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Sebastiano Lombardo

Director Global Business Development at Maffeis Engineering
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Sebastiano Lombardo is a seasoned expert in innovation management, with a PhD in Strategic Management from BI Norwegian Business School, holding various leadership positions in prominent Norwegian companies, including Norconsult AS and Maffeis Engineering, with expertise in creativity management, business strategy, and project management.
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Location
Oslo, Oslo, Norway, NO
Languages
  • Italian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency
  • French Professional working proficiency
  • Norwegian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
Skills
  • Creatvity Management
  • Research Design
  • Business Strategy
  • Organizational Development
  • Program Management
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Sebastiano Lombardo, a seasoned executive with a global perspective, brings unparalleled expertise in creativity management, innovation strategy, and organizational development to the forefront. As Director of Global Business Development at Maffeis Engineering, he spearheads business development initiatives across the globe, leveraging his proficiency in Italian, Spanish, French, Norwegian, and English. With a strong educational foundation in Strategic Management, Master's degrees in Project Management, Public Relations, and Cross-Cultural Management, and certifications in Lateral Thinking and Six Thinking Hats, Sebastiano has established himself as a thought leader in the industry. His extensive experience in leading innovation initiatives, managing projects, and driving business growth has equipped him with the skills to tackle complex challenges and deliver results-driven solutions.

Credentials

  • Lateral Thinking Certified Instructor
    The Holst Group
  • Six Thinking Hats Certified Instructor
    The Holst Group

Experience

  • Maffeis Engineering
    • Italy
    • Civil Engineering
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Director Global Business Development
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      Coordination of Maffeis's business development activities around the globe.

    • Regional Managing Director
      • Jan 2020 - Mar 2023

      Bringing parametric design and innovative business models to the Scandinavian AECO market

  • UiT- The Arctic University of Norway
    • Adjunct Associate Professor
      • Sep 2020 - Present

      Supervisor - PhD project

  • BI Norwegian Business School
    • Oslo Area, Norway
    • Adjunct Associate Professor
      • May 2016 - Present
      • Oslo Area, Norway

      Performing research at BI's Institute of Strategy

  • Venture New Way AS
    • Norway
    • Partner
      • Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
      • Norway

      My job at Venture New Way is to co-create innovations in partnership with creative and business oriented firms.

  • AF Gruppen
    • Oslo Area, Norway
    • Head of Innovation, Bispevika project
      • May 2017 - Jul 2018
      • Oslo Area, Norway

      Designing and implementing innovative work processes within procurement, multidisciplinary engineering design, construction site management and real estate development.

  • Norconsult AS
    • Norway
    • Civil Engineering
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head of Innovation
      • Jan 2013 - May 2017

      Innovation process design and management across Norconsult's business areas. - Highway infrastructure- Railway infrastructure- Water and waste waters infrastructure- Hydropower infrastructure- Urban planning and regional development- Buildings and real estate- Innovation competence development programs across the Norconsult Group- Innovation process consulting

    • Innovation Programme Manager
      • Sep 2009 - Dec 2012

      Establishing Norconsult's innovation strategy, and leading the company's innovation initiatives world wide. Design, Implement and manage innovation activities of the company (knowledge management, training, customer centred workshops, creativity coaching).Design and implementation of the global Co-Creation program at Norsk Hydro ASADesign and management of innovation workshops in engineering projects (e.g. highways, railways, airports, harbours, hydro power structures, urban planning, regional planning)

  • BI Norwegian Business School
    • Oslo Area, Norway
    • PHD
      • Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
      • Oslo Area, Norway

      The title of my dissertation is "Client-consultant interaction practices. Source of ingenuity, value creation and strategizing". My PhD work focused on the role of creativity and creativity management in two key areas:- development of business strategies and - co-creation workshops in multidisciplinary engineering projectsI concentrate on one large multinational professional service firms.This work is state of the art in strategic creativity management. The main findings shed light on the role of client-consultant interaction practices in the creation of value.

  • www.creativitas.net
    • partner
      • Sep 2008 - Nov 2012

      I trained managers in creativity management, lateral thinking, six thinking hats.

  • SINTEF ICT
    • Senior Adviser
      • Mar 2001 - Aug 2009

      7th Framework Programme- SMARTIEHS (Smart Inspection System for MEMS testing) (www.ict-smartiehs.eu) as Coordindator- AERTOS (European Association of Research and Technology Organizations) 6th Framework Programme- microBUILDER (microfuildics applications) (www.microbuilder.org )- Create (Applied Creativity Techniques) (www.diegm.uniud.it/create) as project manager- GreenRose ( WEEE & RoHS directives, Technology Transfer) as project manager5th Framework Programme- BEST (http://public.cranfield.ac.uk/gwc/wc0013/best-project/ ) As project manager- GO4IT! (http://www.tech-road.com/go4it/ )

  • Pera
    • Oslo Area, Norway
    • Business Development Manager
      • Feb 2006 - Feb 2007
      • Oslo Area, Norway

      Sales and development of R&D projects. Mostly within business model innovation and technology innovation.

  • Statoil
    • Trainee
      • Jan 1999 - Mar 2001

      Organisational development and business development

Education

  • 2010 - 2013
    BI Norwegian Business School
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Strategic Management
  • 2008 - 2009
    The Holst Group
    Certified Instructor, Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking
  • 2001 - 2006
    BI Norwegian Business School
    Master’s Degree, Project management, Public Relations, Cross Cultural Management
  • 1996 - 1998
    Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Master’s Degree, Civil Engineering

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