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About
Passionate and result oriented senior IT director with more than 18 years’ experience in IT management and projects delivery. Strong analytical capabilities, excellent planning skills and high multicultural sensitivity due to working and living in different countries. Data lover, datviz enthusiast. Team builder and lateral thinker.
Professional experience
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CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
IDV
Oct 2025 →
Global head of IT for IDV and Astra companies. Overall responsbile for IT, Digital and Cybersecurity.
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HEAD OF DATA AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Oct 2021 → Oct 2025
Director of global IT organization dealing with data architecture and analytics.
Responsible for cross analytics and reporting solutions.
In charge to create enterprise data frameworks, governance and promoting data analytics culture through open data model and self-servicing analytics.
HEAD OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Oct 2021 → Dec 2022
In charge to set up a specific function for Enterprise Architecture to support Group’s strategy. Redefine architecture positioning, mission and strategy. Implement EA functioning mode to reduce complexity of IT landscape and target solutions to:
- Be an orchestrator of the IT simplification and rationalization as well as the definition of the future platforms supporting business processes.
- Be a guide to set a clear IT direction and frame within which ICT can support the Business Transformation.
- Be a change-agent and foster a mindset evolution within the Group to build a strategic-partnership between Business and IT.
HEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Iveco Defence Vehicles and Astra
Oct 2021 → Oct 2025
Direction and coordination of the IT organization of the business line.
Implementation and maintenance of tools, support the processes changes, meet the cybersecurity requirements and support the customer management.
- Budget management of the function including HC and investments, promote initiatives and review with CFO and CEO the financials on a monthly basis.
- Team setup, skills allocation, people objectives and development and yearly review their performance.
- Top managers reporting concerning activities, expenses, budget, project roadmaps, strategic initiatives.
HEAD OF ICT BUSINESS REPORTING
Director of a worldwide IT organization dealing with data analytics and business reporting.
- Coordination of centers of expertise for frontend solutions and multiple backend technology.
- Promotion of data democracy, setup data governance, fostering open data model culture and value generation projects based on enterprise data.
- Project management, service and applications.
Oct 2020 → Sep 2021
HEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Department cost management including HC and investments, promotion of initiatives and review with CFO and CEO on a monthly basis.
- Appointing department heads, team setting and their mission, people objectives and development and yearly performance review.
- Top managers reporting concerning activities, expenses, budget, project roadmaps, strategic initiatives.
- Implement corrective and preventive action plans to solve organizational or security issues.
Jan 2019 → Sep 2021
Director of a four-levels organization distributed in three continents for implementation and maintenance of tools, processes and methodologies to ensure the most cost-effective solutions for the company at global level.
ICT BUSINESS PARTNER
FPT Industrial Brand and Specialty Vehicles
Director of a global ICT organization being C-Level in two companies in defence and fire fighting vehicles’ business.
- Delivery manager for IT Services, Projects and Telecommunications assuring the service levels, business effectiveness, continuity and compliance with corporate policies.
- Management a three-level organization with teams distributed in five countries. Team reorganization, hiring process management and upskilling or people development initiatives.
- Budgeting and cost control for the different IT departments.
- Cybersecurity projects for secret and classified environment and information.
Sep 2018 → Jan 2019
HEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Apr 2016 → Sep 2018
Head of an European IT organization for a group of companies dealing with fire fighting vehicles and equipments with manufacturing sites in Germany, Austria, France and Italy.
- C-Level reporting to Group's CEO, involved in a restructuring of company processes and reorganization.
- In charge of applications management, improvement and cost optimization, BPR, technology refresh, strategic roadmap definition and business relationship management.
APPLICATIONS MANAGER | SAP PROGRAM MANAGER (APAC REGION)
Sep 2012 → Mar 2016
Application manager of core applications in production and industrial logistics areas. Delivery manager for SAP complex implementation projects in manufacturing and logistics streams.
TEAM LEADER ERP PROJECTS
Nov 2010 → Aug 2012
SAP implementation for Automotive OEM and OEM supplier companies in Serbia, USA, Mexico. SME and project leader in SAP Production Planning, Material Planning and Shop Floor Control areas.
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sep 2006 → Oct 2010
Senior consultant and team leader for SAP implementation projects and rollout in automotive sectors On site project activities in Poland, Italy and Slovakia.
Education
ADMISSION TO PROFESSIONAL BODY OF ENGINEERS
December 2007
MASTER'S DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
July 2006
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