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Rome, It

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

● M&A advisory specialized in IT and Digital● Program Management● Digital transformation support and process redesign● Change Management● IT Strategy definition

Turin Area, Italy

We are a group of entrepreneurs, professionals and managers who acquire directly equity of startups and small companies with an high potential growth and led by capable and innovative entrepreneurs. An investment from the Club is more than money: it means involvement of a group of people very well recognized by the business community whose contacts and experience are more valuable than the capital itself. Once decided to invest, we choose the “sponsor” among the members. The “sponsor” becomes the link between the entrepreneurial team and the investors’ network.Born in 2008 with 6 entrepreneurs, the Club has more than 100 members today, who collaborate to the growth of the startups like “guardian angels”, following the example of the American “Business Angels”I’m personally in charge for scouting and evaluation of digital startups in Retail and Fashion/Luxury industry, leveraging 16+ years’ experience in the Industry and a solid IT background.

Florence Area, Italy

IGS is an Advisory and Management Consulting firm focused on supporting Italian Small and Medium Enterprises achieve their full growth potential. IGS offers a multidisciplinary management team approach to solving customer’s toughest challenges including: developing strategies and business plans to attract equity and bond investors; building sales teams and marketing processes to enhance top line growth and margin expansion; upgrading IT processes to increase company’s speed and productivity; redesigning management control processes to enhance company performance and effective decision making processes.

Greater New York City Area & Florence Area, Italy

Direct responsibility for all Information Technology and Telecommunications at worldwide level (USA and Italy). Responsibility to support Top Management on re-organization, company process assessment and re-design. Developed IT strategic 3-year plan.I’ve launched, on top of ICT department responsibility, following projects:● Re-design of Retail and CRM processes in sync with the implementation of a POS solution in an Omnichannel logic, to improve store sales, full e-commerce integration and provide an effective tool to enhance Customer journey● PLM implementation (Centric) on Leathergoods category● Finished Products Warehouse migration to external Third-party Logistics● RFID improvement on handbags manufacturing and logistics, focused on black and grey markets fighting and on process streamline

Florence Area, Italy

• Responsible for Information Systems and Communications of a €300M glass manufacturing global organization operating globally in 12 countries with 25 locations and 1500+ end users• In charge to support the CEO and the Board of Directors in the evolution of business strategy (merger / acquisitions, carve-outs, new business models)• Responsible for all ICT costs worldwide.• Program manager of global projects regarding: Production Planning and deployment, Sales and Manufacturing process redesign, ERP implementation and infrastructure consolidation• Responsible to guarantee and enforce security of company assets (confidential info, intellectual properties, IT infrastructure)

Florence Area, Italy

• In charge to manage the relationship between IT and all C-levels including CEO• Program Manager and Steering Committee chairman• Responsible to analyze and redesign key Gucci business processes (Retail, ecommerce, Logistics)• Responsible to launch major projects and conduct Feasibility Studies• In charge to identify and implement innovative solutions (new technologies)• Responsible of requirements collections for IT Budget and Forecast• Responsible for SLA definition and to monitor performances

• Client management and Process expert in Fashion / Luxury industry• Program Management on large ERP implementations (SAP R/3 and Oracle)• International organizations redesign• Integrated SCM planning in global fast fashion company• SAP Fashion solution (AFS) implementation on many global fashion companies• Start-up of a logistics provider in automotive (1000+ employees, 5 warehouses)