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Milan, IT

Parma Area, Italy

Milan Area, Italy

Expert reviewer and coach for start-up CleanTech and Advanced Materials Startupinitiative Banca Intesa SanPaolo -, Milano (Italy)As a Member of IBAN - Italian Business Angels Network - I am invited 5-6 day/year by Banca Intesa SanPaolo to the Venture Forums, as a jury member assessing the investment attractiveness of attending startups and/or spin offs.

Brussels Area, Belgium

I am invited 10-12 days/year by TechTour Staff, to many Venture Forums held in a number of European towns, as expert reviewer or jury member, for assessing the investment attractiveness of applicant start- ups. I coach start-up team members to improve their presentation and pitching skills during the previous dry run session.Excellent international.

Politecnico Milano

Fostered start-up teams: Panoxyvir (2016) and Prometheus (2017 – present).

Rome Area, Italy

Assistant of Board of Directors - for Strategy and Business Model redefinition NHAZCA Srl - Spin Off Sapienza University of Rome, Rome (Italy) in Natural Hazards Control and Assessment. Key tasks: - finetuning the Business Model, updating Business Plan- identifying complementary industrial partners- assisting the Company in raising appropriate funds for.

Milan Area, Italy

Project Leader at Certiquality Srl, Milano (Italy), a Quality Certification BodyWithin the Innovation and Diversification Strategy of the Company, a new Product/Service named: ICA - Innovation Capability Assessment - has been developed. A very new advanced Service for Small and Medium Enterprises, already Company clients. Key tasks: - Coordination and.

Milan Area, Italy

• Involved in an advanced industrial project, developing strategic plan and innovation process in renewable energy resources, in Home and Building Automation sector (Domotica)Key tasks:
• Coordination and development of advanced industrial projects in Home and BuildingAutomation business.
• Establishing strong co-operation with Politecnico Milano - Energy Dpt. and with otherindependent Research Centres, skilled in sensors and related software.
• Funds raisingKey achievements: Developed an Advanced Research Project for improving the safety degree of a BioEthanol Fireplace. Total investment 460 K€. Total raised funds 305.5 K€ from the Lombardy Region.

Brindisi Area, Italy

Advanced Composite Materials for Building and Furniture IndustriesDeveloped a proprietary production process of light natural stone panels made of a thin slice (5 mm.) of real natural stone (marble, granite, onyx, travertine, limestone etc.), reinforced by an aerospace sandwich structure with aluminium honeycomb, made stiff by 2 fibre glass cloths.

Conegliano Veneto

Managing Director - SIPA Zoppas Group - Process Engineering and Automation Key achievements: - changing management Culture- reorganization of the Group’s technical departments, revealing “hidden” technical synergies among the companies of the Group. - moving Zoppas Group from an almost captive market (Zanussi Group/Elettrolux and S. Benedetto Group) to the.

Milano

PSA, established in early 1987, was the result of the merging of 3 Pirelli Group companies: SAGA Spa, Pirelli Componenti Auto Spa and Pirelli Accessori Industriali Spa.Key achievements: Definition of company mission; identification of the profitable business units, divesting of some loss-making businesses, shutting down one of the 3 factories, then.

Milano / Torino

General Management P.C.A - Pirelli Componenti Auto Spa - Torino and P.A.I. - Pirelli Accessori Industriali Spa - MilanoKey achievement: joint management of the 2 companies in order to identify common business units, synergies, overlapping, loss-making businesses to be disinvested, and merger altogether with SAGA in the Newco PSA – Pirelli Sistemi.

Milan Area, Italy

SAGA was a joint venture 50% Fiat - 50% Pirelli, an engineering company dedicated to Research, Development and Sales of Products and Systems for reduction of vibrations (shock-isolating mountings) for the transport industry (cars, trucks, trains, etc.);For 40 years the company had been “protected” in the market as a Fiat subsidiary. Fiat was a “captive”.

