Program/project manager

Responsible for managing the overall development life cycle of Suspension product (Auto and Motorbike) coordinating teams located in different regions
•	Leading and steering the project teams till the production phase (SOP) of the products
•	Strong control over program change management for internally and externally generated change requests during development 
•	Perform accurate project reporting using standards and tools as directed, i.e. project schedules, status, financials 
•	Technical interface towards OEM-customer for all project management aspects 
•	Responsible for transition from prototyping to production, including material and production (rump-up) planning 
•	Ensure projects launch on time and meet deliverables
•	Support the Key Account manager during the RFI/RFQ phase leading the team to compile feasibility study and to complete product performance specification
•	Communication and cooperation with other technical and commercial departments and cooperation with external partners (customers, suppliers, etc.)

Harman/Becker Automotive System – Garching bei München, Germany
Program Manager – Life Style Audio division
Responsible for managing the overall development life cycle of Audio program (amplifier and loudspeaker)
Steering of the lead project team with related sub-team
Responsible to deliver product according to agreed target (schedule, product cost, budget, quality)
Planning and controlling project and activities
Align technical and commercial target with functional department
Responsible for Change Management process, internal and external
Technical interface towards OEM-customer for all aspect of technical status
Responsible for transition from prototyping to production, including rump-up
Active steering during RFI/RFQ phase to compile feasibility study and to complete product performance specification
Reporting towards customer and internally including management board

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre (European Research & Development Centre)
Project Manager and Connectivity Expert – Infotainment and Telematic
Management of the project starting from supplier selection phase till vehicle SOP phase
Analysis current and future infotainment systems (Connectivity and Telematics) market trend and roadmap definition.
Identify possible new suppliers for new development related new features of infotainment systems. 
Define KPIs, requirements and specifications (implementation and integration)
Project budget responsibility with monitoring and forecasting   
Define team activities for each S/W release validation
Management of component technical modifications during the product life time
Management eCall telematics box new requirements
Define the modification discussing technical specification with component suppliers.
Implementation of the modifications (evaluation of the Technical and Timing feasibility, cooperation with plant specialists: Process Engineer, Quality, Logistics, etc).

Magneti Marelli spa (Italian multinational company operating in the field of components for automotive industry). Electronic Systems division.
Program Manager (Period Nov 2011 – May 2013) located in Auburn Hill Michigan US
Management projects for Infotainment system developed for the US market (handsfree module for: 500US, Dogde Darth, Chrysler 300 and Maserati Quattroporte).   
Being responsible for product cost management (Project budget and customer change request evaluation), project milestones and deliverables
Interaction with the factory to solve logistic and manufacturing issues connect to the production. 
Guarantee the communication with the Customer ensuring the relationship between the various actors that work on the development.
Lead technical Customer group following requirements, timing, qualification and documentation.
Responsible for the product documentation
Project Leader (Period Feb 2011 – Nov 2011) located in Auburn Hill Michigan US
Responsibility for analysis and architecture design of a new telematics box for the Us market.
Customer interface and management issues related to the product integration in the vehicle.
Monitoring of project development and planned software activities.
Management the communications with customer, production plant and development team.
Design and implementation of a suite test to help the development team to debug the sw release.
Build Manager (Period Feb 2009 – Jan 2011) located in Turin area Italy
Responsible to create the official software build for the customer and the test team. 
Analysis and design, according with the customer requirements, of the new system functionality. 
System integrator for the software module, and responsible for developing and maintenance the tools to build and bug tracking used in the project
Sw developer and Sw Architect (Period May 2007 – Nov 2009) located in Turin area
Technical design and implementation Personal Navigation Device integrated for Fiat 500, by means of BlueTooth data link to Blue&Me on-Board device. 
Sw developer and test engineer (Period Jan 2006 – Apr 2007) located in Linkoping Sweden
Resident engineer in Autoliv Electronic AB. 
Development of firmware layer (BSP) for onboard device 16 bit micro , in particular UART and SPI driver. 
Design and implementation of a suite test to help the hardware team to debug the prototype board. 
Analysis, identification bugs in the platform and application of the product.