Filippo Monastra Email & Phone Number

Milan, It

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Member of the HR Leadership Team at Tata Communications, reporting directly to the GroupCHRO. After the acquisition of Kaleyra Group, I assumed leadership for HR within the Customer Interactions Suite (CIS) Line of Business, overseeing the integration of Kaleyra with DIGO and InstaCC into Tata Communications. In this role, I lead the people strategy for a global team of over 1,000 employees, with a focus on driving cultural alignment, operational efficiency, and talent optimization. My efforts contribute to supporting the organization’s ambitious goal of achieving double-digit revenue growth, with targets surpassing $400 million annually.

Milan, Lombardy, It

Reporting directly to the CEO, I bridged the Executive Management Team and the CEO to drive enterprise strategy, resolve critical issues, shape company values, and champion talent acquisition and retention to maximize employee potential and strengthen company culture.Key Achievements:1. Established the HR function, driving the organization's growth from 30+ employees at a private company in Italy to nearly 800 across all continents and 11 countries for a publicly listed company on the NYSE (NYSE: KLR).2. Played a pivotal role in achieving annual sales growth exceeding 30% by introducing and implementing the OKR model and performance management process, ensuring alignment of individual goals with business objectives.3. Managed and executed the Global Internationalization Program, incorporating organic growth and M&A (including 4 acquisitions: 2 in the US, 1 in India, and 1 in Italy).4. Provided support to the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee, overseeing the design of the Executive compensation scheme and ensuring adherence to HR policies and systems in compliance with SOX and corporate governance standards following the 2019 IPO on the NYSE.5. Led the turnaround initiative "Value Creation," guiding a business unit through organizational restructuring and delivering fair packages to affected employees without litigation, resulting in the retention of key talent and an annual cost reduction of nearly 20%.6. Supported due diligence and facilitated the smooth integration of Kaleyra into Tata Communications post-acquisition and de-listing from the NYSE.

HR Consultant and Trainer on Organization Design, Negotiation, Change Management, Innovation, Creativity, People Strategy and Leadership.Main AchievementBusiness Development in Switzerland (acquired BSI and RSI)Innovation and Negotiation Programs delivered in CIS and Eastern Europe countries.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Led the "Ways of Working" Program, a global initiative sponsored by Nokia CIO and Corporate HR EVP who aimed to explore and implement new and innovative working habits at a corporate level.Main AchievementsExecuted the implementation of a set of cross-functional initiatives/projects (WoW Enablers and WoW Coaching service) to enable a more productive and efficient way of working and accelerating the corporate transformation.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Member of the Global Leadership Development team, acting as an HR Partner to Nokia´s senior management.Main Achievements Contributed to defining the leadership competence development solutions for Nokia Strategic Leaders (Director and VP level). Developed, updated and facilitated 6 Compass Leadership Training (200+ executives), an internal flagship program sponsored by Nokia Board dedicated to Nokia VP/Directors and high potentials.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Lead Training Service Consultancy and Sales for South Europe and MEA Customers. Accountabilities included training service delivery (technical learning programs for customer network operation employees) for local customers (GSM Operators) plus the support of the Nokia Networks Area Professional Services unit by creating and delivering tenders and offer for regional carriers' bids.During these duties got an executive MBA at SDA Bocconi sponsored by Nokia.Main Achievements1) Developed and Implemented a web-based assessment platform to provide accurate Training Need analysis for the Vodafone Engineering and Operations teams2) Support the switch from Ericsson to Nokia of Israeli Partner Orange Network Infrastructures (spent one year in Israel)3) Built the EMEA Customer Training Sales team with 20+ M€ turnover generated.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Created and led the Operation Support System trainers team (5)Main AchievementsDeveloped several advanced training solutions as a core member of the Global developer's team for the Operation Support System area.

Roma, It

Software Developer (C++) part of the GSM OMC (Operation and Maintenance Centre) software development team at Italtel Siemens R&D Labs. Main AchievementsCreated some network configuration features for Italtel Siemens GSM Operation & Maintenance Centre.

Roma, It

Mba, Master In Business Administration

Executive Program, B2B Sales And Marketing

Master Degree, Telecommunication Engineering