Founder and President of Meteri, web based wine&food distribution. Founder of SALE Materia e Territorio, the excellence food and gastronomy selection, creator of Bakari #socialmentespensierati, Meteri's natural wines private label

2012 - present: Chief Operations Officer (managing a team of 197, 2 of which directors)Made in Italy luxury footwear (Chloè, Marc Jacobs, Jilsander, Michael Kors, Paul Smith, Nina Ricci, Proenza Schouler, Rochas)Worlwide luxury footwear (See By Chloè, Jilsander Navy)Committing to 5 units merge into new Italian facility (Fosso' - Venice).Cost controlling and time-to-market reduction strategies.Worldwide raw materials sourcing.Operations HR reorganization.Whole group's footwear factories managing (Fossò Italy,Casarano Italy, Heves Hungary)Head of Made in Italy women's footwear productionHead of worlwide outsourcing production (Italy, Eastern Europe and P.R.C.)Europe Logistics New Automated Warehouse startupLogistics procedures renewing and logistics reorganization2009 - 2012: Production manager (managed a team of 143, 2 of which directors)Made in Italy luxury footwear (Chloè, Marc Jacobs, Jilsander, Michael Kors, Paul Smith, Nina Ricci, Proenza Schouler, Rochas)Reorganized and rationalized production.Lecce plant efficiency increase (staff of 70 producing 700 pairs/day). Contributed to the design of the layout of the new factory of Fosso’ (Ve).Planned industrial processes, organization chart, procedures and scheduled meetings, upgraded the ERP.Created a cutting, stitching and preforming facility in Albania, increasing quality standards and allowing the first production of luxury shoes.Reorganized the workflow in the raw material warehouse, with a better management of stock and flow.

Sourcing manager (managed a team of 106, of which 72 in Italy and 34 abroad)Managed the production of footwear across 11 countries and 18 units. The products ranged across the sports, safety, casual and fashion segments (Diadora Heritage).The most important project involved the relocation of 1million pair / year unit to North China, without disrupting the related R&D and logistics.Improved quality standards, timeliness and cut costs in the units of Taiwan, Surayaba and Ho Chi Minh.ARMANI JEANS - AJ footwear production licensee management. (350.000 pairs/year) Head of footwear quality control teamHead of footwear engineering teamManaging Production schedule, technical office, costing, Taiwan's unit, Eeat European production, East European footwear sourcing, Made in Italy production, worldwide raw materials sourcing.

2007 Skywalk - Delta Group – Soles and shoe componentsHead of fashion sales / Board memberManaged the Skywalk brand, in charge of expansion into new markets. Opened a high-end branch in Riviera del Brenta (Venice) and followed the transition to the new owners from the beginning to completion.2005-2007 Skywalk spa – Soles and shoe componentsHead of marketing for the fashion divisionResponsible for the product cycle, from R&D to delivery. My main focus has been to solidify the Skywalk brand as leader in the B2B shoe business.State-of-the-art R&D, quality and reliability, as well as the ability to cater to client needs allowed me to build a solid relationship with Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Zegna, Kenzo, Prada, Tod’s, Bruno Magli, Tommy Hilfiger, Napapijri, North Sails, Uvex.Supervised the startup of a new production unit in Guangdong. Guided the the implementation of a new innovative business model that put together the western know-how with local production constraints, Managed to reach western quality standards in terms of product, safety and reliability.Successfully hired and trained a local country manager to handle and stabilize the relationship with suppliers and clients like Patagonia, Merrell and Clarks. 1999-2004 Skywalk spa - Finproject group – Soles and shoe componentsArea manager (fashion division man and woman) – The strong client focus of the group demanded close technical supervision of the nerwork of agents, thought every phase of the product cycle:R&D: Coordination of different R&D teams.Production: Production processing supervision, mould management from designers drawing to final production delivery.