TEDx Organizer, 2018 - Present

Licensed organizer and founder of TEDxLivorno. 

• Team management, institutional and partner relations, fundraising 
• Event planning, speaker line-up management 
• Content development, conference curation, stage management
• Communication strategy, brand development, social media marketing strategy 
• Community experience strategy and team management.

Biz Dev. 3.0 Training Specialist & Events Promoter, 2010 - Present

Training design, promotion and organization of professional training events with public institutions, companies and local associations. 

• Founder and organizer of a Meetup group "Exponential Innovation and Leadership"
• Design and delivery of professional training services within EU funded programs.
  
• Training specialist and business development consultant: design and delivery of customized educational programs for service and product companies.
  
• Topics covered: ExO, Exponential Innovation, Customer Experience, Lean Startup, Business Model Design, Business Development 3.0, Personal Branding, Social Media Marketing and Digital Content Management.
  

Blogger & Self-Publisher, 2010 - Present

Publisher and curator of “Il Metodo Fionda”, the Italian version of “Slingshot. Re-Imagine Your Business - Re-Imagine Your Life” a book about creativity and innovation in business by Gabor George Burt.

• Responsible of the e-book's communication strategy which led to the presentation at the Torino International Book Fair (2014), to the author’s public interventions at TEDxVerona 2015, EXPO 2015 and to the creation of a group of 6 Italian VIPs as project testimonials. 
• Blogger and author of articles, publications for professional magazines and web sites about creativity and innovation in business. 
  

Teacher of Innovative Business Strategies, 2011 - 2017

Co-founder of censhare Italia Srl: the Italian subsidiary of censhare AG (Germany) to introduce the censhare enterprise content management solution to Italy. 

• Design of an integrated educational program to teach the method to launching new successful projects based upon ExO, Customer Experience, Lean Startup, Business Model Design, Lean Six Sigma. 
• Promoter of an ERASMUS+ pilot project between ITEC Boisfleury in Grenoble (FR) and ITS-AR in Milan (IT).
  

Co-founder & CEO, 2007/12 - 2011/12

Co-founder of censhare Italia Srl: the Italian subsidiary of censhare AG (Germany) to introduce the censhare enterprise content management solution to Italy. 

• Educational projects for the Fondazione ITS Angelo Rizzoli in Milan and for the IUAV (Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia) in Venice.
  

Director of media services & solutions, 2006/01 - 2007/11

Director of new media services at 4Flying Srl. 

• Continuous process improvement to catalogue production for 6 European companies (F, GB, I, N, NL) using a Digital Asset Management solution integrated with an Adobe editorial system. 
  
• Team leader of an international project to develop a catalogue production solution for TESCO Ltd. UK, involving 4 different companies in Italy and in the United Kingdom.
  

Training Specialist, 2004/09 - 2005/10

Training specialist and consultant working for customers of Quark Media House Sàrl (CH), (Swiss branch of Quark Inc., USA).

• Design and delivery of professional QuarkDMS training course to VNU Business Publications, London. Provided training to 120 users in 15 sessions over one month (July-August 2005). 
  
• QuarkDMS trainer and consultant: indexing and structuring 200.000 lemmas for Enciclopedia Giovanni Treccani in Rome.
  

Technical & Commercial Director, 2003/11 - 2005/12

Technical and Commercial Director at San Patrignano Grafiche Scarl, Coriano (Rimini), Italy. 

• Managed graphic industry operations, supervising 84 people and 13 external professionals and increased the turnover by 15% in two years.
  
• Quality management system project supervisor: first Italian non-profit organization UNI EN ISO 9001:2001 compliant. 
  
• Re-engineering and implementation of an integrated graphic and print production process with a Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. 
  
• Managed the investment budget, the suppliers selection to purchase major printing equipment, hardware and software.
  

Training Manager & Pre-sales Consultant, 1999/01 - 2002/12

Training Manager, pre-sales Consultant at Quark Deutschland GmbH, the German branch of Quark Inc., USA. 

• Training design and development of the official worldwide certification program of the QuarkDMS system for customers and system integrators. 
  
• Training services provided in three different languages to 130 companies in Europe, Africa, USA, Asia, Australia and 35 official certification sessions. 
  
• Managed the update and maintenance of the Quark European training center, oversaw daily functions and the production of multilingual teaching materials.
  
• Pre-sales consultant of QuarkDMS system and Quark editorial system involved in several international projects.
  

Managing Director & Shareholder, 1989/11 - 1997/02

Managing Director, administrator and shareholder of Littera Graphis SA in Brussels, Belgium, a graphic studio, pre-press company and reprohouse.

• Managed the production activities (15 people), the production processes and quality procedures, the selection and training of new employees, key accounting of the main customers,
  
• Increased the company turnover in a 5 years period with an average annual growth rate of 10%. 
  
• Helped establish current existing branch offices of Eurologos Group in Milan (Italy), Cologne (Germany) and Antwerp (Belgium). 
  

Temporary Agent, 1988/11 - 1989/11

Temporary agent at the European Union Commission, DG XIX Budget, Rue de la Loi 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium.