May 31st 2024 HITACHI RAIL GTS RCS Italia - Thales Transport's Ground Transportation Systems business is now part of Hitachi Rail.June 2022 - THALES GTS - RCS Italia (Revenue Collection Systems) - Chief Engineering Manager - HW Design, Validation and Qualification, R&D - AFC Systems Projects (worldwide) - working on different projects in South America, AfricaOct 2021 - THALES GTS - RCS Italia (Revenue Collection Systems) - Solution Engineering Manager - Grand Paris Express Project - HW Design & Test AFC Sub-Systems (TVM-TOM)Feb2017 - Jan2022 THALES GTS - RCS Italia (Revenue Collection Systems) - Solution Engineering Manager - Doha Metro & Lusail LRT AFC SystemMar2016 - Feb2017 Sales Area Manager - North West Italy: Lombardia - Piemonte - Valle d'Aosta - Trentino Alto Adige - AFC and vertical sw solutions in transportationJune 2015 - Feb 2016 Sales Area Manager North East Italy - AFC and vertical sw solutions in transportationAugust 2014 - May 2015 Business development and Senior Project Manager AFC (e-ticketing solutions) NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori)2010 - 2014 Senior Project Manager, Business Analyst - Fare Collection systems - NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori) - Fare Collection System project for high speed trains2009-2010 Regional Sales Manager AFC at ASK (now Paragon ID), manufacturer of RFID products, smartcards, couplers/readers, inlays. AFC, Banking, eID (ePassport, eDocuments, EDL driving license, healthcare) ICAO compliant.Jan-Apr 2009 - Business Development and Business Analyst, support for new service development in Italy to provide independent multivendor maintenance services for AFC (Fare Collection Systems) including 1st, 2nd, 3rd level, Help Desk, Field Services, Repair & Lab, Preventive & Corrective Maintenance.Project Manager and Business Analyst 2003-2008 implementation and deployment of Ferrovie Nord Milano SBME AFC system. 2008 Pilot project "e-ticketing handheld RFID application for train inspectors".Since 2003 addressed Transportation market, providing services as business development and management consulting and project management: Automated Fare Collection system, e-payment system integration (cless smartcard).Experienced Telecommunications Sales support and Project Manager (Telecom Italia and AT&T-Unisource), start-up manager for international carriers in Italy (Carrier1, GTS), then GTS Customer Service Manager and Technical Director, ICT and management consultant.Trainer in Project management and Business Analysis: ESI, IIR Italy, Poste, Generali