Lecturer and Tutor on Materials Sciences including Electrical and Magnetic Properties: Metals & Semiconductors; Optical Properties leading to OLEDs/PLEDs, fiber optics as well as lasers and Thermal Properties linked to Semiconductors. Additionally, Tutor of Engineering & Society analysis, lessons learnt and to be discovered on Singapore's migration from third to first world country.

Talented individual from various cultures, business backgrounds and skills. Certified trainer in technical & business competencies and in learning fields such as: coaching; leadership & organisation development; project, program, and portfolio management.Has over 30 years of experience working on various types of business activities that include : R&D; seismic and hydraulic systems; home energy optimization systems; acoustics noise systems; L&D; customer service; marketing, portfolio, program, product and project management; finance; purchasing; operations; human resources; and IT infrastructures in multinationals, medium sized corporations as well as universities and non-profit organisationsHas held a variety of top management positions in product and business development, entrepreneurship, mentoring, coaching and training for the last 25 years on an international basis in Americas, Europe and lately in Asia.As far as his record of accomplishments is concerned, has provided tailor-made learning solutions to many companies and academic organisations. These solutions have focused on diverse areas, such as:• People Management Skills• Leadership Skills• Multicultural Communication Skills• Effectiveness in the Working Environment• Constructive Conflict Management• Presentation Skills• Communicating and Influencing Skills• Feedback Skills• Performance Management and Assessment• Coaching Skills for Leaders• Facilitation Skills• Situational Leadership Solutions• Team Leadership to Excellence• Time Management and Objectives Setting• Portfolio, Program and Project Management• Change Management

A business and coach/trainer qualified senior expert with over 25 years’ experience at business & organization development director level, and over 30 years’ experience in global hi-tech industries and academia. Responsible for learning and organization development (L&OD) strategic programs ranging across countries within South Asia region comprising employees in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Responsible of an augmented regional role resulting of an effective leadership of development centre programs in India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. All these programs were designed, implemented and monitored to support the sales & marketing teams as well as the company's product divisions & support functions in the Asia Pacific region.Achieved success in critical business issues including implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement in corporate development centres; introduction of transformational learning and talent development; organisation development and change management.Key personal skills that have contributed to these successes include;• Learning and Organization Development: removing barriers• Internal Communication: producing relevant business collaterals• Corporate Social Responsibility: sustainability excellence and employee engagement• Business Balanced Scorecard: defining KPI’s and measuring outcomes• Influencing at all levels of the organisation and across international boundaries• Conceptualising ideas, seeing the bigger picture and providing clear leadership• Hands-on operations of entrepreneurial activities according to business needsThe objective of this role was to galvanize the region and shift the L&OD focus from transaction to transformation. This was achieved by using a strategic "inverted" pyramid model and initiating key projects across the region under the banner, “do more of less & do less of more”.

Summary:Antonio set up the Singapore Branch of FTDI and was looking after Embedded SW experts in the areas applicable to the communications and consumer electronics market segments. This set up provided the necessary skill set to develop core competencies for embedded SW as well as tool development activities in the personal computer environment.

I have been involved in teaching undergraduate student first and second year courses in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. I supervised undergraduate students in Industrial Attachment programs with high-tech industry in Singapore. I have also supervised Master and PhD level students and undertook research projects in the areas of semiconductors, acoustics, seismic and hydraulic networks in addition I presented papers in local and international conferences.