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Consulting on project, program, change, PMO management - both on projects/missions and to audit/recover existing initiatives and identify potential process/organizational improvements
_ latest career CV (4-pages, includes sample projects 1986-current)
_ latest summary CV (2-pages, includes sample projects 2012-current and outline)
_ latest outline CV (1-page presentation)
Citizenship: Italian/EU (born in Turin, Italy)
Main industries: automotive, banking/financial, gas/logistics, retail, start-ups, system integrators (see sample list of companies I worked with/for since 1986 within the table at the end of this page)
Professional Memberships: IEEE, PMI (non-certified), AFAV (non-certified), others
If you are a project, program, portfolio, change, service/vendor management professional, you are welcome to connect on PMI's ProjectManagement.com, or to read my book QuPlan for free (includes a 200+ pages fictional case study on a program to implement compliance)
Interests: change with and without technology (i.e. IT and AI, but also sustainability, ESGs, circular economy, and associated)
Available for:
_ both full-time and on more flexible schedules (e.g. 2-4 weeks/month)
_ missions on fixed-price or pre-paid feasibility studies
_ CDI/permanent on change/project/program/PMO management in EU/EEA (preferably remote; hybrid/onsite: conditions to be negotiated)
_ Information on rates etc: for details about rates/salary, locations, etc.
For interviews or to propose missions: schedule a meeting on calendly, or also send me a message on Linkedin
Main business language skills: English, French, Italian (passively also others, mainly German and Spanish, reading business Brazilian Portuguese and business Dutch)
About me: since 1990 focus (as management consultant and PM) on cultural/organizational change, and IT for decision support- as a bridge between business and experts (both domain-specific and IT)
Training and coaching experience: from 1990, also coached and trained project managers (first hired as Senior Project Manager in 1990, and as Program Manager in 1993- first product/service design and delivery activities in the 1980s); management training since late 1980s
Worked onsite 1986-1990 in various locations in Italy, then mainly hybrid or remote, in EU and German Switzerland
Key experience highlights:
_ 1986-1990: employee Andersen units in Turin; 1990-1992 Senior PM then "cadre" Compagnie Générale Informatique Milan
_ 1993-2010, 2018, 2023-2024, 2025-ongoing: freelance/management consultant
_ Since 2012 missions in Italy (see CV at robertolofaro.com/cv)
_ Multinational business experience: since 1986, from 1988 interacting at the Senior Management and Cxx level, for projects, business analysis, management training, sales presentations, negotiations, management consulting
_ Worked in mainly EU+CH, some onsite USA, limited others (e.g. Brazil), remotely worldwide (NAFTA, LATAM, EMEA, APAC)
Multinational experience: since the early 1980s in political activities, then from 1986 in business: resident abroad de facto from 1997, de iure from 1998, re-registered in Italy 2012; first activities abroad: political activities in early 1980s; VAT registered in Italy from January 2025, VIES-registered; main business language skills: English, French, Italian (passively also others)
Case studies and publications:
_ portfolio on robertolofaro.wordpress.com (including sample case study on organizational development)
_ mini-books on change published since 2012, at leanpub.com/u/robertolofaro
_ this website for my CV, link to social media profiles (see at the bottom of the page), and other publications (see menu on the left)
_ PMI's ProjectManagement.com https://www.projectmanagement.com/profile/aleph123
Completed education after high-school (continuous on project/change/product management; since 2017 also AI/ML, SAP)
_ 2017 Goethe Institut Frankfurt-am-Main Intensiv B1 residential course
_ 1994 and 1995 Summer School on International Political Economy (both years A-) at London School of Economics
_ 1994 Summer Academy on "Intercultural Communication and Management" (94/100) at Gothenburg, Sweden
Outside activities for customers and partners, since 2012 continued working on publishing and data-based products, e.g.
_ since 2023 working on data preparation and review for an ongoing study on political and social communication in Italy
_ since 2023 published a search engine on AI Ethics papers published on arXiv, updated monthly (mid of the month)
_ since 2022 working on a data-project on the balance sheets of selected companies listed on BorsaItaliana pre- and post-COVID
_ since 2020 published curated datasets and analysis articles on UN SDGs, NextGenerationEU, and the associated Italian PNRR
_ since 2019 published a search engine on ECB's public communication, currently with a weekly update and dataset (Mondays)
Since 2003 published on change:
_ first (2003-2005) a free quarterly e-zine on change (800+ managers subscribing from 500+ companies around Europe), a 2013 reprint is available here
_ then on this website and, from 2012, with over a dozen mini-books prepared to support my activities on change
_generally, my books are available as paperbacks on Amazon, and digital (each book can be read also for free) on leanpub.com
_infographics and presentations are instead shared on slideshare
_videopresentations are instead on on my YouTube channel
_ https://robertolofaro.com/ctr-channel, for YouTube presentations
_see also dataset releases since 2019 (current focus: NextGenerationEU, UN SDGs, sustainability)
Professional skills and experience:
_Controlling, PMO / Project / Program / Account / Vendor Management, Budgeting, BPR, HR plan
_Account / Negotiation / Consulting interacting at the CEO/CFO/CIO level and senior management
_Cultural and organizational change, designing and delivering training curricula / methodologies
_From 1990, business / marketing planning for start-ups, system integrators, software publishers
Social media presence
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Sample experiences by industry (1986-2022)
for longer-running customers (3 years or more) the years are listed
| _Automotive/Mobility 1986-2024 (key customers) | CNH/Iveco 1999-2001/2012/2015-2018/2021-2022, SKF, FIAT 1986-1987/2002/2024 (as Stellantis), Magneti Marelli group management reporting 1988 |
| _Banking 1988-2007 (selection) | Arcafondi 2004-2007, Cedacrinord/Cedacri 1990-2006, Banco Santander Finconsumo 2004-2007, Credit Suisse Private Banking, Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole du Var,UK-based risk/ALM software companies, Federazione Toscana Casse Rurali ed Artigiane, Sanpaolo Invest, Istituto Bancario Sanpaolo Torino |
| _Electronics, Defence, and Aerospace (selection) | Alitalia, Elettronica Spa, Vitrociset; also: (Italy and UK) startups and potential spin-offs, support to software companies on business development |
| _Gas/Logistics | Sappi, DHL, Novogas/Liquigas 1992-1997 (1991 on another customer, same CFO), Intertransport, SAV; see also "Retail" |
| _Government | Sviluppo Italia 2004-2006, Ministero dell'Interno 2004-2006, office work within the Italian Army |
| _Retail | Filasport 2001-2003, EPA/Coop, Carrefour, Retek, Comshare, CEDIS Migliarini, GS, Autogrill |
| _Software BI, DSS, Management reporting, Banking, Others between 1991-2004 (selection) | Brio, MIP, Applix, Retek, TM/1, Comshare/Arbor; support to other UK-based |
| _Start-ups, 1998-2010 | Watchbook/kanshu, TOHF, TheCruize, Teknemedia, others; support mainly in B F IT UK USA |
| _Consulting | Andersen/Coritel 1986-1990,Client Focus 1990s, CGI 1990-1992, MIP (banking and leasing RiskFactor) 1990s, others in UK (mainly banking and BI, in UK and France) 1990s-2000s, Reply (various business units, prospect validation 1997-2001, customers as part-time PM/BA 2002 and 2004-2006), Sys-Tek 2004-2007, Blue Sof/Aubay 2012, Maneat/DCS 2015-2018, Aubay 2021-2022, Avvale 2024 |
| _Non-profit | Trees of Hope (USA/Rwanda) 2008-2010 and support to start-ups 1990-2011 in Italy, UK, USA |