Rome Area, Italy

Technology Scouting, Assessment and Transfer.Member of the Board (representing Pirelli Group) SITI-Worldtech Spa - Rome (Italy) - joint venturePirelli, Fiat, SMI, Olivetti, Gepi, Fime, Insud, C.D.C. (Control Data Corp.-US)Gepi (Gestione Partecipazioni Industriali) was a state-owned company, established to recover Italian companies in financial trouble, due.

Battipaglia Area, Italy

General Manager SMAE spa - Pirelli GroupCompany was established in the 1960s to produce all rubber components for Italian car manufacturers in South Italy.Key achievements: - shifting company national strategy of having a full range of rubber components to a worldwide strategy for a specialized, highly-innovative business. - International Business.

Corporate Strategic Planning Manager and Deputy chairman of G.I.C. - Group Innovation Committee - Pirelli Spa - Holding Company of the Pirelli Group, Milano (Italy), industry: Tyres, Cables, Rubber Products etcKey achievements: - Implementation of a formal bottom-up strategic planning process, involving all business unit managers (including the respective.

Visiting Lecturer: Strategic Analysis, Planning and Control - Theory and Practices - at: Milan Bocconi University - SDA School of Management;Visiting Lecturer: Oil and Petrochemical Industries - Structure and Development - at IEFE (Istituto Economia Fonti Energia) Institute for Energy Resources Economics - Bocconi UniversitySpeaker: General Management and.

Milano

Engineering Company belonging to Montedison, Italcementi and BastogiKey achievements: - implementation of development process for new activities, identifying and integrating skills and knowledge in the 3 mother companies.

Member of Working Group "Euro - Arab Dialogue for the Petrochemical Industry" at European Community in Brussels.key achievements:- Analysis of World Petrochemical Industry, new scenarios and new feasible deployment of the petrochemical concerns in Europe and Opec countries.- Several lectures in Bocconi University - IEFE - European Institute for Energy.

Milan Area, Italy

Deputy Project Leader Montedison Group - Corporate Strategy & Research Dpt.Cooperating with Harvard consultants of MAC (Management Analysis Centre), to define and implement a full Strategic Planning Process in all Montedison business units.Key achievements: At that time, Montedison was a big conglomerate group with relevant assets in a wide range of.

- Sales and Marketing Dpt. - Chemistry & Advanced Materials- Group Planning Dpt. Responsible for Market Research on Plastic materials, Elastomers and Techno-polymers Key tasks: techno-economic analysis of investment proposals based on industry analysis and/or market/product research at European and worldwide level

Executive Master For Board Of Directors Members, Among Others, Peculiar Soft Skills, Functional In Playing An Effective Role Of Board Member, Post Graduate Diploma

The Executive Master BoD (Board of Directors) and Statutory Auditors of public and private companies has improved my soft skills and.

International Manufacturing Policy, Manufacturing

Activities and Societies: New concepts and methods of Manufacturing organization inspired by Japanese Manufacturing Companies

School Of Management, Managerial Development

T Groups, where the participants were encouraged, by an excellent facilitator, to share emotional reactions. The aim was to train the.

Portfolio Analysis Seminar, Strategic Thinking

Activities and Societies: Excellent and innovative approach (at least for those times) for analysing and managing Business lines and.

Executive Course In Technology Management

Provinding the Key pillars of my career in Technology Management: Scouting, Forecasting, Assessing, Transferring, cross fertilization.

Business Analysis Course

Activities and Societies:Very useful to approach the business analysis in full and to evaluate all options available, weighting each of.

Diploma, Co.P.A.S. - Strategy - Planning, Analysis And Control - Course, Post Graduate

Activities and Societies: Strong international team of Teachers, with a diversified academic and managerial experience. A fantastic.

Group Dynamics Corse

Activities and Societies: A powerful communication tool - The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I improved a lot my public.

Research Assistant - Scholarship, Physical Chemistry Institute - Cnr (National Research Council)

Activities and Societies:I continued the Research program, started with my graduation dissertation: Inert Solvent - Solvents, such as.

Master'S Degree, Physical Chemistry Institute, Chemistry Degree Eqf Level 7 - Graduated With 102/110

Activities and Societies: Final dissertation: Physical and Thermodynamic Properties - Refractive Index, Dielectric Constant, Dipole Moment.