Program manager with 19+ years of experience in projects and products management in R&D and Production fields in automotive and marine domains. People coordination, used to work every day in multinational and cross-functional teams.During my career I've been working for both medium/long-term innovation and product development projects. This dual experience allowed me to develop both management and technical skills/attitudes, including:✔ administrative and management reporting✔ budgeting✔ coordination of large consortia, partners and work teams✔ communication and result dissemination✔ multidisciplinary approach✔ problem solving and result-oriented approach✔ product development processes✔ product launch support✔ research and innovation coordination✔ Design Integrity and Risk Management activities coordination and reportingThe projects I led have been mainly focused on telematics solutions and applications for automotive, machinery industry, special forces sea platforms and operators. (More specifically:✔ Unmanned surface vessels✔ Underwater Navigation and communication systems ✔ Ergonomics and HMI custom solution✔ smart and sustainable mobility systems✔ freight transportation✔ city logistics✔ fleet management✔ infotainment✔ M2M technologies✔ vehicle electronic architectures✔ wireless technologies (cellular networks, satellite systems, GPS, radio technologies etc.)✔ integration with advanced Human-Machine interfaces and safety systems✔ precision farming✔ web technologies (web services, web applications etc.)

Sealing System Development Manager - South Europe Technical CentreFCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles · Lead the Sealing System Design team in the development of mechanical components (hinges, tie-beams, Sealings, fixed glass and plastic/metallic aestetical components Pillar covers). Team development coordination. Project management from the concept phase, business plan preparation, technical supplier review till the series production. Project maintenance for Value optimization, design improvements and aestetical program reskin. Other key roles of this position are: Global standardization plan responsibility, definition of buying strategies and design rules harmonization among Stellantis technical centre. Responsibility of project and installation DFMEA and IFMEA.

Main activities:• Monthly Report to the top management of KPI, Cost, Supplier manufacturing capacities for each program providing related risk assessment and needed mitigation plans for timing, cost, and contents. Leadership role to ensure the implementation of mitigation plans verifying the technical feasibility, design maturity, quality assurance and quality control activities and validation plans;• Ensure the adoption of proper DFSS tools to support quality assurance, robust designs and validation of NPI (new product introduction) establish a robust & effective process to meet quality and customer requirements at job1;• Design and verification of DFMEA and PFMEA, provide risk assessments with approved detection-based mitigation plans for all failure modes, support internal and or external audits, provide RCCA (root cause & corrective action) status and implementation plans assuring the sustainability of all enablers needed;• Maintain the quality and competitiveness of the internal product & process specifications updated to the last technologies and content, latest standard and to the customer latest requirements (input from the Quality and Manufacturing team for inadequate values of customer satisfaction); Quality improvement, Claims resolution and Machining technical support, to identify quality issue on component (turning, milling, grinding, shaping machine) or stresses issues on machine tools; Supplier capability analysis to prevent quality decay; • Provide leadership and technical direction for assigned initiatives leading a manufacturing process that meets design requirements at Job1 minimizing the transition from design phase involving all stakeholders (Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Development and Purchasing)• Maintain board awareness of efforts within group to assure technical quality excellence, timely completion of work and reviews, appropriate use of resources, Team spirit preservation and responsiveness to customer / program needs.

Main activities & competencies:• Ergonomics & HMI physical test management, development of measurement and test methods based on innovative technologies following the DFSS approach, to objectivate ergonomics performances of components under development or to verify non-conformity RCCA of product already qualified leading the manufacturing engineer team;• User Interfaces and Logics and flow development and validation, Innovative User Interface Concepts, Electrical and Electronical components and systems HMI and Ergonomics performances.• IDP (Integrated development Plan) management for Ergonomics PCC assessments;• Data analysis and report for supplier and manufacturing to clearly identify the non-conformity or process deviation or to evaluate continuous process improvements.• WCM World Class Manufacturing at STEP 3 reached and certified for all the laboratories and relative measurement processes mentioned below. Certified pillars (Cost Deployment, Focus Improvement, Autonomous maintenance, Logistic and Customer Services and Quality Control). Visual Contest instruction to reduce Cost and inefficiency of work stations due to complex process and dated tools;• Metrology Labs for product validation and qualification: -- Effort and torque measurement - IMADA tool for rotary mechanical/electric knobs and levers to identify, measurement method and tool identification developed using DFSS methodology-- Dimensional verification - HEXAGON pointer measurement and 3D scan laser for metal sheet and plastic components to identify non-conformity; -- Backlit measurements - LUMICAM software and cameras for color coordinates and luminance levels of backlighted components dark room management; -- Gloss and Reflectance measurement-- Data signal verification for in-vehicle network components PWM (by signal analyser), CAN and LIN data by Canalyzer; Data signal simulation of vehicle network for components validation, data, messaging and logic&flow verification;

