Senior manager, with more than 25 years’ experience in general management and proven track record in startups and re-launching struggling companies. Results-focused, excels in business development, change management, and team development. Hands-on team leader, able to recruit talent people and build a trust environment. Honored with World Wide Manager of the Year Award at Progress Software and several Sales Excellence Awards.Selected Career AccomplishmentsRestructured €15M+ Oil&Gas equipment manufacturer, Douglas Italia SpA, in the middle of a battle for ownership: reversing €500K monthly losses in three months, more than doubling the final valuation and greatly speeding up the acquisition by private equity fund.Assumed, in addition to Italy, the responsibility of Spanish subsidiary of Progress Software, after 60%+ downsizing, maintaining €4M budget, and exceeding expectations for both revenue and the margin, all with a third of staff. Re-launched the Italian subsidiary of Progress Software, reorganizing and refocusing the team, reaching profitability in about one year, with a growth of 33% in the first year and 116% in the second, achieving a turnover of € 5M.Started from scratch in the Italian branch of Rational Software, with a profitable turnover of € 5.5M in the first year and an increase of 100% in the second, reaching € 20M- in third, with more than 40 employees.Specialties: Startup - Turnaround - General & Operations Management - Sales Management - Revenue & Profit Enhancement - New Business Development - Change Management - Forecasting - Budget Administration - Team Building & Performance Improvement - Consensus Building - Solution Development - C-Level Presentations - LeadershipItalian native speaker, fluent in English and Spanish.