Professional Information

Personal capabilities and achievements

  • Industrial and building automation: Implemented Automation Control and In-line visual inspections (Machine Vision) in Medical Devices, and Automotive Industries. Developed API and products for automatizing building automation and control in critical infrastructures.    
  • Change management and Post-Mergers and acquisitions: re-designed the value chain, implemented digital transformation, organizational changes, business process harmonization, quality assurance improvements, and product platforms in large multinational companies. 
  • Program management: Implemented critical mission applications (e.g., 5000+ users, global scale, private cloud solution), quality management improvements in electronics design and manufacturing, and engineering management in the power plant.  
  • Supply Chain Manager: post-M&A program leader to globalize supply chain and provide global purchasing savings of more than 15%. 
  • Operations management: Setting up and managed PMO office setup, KPIs definition, portfolio-program-project management processes definition and alignment, planning and monitoring budget up to 160 MUSD / up to 120 R&D projects/ and up to 3300 employees.
  • Project Management (waterfall and agile): Led development of industrial automation, embedded systems for telecommunications, applications for connected devices, and enterprise applications.  
  • Know-how transfer and technology leadership in industrial automation, machine vision, artificial intelligence, embedded systems, connected devices and telecommunication, and enterprise applications.
  • PMI team member for the development of the ACP and PMP certification exams (PM book 7th ed.).
  • Editor of PMI/ANSI "Program Management Standard, 4th edition" (October 2017).
  • Volunteer Member of PMI Chapter Switzerland since 2010: from 2015 to 2019 as an account manager in the sponsoring team.

Industries:

Automotive, medical devices, pharma, electronics, semiconductors, watches, smart metering, smart building, smart infrastructures. 

Education

  • Master of Advanced Study in Business Administration (2002, Uni Roma 2, Tor Vergata)
  • MSc Electronics (1998, Uni Roma 1, La Sapienza)

Certificates

  • ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management (2016)
  • PMI PMP (2010)
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (1999) 

    Published Articles on PMI-Switzerland Chapter

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