Manager – Infotelematics unit at Centro Ricerche Fiat (Fiat Research centre). I was in charge of the System Technologies Department (25 people and 3 laboratories Precise navigation, wearable devices, telematics boards). Team coordination for activities related to the design and Hw and SW development of innovative applications to update current telematics components:Navigation and precise location systems; Car2car communication; ECO function to reduce fuel consumption; Nomadic devices integration; Infotaiment system, system development and production launch of infotainment system Blue&Me; Long Range communication (LTE, HSDPA, ..), Short Range Communication (BT, NFC, BTLE, ZigBee) services; Emergency call platform; Location Based Services, off board navigation, trip assistant;Projects on above themes have been developed for FIAT Automobiles - FCA, Fiat Industrials – Iveco & CNH and for National and European research projects, technology gate and provisioning of assembly, specification and testing norm to start mass production;Methodology : Issue fully detailed process and methods instructions to maximize efficiency and quality of the final output respecting safety procedures and policies.Metrology Labs for innovative technologies introduction and performance verification: : -- Satellite signal monitoring for GPS and GALILEO constellation to develop algorithm for multipath error characterization and mitigation (UBLOX);-- RTK dual frequency GPS station and rover management (NOVATEL) for precise position provisioning test site validating ADAS and Navigation features; -- Data Signal Measurement and Analysis for vehicle to vehicle communication using wireless technologies 802.11P, vehicle to sensor connected via BT or Zigbee;01/02/2012 – 01/02/2015 - Project Manager - European project coordinator, www.gain-project.eu . 01/01/2010 – 31/12/2011 – Project Manager - European project coordinator, www.covel-project.eu .

Specific responsibility on the following aspects:GNSS solutionsNavigation systemsEuropean project coordinationMethodologies manager, proposal and realization of test, evaluation and validation process methodologiesProject coordination and Project leader role in innovations and research projects.http://www.gsa.europa.eu/go/news/-covel-project-demonstrates-lane-level-road-navigation-systemMetrology Labs for product validation and qualification: -- Effort and torque measurement rotary mechanical/electric knobs and levers to identify, measurement method and tool identification developed using -- Dimensional verification - HEXAGON pointer measurement and 3D scan laser for metal sheet and plastic components to identify non-conformity; -- Fatigue, Vibrational and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP);-- Backlit measurements - LUMICAM software and cameras for backlighted components dark room management; Measurement process certified by DFSS analysis;-- Gloss and Reflectance measurement - ELCOMETER and OPTIS for material surface characterization of vehicle interiors components and trims-- Courtesy and ambient light measurements for perceived quality and user experience;-- BPMS Body Pressure Measurement XSENSOR, for Seats comfort analysis by pressure maps as objective data to be compared with Ride and Drive test as subjective data;-- Data signal verification for in-vehicle network components PWM (by signal analyser), CAN and LIN data by Canalyzer; Data signal simulation of vehicle network for components validation, data, messaging and logic&flow verification;-- ART motion capture for ergonomics analysis, inside the vehicle, or on manufacturing process for reachability, usability and user comfort analysis based on comfort angles; -- Seating buck programme for Ergonomics evaluation (manual gearbox, steering wheel, driving posture, parametric pedals) design and validation with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP);

Manger of the Telematic Competence Centre, a team of 10 people in charge to follow and apply all technologies related to the Infotainment and telematic domain in the automotive environment for innovation and product development purposes.To organize the work of the team involved in Innovation projects for the next generation products.To promote the research work in the most promising technologies in short and middle period.

Specification and verification of an ON and OFF board navigation system (Fiat product)

Involvement in activities and developments related to European projects.Software development in (java, C++)System specificationSystem validation