Diego Molina, Mba, Phd Email & Phone Number

Milan Area, Italy

Reporting to Global Leaders Team and Director Continental Europe, led and managed more than 20 innovation projects through all phases of project planning, execution and closeoutResponsible for preparing the budget of more than 30 optimization projects, for over 15m€, translating technology solutions to business profitabilityInitiated and launched 6 new technical advisor services, delivering increased returns, higher than 5%, to different investment firmsAppointed globally for scouting innovative suppliers, identified and established strategic partnerships with 3 large corporations, 2 research centres and multiple startupsGuided 5 international digital transformation projects, reducing workload up to 75% and cost up to 30%, with positive engagement throughout involved stakeholders of more than 90%

Via Leonardo Da Vinci 36, Roncello, Mb, Italy

Reporting to CEO, oversaw 5 direct reports in the Headquarter, designed and directed more than 10 innovation projects with more than 3.5m€ budget, optimizing operations and increasing savings up to 15%Administrated treasury and cash management system for over 10 R&D projects, identified and presented to leadership team opportunities for business growthLed a cross-functional team on product's certifications, fine-tuning performances following customer needsMember of thermal insulation and raw materials technical committee.

Built and drove an international team, collaborating with 3 R&D departments, developing new product line, achieving a 5% revenue shareDesigned, developed and conducted regulatory team implementing a lean process to meet REACH/CLP compliances and creating new policies and standards for supplier selection

Milano, Italia

Consulted 3 international chemical companies: Sanyo Trading CO.LTD (691m€ revenue in 2018), Icap-Sira Chemical S.p.A. (97m€ revenue in 2018) and Tecnofirma (31m€ revenue in 2018), facilitating novel products to reach marketMentored 7 undergraduate students, supervised 4 master theses, led 2 technicians and 1 postgraduate researcher, published 4 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 3 conference contributionsAwarded of two full fellowship granted by Italian Administration.

Milano, Italia

Directly worked on 5 different innovating projects with 3 research groupsAwarded of two full fellowships for two research projects, granted by Italian Administration and merit Ph.D. scholarship.

Cork, Ireland

Direct work in a cross-laboratory team in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard and three universities, CRANN (Center for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices), TCD (Trinity College Dublin) and UCC (University College Cork), pioneering atypical characterization for electronic devices

Milano, Italia

Supervised a 3 researchers’ team in collaboration with European Institute of Oncology, co-authored 1 peer-reviewed scientific article and 2 conference contributionsManagement cash and treasury management system of the projectMentored undergraduate students involved in the project and supervised one master thesisAwarded of full fellowship for one research project, granted by Italian Administration

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Class leader of EMBAS16 class (43 students) Entrepreneurship course dissertation on a startup in the health-tech market (pre-money equity.

Business Administration And Management, General

10 weeks course about building and running a startup, developing a proper market fit and measuring product and growth

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Engineering

Experimental thesis dissertation entitled: “Polymer Nanocomposites based on Carbon Nanotubes” Awarded of 2 fellowships and 1 merit Ph.D..

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Materials Engineering

Experimental thesis dissertation entitled: “New nanostructured materials from polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane” Awarded of 5 merit.