail system. All actions regarding these projects were taken to ensure maintainability of systems and restore the IS department lost ability to support the fast-pace evolution of business demands.

Project leader for the design and development of a new, highly customized, ERP system to be implemented worldwide in the group.Superseded the European implementation of the newly developed ERP to support the operations of European Retail stores, refined the analysis to cover the gaps between the preliminary study and the findings of the real needs.Project leader for collecting the requirements and creating the delta analysis in preparation of the US and Canada deployment.

Managed the analysis, implementation and support of retail systems for clients in the top-level fashion industry within Europe and abroad. While assuming increasing responsibilities in various projects, the initial consultancy quickly evolved into a full-time job, leading to a total involvement in the business activities and the management of relationship with clients.

While working to prepare the thesis material to achieve the PhD in Computer Science, I worked with SOGEDA, a company offering, among others, classes on office automation to their top clients, mainly big insurance companies.

Worked at various projects to interfaces heterogeneous systems, with the analisys and development of automatic tools for the unification and cleaning of data.

Worked in the IS department.Duties varied from Heldesk to some Analysis and Programming, as well as more traditional military assignments.

Worked as analyst-programmer in an era when IT professionals were managing the entire cycle of system implementation while companies were transitioning from terminals to the Personal Computer.Developed and implemented processes to migrate medical operations from manual work and hand-written papers to computer-assisted procedures.