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Viewed 4483 times | Published on 2020-04-20 | Updated on 2021-09-26 16:00:00



Most recent update: 2021-09-26
Main competencies:
  • _Cxx-level Account / Negotiation / Consulting / Vendor management
  • _Cultural and Organizational Change
  • _Business analysis, Controlling, PMO, Vendor Evaluation, Project Management, Budgeting, BPR, HR planning
  • _Designed training curricula and methodologies, including management / soft skills, train-the-trainer
  • _From 1990, business / marketing planning for start-ups, system integrators, software publishers
  • _Worked as freelance or owned company (all VAT-registered) in 1990, 1993-1998, 1998-2011, 2018
  • See also dataset releases since 2019 (current focus: NextGenerationEU, UN SDGs, related)
  • See also data oriented profile and portfolio: Kaggle.com


CV (in English, updated as of 2021-09-26)
2-pages CV (includes sample customers/employers by industry, publications, sample certifications)


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About me: worked in multinational environments since the 1980s (main industries: automotive, banking, gas/logistics, outsourcing, retail - both on the customer and supplier side), in data-driven decision support since the 1980s, and in cultural/organizational change officially since 1990 (actually earlier- sample projects under "projects" on Linkedin), currently hold an Italian / EU passport (born in Turin, Italy)

Based outside Italy from late 1990s (London first, then Brussels), re-registered in Italy 2012.

Main languages: business-fluent (also as negotiator) in English, French, Italian (mothertongue); various levels also in German (B1 active; B2/C1 passive depending on subjects), Spanish (B2/C1 passive, B1 spoken)

List of OpenSAP certifications 2017-2021

List of Kaggle certifications 2020-2021

Career summary
_started working in 1986 as Mainframe Programmer, then also Business analyst (automotive and banking), first QC/QA/PMO/vendor control role in 1987 (banking), first Project Management activities in 1988, Senior Project Manager and Management Consultant since 1990, Negotiator and Account Manager since 1990, Program Manager since 1993 (cultural and organizational change)
_since 1990 two main lines: cultural/organizational change and data-related activities, working as Management Consultant, Partner, Account Manager, Negotiator, Project/Program Manager, PMO
_multinational/multicultural experience across industries mainly in English, French, Italian, working with CEOs, CFOs, CIOs since 1988, both for customers and service or product vendors
_used to work also remotely across timezones (as team member or manager/coordinator)
_mainly in Italy 1986-1997, based abroad from 1997, resumed full-time in Italy 2012


Planned for September - December 2020 and up to 2022
see here for details 2020-2021
_interested in management and coordination roles on: Customer Accounts, PMO, Project, Program, Portfolio, Change, Vendor Management; willing to relocate in Europe, temporarily or permanently
_contract type preferences: FTC/Interim opportunities up to 2 years (or as requested by the lifecycle of the initiative), open also to permanent organizational development/coordination opportunities (negotiations and account management included)
_Completing few more books on the "connecting the dots" series and further datasets/models/analysis within "DataDemocracy"/"CitizenAudit"


Profiling tests results
_2008-05-09 in French (banking role - management)
_2020-01-27 in Italian (banking role - data)
_2020-04-23 in English (cross-industry culture fit from CWJobs/Good&Co)
_2021-05-05 in English (update to check the impacts due to COVID-induced constraints and ensuing initiatives adopted, same source)


Social media presence



Sample experiences by industry (1986-2020)
_Automotive/Mobility CNH, SKF, FIAT 2002, IVECO, Magneti Marelli, FIAT 1986; other hw/sw
_Banking/Banking BPO Arcafondi, Cedacri, Banco Santander Finconsumo, Credit Suisse Private Banking, Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole du Var,UK-based risk/ALM software companies, Federazione Toscana Casse Rurali ed Artigiane, Sanpaolo Invest, Sanpaolo
_Business software Brio, MIP, Applix, Retek, TM/1, Comshare/Arbor; support to other UK-based
_Gas and Logistics Sappi, DHL, Novogas/Liquigas, Intertransport, SAV; see also "Retail and related"
_Government Sviluppo Italia, Ministero dell'Interno, office work within the Italian Army
_Retail and related Filasport, EPA/Coop, Carrefour, Retek, Comshare, CEDIS Migliarini, GS, Autogrill
_Start-ups Watchbook/kanshu, TOHF, TheCruize, Teknemedia, others; support mainly in B F IT UK USA
_System integrators etc Sys-Tek, Reply (various business units), ClientFocus; CGI; Andersen/Coritel