Piero Chessa Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Recruited internationally in 2020 to overhaul the Bureau’s climate and weather forecasting services, bolstering its national reach. Drove a cultural shift, with focus on customer impact and engagement, while also incorporating stronger risk management capabilities. Reporting to the CEO, the function, with a budget of $55 million, includes a team of 400 and provides weather and climate hazard services, with 24/7 support, to the Australian government, community, and emergency agencies.Supervises the yearly delivery of about 25000 warnings and alerts on various weather/tsunami hazard; over 10000 briefings to Emergency Management Agencies and Ministerial Offices; hundreds of public press conferences related to weather hazards.Oversees the production of internationally recognized climate statements and reports.As a member of the board, and main sponsor, actively contributes to the design and operations of high performing computing capabilities, observation networks, data analytics and machine learning applications.Contributed to establish the Australian Climate Service, a multi-agency organization that provides improved data, intelligence and expert advice on climate risks and impacts.

Recruited to enhance global data provision for BDA products, especially in the area of weather and climate risks, that support aviation decision-making and improve flight planning optimization. Reported to the Director of Product Development and managed a $3 million budget. Established and led an international, highly proficient team that improved the flight planning system leading to the retention of big customers like FedEX and TUI Group Enhanced situational awareness capabilities providing consulting services to several Boeing customers and contributing to two US patents, to support risk management for runaway operations.

Massa, Italy & Denver, Usa

Hired to overhaul the supply chain of value-added environmental data for the Jeppesen navigation systems. Oversaw a team of 100 highly skilled professionals and reported to the global director of Operation Support, managing a $15 million budget. Successfully re-organized the team distributed over 4 different Countries and enhanced the production chain of the Jeppesen Navigation System.Key in preventing a contract closure, worth about $100 million, by resolving sensitive customer issues related to the accuracy of digital airport layouts.Developed solutions for Business and General Aviation segments, which became the source of one of the most successful Boeing Digital Aviation products.

Massa, Italy

Recruited to restructure and lead the operations of Jeppesen Marine digital chart production. Member of the Jeppesen Marine Leadership Team reported to the to VP of Global Navigation Systems, overseeing a $20 million budget. - Drove a 30% productivity improvement and a 20% cost reduction by restructuring Operations (160 people across 8 Countries). - Introduced new datasets, especially in the environmental and weather domain and spearheaded digital transformations in production areas.

Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Hired to establish the Meteorological Operations and R&D departments of the Agency, ensuring the delivery of round-the-clock weather forecasts and alerts to both the local community and Civil Defence Agencies. Reported to the Managing Director with a €2 million budget.- Designed Operations and R&D departments establishing production processes, practices and tools. - Managed all relevant start-up contracts worth €7.5 million and sourced further €5 million to establish a centre of excellence on risk management for weather and climate hazards, to support Civil Defence.

Reading (Uk)

Delivered operational monitoring of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS). Conducted research on the application and verification of the Ensemble Prediction System (ENS). Tasked with devising and implementing innovative ways for extracting useful information from the Ensemble Prediction System (51 parallel forecasts run twice a day at ECMWF).

Specialization Degree, Physics

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics