Summary He has 30 years of experience in Information Technology IT, which has been acquired in 4 different industries, operating in an international context in the development of software intensive systems for civil, military and critical applications in the domains Embedded OnBoard SW, Mission Planning, Monitoring and Control, Naval Systems, C4I and control of nuclear facilities. He has acquired a considerable experience in the programmatic management and since more than 15 years he is in senior management positions, coordinating a unit of about 180 people organized in Technical Areas in charge of Program Management, Production and Customer support. He supports the CEO in defining business objectives and in preparing Budget Plans both the strategic plan and the yearly budget. Work experience Dates 1991 as of today Name and address of the employer SSI Sistemi Software Integrati SpA A Finmeccanica company Viale del Lavoro 101 74123 Taranto Type of business or sector System Software for space, defence and civil application Occupation or position held Vice President Operations Manager Main activities and responsibilities from April 2011 Head of Operations Department The Operations Department incorporates units in charge of program management, production and technical management for the awarded contracts and for the preparation of commercial offers. In particular, reporting directly to the CEO, he is responsible for Ensuring availability of resources needed for design and development of products systems tailored to the needs of competitiveness of the Company, in terms of technical excellence, programs schedules and costs, in line with the company business plan and with the guidelines issued by the top management Ensuring the preparation of products systems in accordance with the planned activities, guaranteeing the achievement of budget targets Ensuring availability of resources needed for the preparation of the technical and programmatic parts of commercial offers Ensuring, for each program, the achievement of technical, time and financial goal, in line with the defined quality standards Managing the SW Systems Support Services by exploiting the skills developed and acquired by SSI Ensuring the investigation of innovative technologies and solutions tailored to the needs of competitiveness of the Company, in terms of technical excellence, respect of programs schedule and costs Cooperating in the implementation of research plans, monitoring innovative technologies and ensuring the achievement of budget targets Participating, in partnership with the Corporate Functions involved, in the definition of the Technological Plan Ensuring, in coordination with the company relevant functions, the activities of Contract Management for the pertaining systems products, both during the bidding and contractual phase Ensuring, for systems products of competence, the activities for the creation of partnerships and collaborations Ensuring, in collaboration with Marketing and Sales, the preparation of the Companys Business Plan The staff assigned to the Operations department is about 180 units. In the following, the previous assignments in SSI are reported. From January 2005 to April 2011 Head of Engineering Department. The Engineering Department is responsible for the production and technical management of the acquired contracts, for the preparation of proposals and for Research and Development project. In particular he was responsible for Ensuring the achievement of cost, technical, time and quality goals for all projects of the company, promptly identifying any deviations from the assigned objectives and the necessary corrective actions Ensuring the proper management of technical interfaces with the customer Managing Engineering Human Resources identification of training needs, motivation, performance evaluation and incentives Ensuring the adequacy of the technological infrastructure Ensuring the timely implementation of business processes in the execution of project activities Ensuring the proper implementation of budgeting, monitoring and final accounting of costs of programs, including costs related to the needed procurements Participate in the definition of the company Technological Plan and Strategic Plan Participate in the definition and implementation of the Business Process Improvement Plan for the achievement of the Capability Maturity Model Level 3. Until 2008, the staff assigned to the Engineering Unit had an average of 85 units. Since 2008, following the merger by incorporation of another company in the group, it rose to about 170 units. From April 2002 to December 2004 Head of the organizational unit Programs and Engineering, reporting directly to the CEO. The staff assigned to the unit was an average of about 90 people, with a mix of technical and programmatic skills. From April 1999 to March 2002 Head of an organizational unit Program Management , reporting directly to the General Manager. From March 1996 to March 1999 Head of an organizational unit Project Management and Control, reporting directly to the Technical Director, which was in charge for monitoring the performance of the company projects through the methodology of Earned Value Management. In the same period, he was Project Manager for the development of the Columbus Application SW COAP within the International Space Station program and Project Manager for the development of the Command and Control System C2 IPNS for the frigates of the Royal Navy Malaysia. From March 1994 to March 1996 Head of the Ground System Business Unit. In this position, he coordinated a team of 22 people for the realization of SSI projects related to the development of SW applications for ground control systems in support of the major national and international space missions. From May 1991 to February 1994 System Engineer in the Ground System Business Unit. Program Manager for the development of XSAR Mission Planning and Operations System. The XSAR mission was a joint mission between the Italian Space Agency ASI, the German Space Agency DARA and the National Aeronautics Space Administration NASA. The purpose of the mission was the observation of the Earth from space, using two radar on board the Space Shuttle operating in two different bands the Shuttle Radar Image in Cband SIRC and Xband Synthetic Aperture Radar XSAR . Prior to assuming responsibility for the management of the program, he worked in project XSAR, as Senior System Engineer with the following responsibilities Technical Representative of SSI at the plant in Laurel MD of Computer Sciences Corporation for the supervision of the design and development of the system of Telemetry and Remote Control Team Leader for the design and development of two subsystems of the MPOS System Planning and Analysis System Command Plan Generator and Data Take Selection Program Manager for the development of Tethered Satellite Special Computation SW. The Tethered Satellite mission was carried out jointly by NASA and ASI. The purpose of the mission was to verify the possibility of exploiting the electric current generated in a cable that passes through the earths magnetic field using a satellite connected to the shuttle by means of a 20 Km long cable. Projects XSAR and TSS required a period of about five months of SW integration and testing performed at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Dates 1988 1991 Name and address of the employer BPD Difesa e Spazio presently AVIO S.p.A Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 22, Colleferro RM Type of business or sector Munitions and aerospace propulsion systems Occupation or position held System Engineer Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for the Inertial Guidance Laboratory Assigned to the Advanced Systems as a systems engineer and head of the Inertial Guidance Laboratory for the study and simulation of guidance and control systems. In this position, he was responsible for the Design and development of a simulator with 36 degrees of freedom to verify the guidance algorithm. The simulator included the simulation of the strapdown navigation sensor unit Definition of inertial guidance equations in open loop and closed for a satellite launcher. Evaluation of the algorithm defined for a multistage rocket used to place a satellite weighing 500 kg in equatorial orbit at 500 km Definition of the optimal trajectories for the SCOUT Enhanced maximizing delivered payload and orbital altitude Definition of the hardware and software infrastructure for the inertial guidance laboratory including three axis table and trust vector control system for the simulation of missile angular motion hardwareintheloop. Dates 1987 1988 Name and address of the employer SERIT S.p.A joint venture fra BPD Difesa e Spazio e FIAR Colleferro RM Type of business or sector Infrared sensors Occupation or position held System Engineer Main activities and responsibilities Functional analysisand simulation of a missile fuze equipped with an infrared sensor. Development and validation of predictive algorithms, based on Kalman filter, for simultaneous tracking of multiple targets. Dates 1984 1987 Name and address of the employer Nucleosoft s.r.l Viale Liegi Roma Type of business or sector Monitoring and control system for nuclear research plant Occupation or position held System Engineer Consultant Main activities and responsibilities As a consultant in nuclear engineering, he was responsible for the following activities Design and development of the gamma radiation and neutron flux monitoring system for the exhaust fuel reprocessing of at ENEA Trisaia plant Design and development of the neutron flux and gamma radiation monitoring system outside of a container for the handling exhaust nuclear fuel. System based on MONTECARLO calculation techniques Design and development of a prototype for the Nuclear power plant control system Study of the pedestrian flow in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan using infrared image processing to identify preferential flow and define a strategy for optimal heating Education and Training Dates 1977 1984 Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of Rome La Sapienza Principal subjects professional skills covered by the study Analysis and Design of Nuclear plants and related monitoring and control systems Level in national or international classification Degree in Nuclear Engineering Graduation mark 110110. Experimental Thesis on Neutron fluxes evaluation by measuring radioactivity induced in metal probes Personal Skils and compentences Mother tongues Italian Other languages English Understanding proficiency Writing proficiency Speaking proficiency French Understanding intermediate Writing elementary Speaking elementary Social skills and competences He worked for many years side by side with engineers and managers in the Computer Sciences Corp. CSC, who founded the Software Space Italy SpA now Software Integrated Systems SpA in joint venture with Aeritalia. Now, he regularly interfaces executives and functional leaders, both military and civilian, domestic and foreign. He has benefited from a significant experience, both working and sociocultural, in the United States. Since many years, his role involves managing staff, including the setting of performance targets, their annual evaluation and the interview for the communication of the evaluation. Do not disdain the competition and, despite his prevailing directive attitude, prefers to mediate the constant pursuit of a collaborative relationship. Organisational skills and competences He acquired a high capacity to organize, coordinate and operate in a team, even multinational and interdisciplinary. This expertise was developed participating in complex projects with size medium to large up to about 50 units, often with responsibility for management and coordination and having as subcontractors or cosuppliers companies of national and international relevance. His organizational skills were further honed when he assumed the role of Director of Operations of the organization..ate experince entences Technical skills and competences He has had the opportunity to develop a strong technical expertise on software intensive systems for civil, military and critical applications in the domains Embedded OnBoard SW, Mission Planning, Monitoring and Control, Naval Systems, C4I and control of nuclear facilities. He has mastered the use of methodologies and tools to support management activities Project Control and specifically Earned Value Management, Risk Management, Cost Estimating, Project Planning and Control, WBS, OBS, PBS, CBS, Cost Management, Resource Management, Subcontractor and Procurement Management, Budgeting, Cost Accounting. He has mastery of the most popular general productivity tools Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Project. In the early years of his career, he has designed and implemented SW Application using Fortran 77 SW, ADA and C. He has a strong familiarity with the Management by Objective. Artistic skills and competences Other skills and competences Admitted to practice as an engineer and regularly enrolled at the Order Of Professional Engineers of the Province of Lecce Patent Multifunction Mission Adaptive System. Patent No. PCT IB2008 00164 of June 20, 2008 Additional informations Training Operating System DIGITAL VAXELN for real time application Strapdown Inertial Platform, Prof P. Savage, Strapdown Associated Inc Minnetonka USA Controlli Automatici e Teoria dei Sistemi, Prof. G. Germani, Universit dellAquila, Meccanica Celeste, Prof. M. Andrenucci, University of Pisa Software Project Management, Prof. Michael S. Deutsch Chief Scientist of HUGHES Aircraft Company, University of California, Bruxelles Digital System Development methodology DSDM, Computer Sciences Corporation Project Control, Computer Sciences Corporation Introduction to CMMI SEI Qualified Trainer, 2004 Risk Management Alenia Spazio SpA, 2004 Annexes None