 Account management and development of new commercial relationships with both national as well as foreign customers belonging to marine naval, marine commercial, industrial as well as railway markets. Management of public and private tenders, framework contracts, and orders, starting from Technical Specification analysis to estimating, bidding, and negotiation, both for original equipment supply as well as for logistic support for service and spares. Project Management on Job, cost forecasting, planning, and subsequent relevant control. Market survey, Business Case, and Sales Plan of new IFM product line-up development. Distribution and Agency Agreements set up and negotiation.Main achievements: Original equipment orders acquisition worthing 20 Mio€. Framework contracts for logistic support, service and spares Worthing 8 Mio€. Project Management on the job for the supply of complete propulsion systems on passenger Hydrofoils. Project Management on the job for military supplies for the US NAVY. Settling of commercial relationships for Industrial engines aimed at IFM coming back in the Power Generation Market.

 Management of Design and Test Bench Development for new product line-up.Management of activities related to prototype engines: Supply chain management for component procurement. Product Development and Field Test activities  Problem Solving on product line-up relevant to reliability issues coming both from production process as well as from the field. After sales technical support activities with field interventions as well as management of issues with the clients.Main achievements: Introduction of Common Rial electronic injection equipment on the existing 1300 and 1700 IFM product line up. Development of a brand new V12, 130 mm bore, 20 liters displacement high performance engine model capable of power rating up to 1500 HP. RINa / RINaMIL / ABS homologation on new engine models.

Technical and human resources management for dedicated testing activities on engines from 200 kW to 2.8 MW: Power lines validation. Endurance tests. Engine thermodynamic validation. R.I.Na., MMI and ABS Homologation. Exhaust emission certification according to MARPOL, EPA, EC rules.Main achievements: Endurance test on an 860 kW prime mover diesel engine intended for auxiliary generators for Singapore Navy DELTA Class Frigates. New power line validation for a V16, 170 mm bore, 67 liters displacement, 2200 kW engine. Italian Navy homologation test on a 1.6 MW prime mover diesel engine intended for auxiliary generating sets on HORIZON Class Frigates for Italian and French Navies. Validation test, performed in extreme exhaust backpressure condition up to 6 meters, on a 650 kW prime mover diesel engine intended for battery charger generating set on BARRACUDA Submarine Project for French Navy.

 Management of durability tests on ROVER, OPEL, and FIAT automotive gearboxes. Design of automatic grid generation software for FEM analysis on gear geometries. Main achievements: Validation of the actual fatigue durability of standard production line components. Definition of a predictive software model for the forecast of the production component’s durability starting from the relevant Manufacturing Plan and the associated tools’ geometry.

 Publication of a research paper summarizing the results of thesis job and settling of the relevant presentation for the ASME Turbo Expo 2001 Technical Congress in New Orleans.