Experience

LTE Italia

• Italy
• Rail Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Special Counselor

  • Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

  In this activity I oversaw the foundation of the railway company in Italy on behalf of LTE Logistik und Transport, and all the administrative and bureaucratic part of the start-up phase. I took care of hiring the first elements of the team and together with the selected training center we set up the company's safety management system. In December we proceeded to upload the application to the ERA platform for obtaining the SSC.



Vitinera srl

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  As COO, I am following different tasks related to the Company start-up and to the strategy and organization. Specifically, I am involved in the development of the business plan, defining and placing the purchase orders to suppliers, setting of terms and conditions clauses under legal point of view for the use of the web platform and related app mobile provided by the Company. Another activity is connected to the fundrising keeping the contact with the regional and local institution to apply the useful tenders for contribution. I am supporting the development of the Company also under the commercial point of view.



Autonomo

• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Transport advisor

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  Based on my experiences in the road and rail transport sector, from January 2020, I started cooperating with LTE Group on specific projects. In particular, both for the development of the business at international level, and for the study of the possible opening of a sister company in Italy. In these activities I developed business plans that started from the business idea and the study of the market, up to the development of the economic-financial part through an analysis of possible strategies and scenarios.



Rail Service s.r.l.

• Italy
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales & Operation Manager

  • May 2015 - May 2019

  IIn this company, specialised in transport/logistics of bulk food and non-food cargo (ship/port, rail, storage), I directly coordinate three employees and indirectly four more for partner companies. Reporting to the owner, my job is to optimise commercial and operational activities by liaising with suppliers (mainly rail and road carriers) to improve company profitability and customer savings (agro-food multinationals). Since September 2016, I have contributed towards the setting up of a new intermodal system from Hungary to the Cremona area, entailing an extensive distribution of swop bodies to end users’ production facilities (transformation companies). The principal objective is to create an “all-in-one” service involving the companies of the group River Service (warehousing) and Ship Service Venezia (waterside terminal).



Interporto Padova SpA

• Terminal Manager & MTO Sales Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Mar 2015

  At Interporto, a 360° logistic operator (warehouses & logistics, terminal management, MTO, city logistics) reporting to the General Manager my duties were: • To develop new rail services from Padua over international (Koper, Ljubljana, Southern Poland) and national routes (Bari, spot services for relocating empty containers for shipping lines).• To coordinate thirty employees and manage the container terminals in Interporto (300,000 sq. m), and maintain relations with navigation companies/MTO/road hauliers.In the course of my work I oversaw the transfer of rail shunting management to Interporto as Sole Area Operator (about 5,500 trains handled annually) and the partnership with La Spezia Port Authority in the Widermos project (TEN-T), for the creation of a fast corridor to link up La Spezia, Melzo and Padua.



Alpe Adria SpA

• Italy
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Key Account

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  Reporting to the Managing Director and coordinating four employees, I was responsible for maintaining the company’s international intermodal network on the Trieste-Munich-Ulm and Trieste-Austria lines, for maritime and RoMo services, and promoting traffic from/to the Port of Trieste. I took an active part in defining pricing policies and the “last mile” additional services offered to major clients (shipping lines and/or forwarding agents), as well as negotiating with terminal, rail and road suppliers.



Pol-Rail srl

• Operations & Sales Director

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2010

  In this rail transport and logistic services company (from/to Eastern markets) I headed up a 25-person team and managed the expansion of existing traffic (and the creation of new traffic). I participated in the drafting of the “Italian Romanian Intermodal Solutions” project (intermodal/conventional connection between Italy and Arad/Bucharest), financed under the Marco Polo programme. In 2007, we posted record earnings of € 70 million and, with the inclusion of the subsidiary Rom Rail, € 100 million in consolidated earnings.



Trenitalia SpA

• Sales Executive

  • Sep 2002 - Jul 2007

  Reporting to the international manager of the intermodal Business Unit, I acted as reference person for Eastern markets, Austria, Germany and Belgium, and oversaw the development of single-wagon traffic, the creation of new services in Eastern Europe, including Piacenza-Bucharest, and the implementation of the Verona-Germany routes (intermodal continental traffic). In this period, I also managed quality contracts regarding the Belgium link that involved monitoring operating performance through ad hoc meetings referred to as Product Groups.



Contship Italia S.p.A. (Eurogate Group) / Autorità Portuale di Trieste

• Additional professional experience

  • 2000 - 2002

  • November 2000 – July 2002: Marketing and Planning for Contship Italia S.p.A. (Eurogate Group) in Genoa. Management of group projects such as the creation of the newco Mar.Co.• May – November 2000: Marketing employee for the Trieste Port Authority - Luka Koper d.d. (SLO) – Trieste/Koper. I participated in the licensing activities for Wharf VII (Trieste terminal containers) and the drafting of some phases of the PRP.• Internal member of the board of directors at Interporto Padova as transport/terminal sector consultant for the Interporto’s activities.• Participation in European co-financing projects (Marco Polo I, I.E.E., TEN-T); conference speaking and post-graduate specialisation/master courses.