Andrea Burgio

Current

CEO & Founder at FORMA-MENTIS GBC sa

Past

COO and Executive Consultant at OASIS-AVENDI Alliance
Country Manager, COO Italy at ORSYP
Manager, Business Development at Alcatel

Manager, Business Solutions at Nortel Networks
Professor, Computer Science at University of Palermo
Sales Agent at Olivetti

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Education

EM Lyon (Commerce and Management)
CNAM (Paris Open University)
ENST Bretagne (France - Engineering)

La Sapienza (University of Rome - Italy)
University of Palermo (Italy)
Polytechnic of Wales (University of Glamorgan - UK)
F. Parlatore (State Technical Institute)
Cannizzaro (State Scientific College)

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Andrea Burgio’s Summary

Natural management and leadership with a diplomatic touch.
More than 25 years in International and Industrial Affairs.
Executive Management, Strategy Design and Implementation, People Empowerment for business and financial sense and, above all, enjoying it!

Andrea Burgio’s Specialties:

Market and business analysis, international sales, government liaison, university accreditation, branding and intellectual property, HR management and union negotiation, business psychology and management training, crisis and risk management, executive coaching.

Andrea Burgio’s Experience

CEO & Founder

FORMA-MENTIS GBC sa

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)

President of the Board of Administrators and General Manager.
Consulting firm associating several industry experts and executives from firms like: Alcatel (telecoms), Boiron (pharmaceutical), Boston (finance), Cartier (jewellery), Chanel (perfumes & fashion), Feuillatte (winery), Nortel (telecoms), Orsyp (software).
COO and Executive Consultant

OASIS-AVENDI Alliance

(Management Consulting industry)

April 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 5 months)

General Manager and Executive Expert for the OASIS-AVENDI Alliance, an established HR Management Consultancy Group with 15 years track record of excellency in servicing over 250 corporate and institutional clients and thousands individual customers from all range of activities and business.
Country Manager, COO Italy

ORSYP

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 3 months)

General Manager of the Italian branch of a multinational SW editor and service provider.
Turned a loose and uncontrolled branch office into a profitable and effective liaison office of the HQ. Rationalised and empowered the local sales, technical and admin teams and linked them to the matrix structure of the company. Dramatically improved sales effectiveness and predictability, Customer satisfaction, internal and external communication, financial soundness and transparency.
Two offices managed: Milan (Sales, Admin and Tech. Services) and Rome (Tech. Services and Sales), 15 people, 2M€uro turnover.
Customers: banks; insurances; telecom operators; textile, motor and pharmaceutical industries; government.
Manager, Business Development

Alcatel

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CGE; Telecommunications industry)

July 1998 — May 2001 (2 years 11 months)

Government and PA Relationship Manager for France, Africa, Middle-East, India and Pakistan.
Emerging Markets Development Manager for Eastern Europe and CIS, Africa, Latin America.
Start-ups Manager for new Branch Offices & Turnkey Terrestrial, Submarine and Space Projects.
Customer Strategies and Business Development, Market Scouting, Competitive Analysis and Portfolio Strategy Definition.
Pre-Sale Support, Technology Transfer, Bid and Sale Support, Business and Financial Modelling.
Manager, Business Solutions

Nortel Networks

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)

July 1993 — May 1998 (4 years 11 months)

Business Solutions Consultant for Computer-Telephony, Wireless, Internet and Multimedia Call Centres, Pre-Sale and Bid Support, Marketing Support, Distribution Channels and Sales Force Training.
Multimedia Solutions Product Line Manager for Belgium, Finland, Italy and the Netherlands including R&D budget allocation.
Customer Technical Services and Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty prime for the Italian Market.
Key Accounts and Emerging Operators support in Italy and Malta.
Market introduction of key Software and Hardware products in Portugal, Austria, Sweden and Italy
ISO9000 Quality Certification of the European Technical Services Department.
Professor, Computer Science

University of Palermo

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1989 — January 1991 (1 year 5 months)

Assistant Lecturer in Computer Applications at the Faculty of Statistics and Business Science. Chair owner of the course of Bureautics and Computer Science at the State School of Accountancy.
Sales Agent

Olivetti

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; OLI; Computer Hardware industry)

April 1983 — June 1986 (3 years 3 months)

Sales of the first Personal Computers and ERP software.
Youngest sales representative of the Italian computer industry. Prime for the Hotels and Restaurants market sector. Support Agent and Customer Trainer for Business Software Application Products.

Andrea Burgio’s Education

EM Lyon (Commerce and Management)

Exec MBA , Business Administration , October 2000 — March 2001

Corporate Executive MBA (Alcatel-Ecole de Management de Lyon)
CNAM (Paris Open University)

MSc , Statistics and Economics , September 1992 — June 1993

Certificate of Equivalence to a "Top-level Degree of the best French Mathematics and Engineering Schools" issued by the French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
ENST Bretagne (France - Engineering)

Post-Grad (Mastère) , Artificial Intelligence and Telecommunications , September 1991 — August 1992

Activities and Societies:

Students' Club and Pub management, Campus FM Radio DJ, Rugby Team member and player, Gala Night promotion team member.
La Sapienza (University of Rome - Italy)

Specialty Degree (post-grad) , Statistics and Computer Science , November 1990 — July 1991
University of Palermo (Italy)

MSc (laurea) , Statistics and Economics , September 1986 — October 1990

Honours Levels (110/110 "cum laude") degree and special mention for the research work and for the practical applications of the software development.

Activities and Societies:

Assistant Lecturer for Computer Science
Polytechnic of Wales (University of Glamorgan - UK)

BSc (licence) , Mathematics and Computer Science , January 1990 — June 1990
F. Parlatore (State Technical Institute)

Bachelor , Civil Engineering, Topography and Agronomy , September 1983 — June 1986
Cannizzaro (State Scientific College)

intermediate , Mathematics and Classical Sciences , September 1981 — June 1983