Direct management of 20 people.Responsible for strategic planning and feasibility (timing, cost) of Long Range Plan and Architecture (MINI, SMALL, LCV) for all related vehicles (500, Panda, 500L, B SUV family, Fiorino / Qubo, Doblò, Ducato) manufactured in EMEA, LATAM, NAFTA, APAC Regions.Budget definition and finalization for EMEA R&D, including medium – long term programs for product development and product improvement (cost reduction and quality), product and innovation methods with a total amount exceeding 1 B€/y; workload evaluation for EMEA R&D (about 3000 people), detailed by Function (Body, Interiors, Chassis, Engine Systems, Vehicle Integration, Electric / Electronic) and the definition of the engineering external activities.Responsible for Product Development including standards (timing, outputs), best practice arisen from the projects, and improvement actions; standardization activities with Chrysler, other Regions (LATAM, APAC) and EMEA JV (TOFAS – Turkey). Definition and finalization of an Executive Dashboard for program management, with GO – NOGO decision to be taken in key milestones based upon clear and agreed indicators supplied by the project teams.

R&D Planning Team Leader of Fiat Group (FGA, IVECO, FPT, CNH and CRF/ELASIS) for workload optimization and the strategy for engineering external activities.Business interface for the development of an ICT tool for the planning management of the FGA R&D project portfolio.

Responsible for strategic planning of innovation companies of Fiat Group, Fiat Research Center (Orbassano – TO) and ELASIS (Pomigliano D’Arco – NA). Definition of public funded projects coping with priorities agreed with the Fiat Group Strategic Marketing. Responsible for Internal and External Communication.

Definition for each strategic cluster (energy efficiency; passive, active and preventive safety; modularity; etc.) of the short term application on the Fiat Group Product Range, highlighting interactions (high value / cost ratio) and budget finalization with the Fiat Group Sectors.Definition of the research project plan funded by the European Community (VII Framework Program) able to feed the medium – long range needs (base technologies and their application).

Definition of a set of tools and technical advice to improve business processes (e.g. new product development) for the Fiat Group and other companies (e.g. packaging machines – Tetrapack, Cavanna; tools for the sales force – Ferrero)Main achievements:» Business evaluation of innovative technologies developed in CRF» Analysis for pay-per-use strategies, road pricing, improvement of Planned Maintenance Contracts (FGA, ANAS, IVECO)» Cost – benefit evaluation regarding the use of a PLM system to improve the product development process (Ferrari)» Engineering KPIs (CNH Agriculture)» Product Development Process optimization (Teksid Aluminum, Cavanna)» Technological Scouting (Tetrapack)» Tools for the sales force (Ferrero)» Reengineering of vehicle concept generation and customer validation process (virtual and physical mock ups, activities, timing and involved markets) applied to the New Fiat 500 (Car of the year- 2008)