Entrepreneur and Web Development and Application and Data Integration Expert
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Executive Vice President at Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide, USA
- Co-Founder and Board of Directors at WorkCenter
- Board of Directors at The Institute for Knowledge and Innovation
- Owner at Virtual Globe
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- Director, Emerging Technology Programs at American University
- Advisory Committee Representative at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Director, Web Applications & Enterprise Data Management at The George Washington University
- Sr. Programmer Analyst at The George Washington University
- Consultant at World Bank
- Education
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- The George Washington University
- The George Washington University
- The George Washington University
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Francesco de Leo’s Summary
Over twelve years of experience in designing, developing, and deploying business applications. Comprehensive knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies. Knowledge Management tools and practices. Experienced in project design, project management and life cycle methodology.
Experienced in e-commerce, messaging, calendaring, web portals, workflow engines, enterprise resource planning, costumer relationship management, help desk case management, data warehousing, contract management, short message service gateways, course management, document management, content management, time reporting and others. Engineered single sign-on to and application interoperability between many of these applications.
He is advisory committee representative to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international standards body governing the use and development of the Internet to develop interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Internet and is the Director of Emerging Technologies Program at American University. In 2003, he received the EDUCAUSE award for Excellence in Administrative Information Systems and the Association for Communication Technology Professionals (ACUTA) award for Institutional Excellence in Communication Technologies.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering from the George Washington University and is currently pursuing a doctorate degree (D.Sc.) at this institution in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, investigating implications of national culture on Knowledge Management initiatives. Moreover, he serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation.
Francesco de Leo’s Specialties:
designing, developing, integrating, and deploying business applications and knowledge management tools and practices
Francesco de Leo’s Experience
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Executive Vice President
Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide, USA
(Non-Profit; International Trade and Development industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
The confederation is part of the global network of Confederazione degli Imprenditori Italiani nel Mondo (CIIM) Italy, an organization created in 2004 under the Minister for Italians Living Abroad, which aggregates Italian entrepreneurs worldwide to create synergies between businesses in Italy and abroad.
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Co-Founder and Board of Directors
WorkCenter
(Non-Profit; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
August 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
WorkCenter is a nonprofit charitable organization whose mission is to facilitate the optimal development of human and economic resources through promoting collaboration and help among its volunteers, staff and members of the community; and provide support and services to unemployed and underemployed individuals.
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Board of Directors
The Institute for Knowledge and Innovation
(Non-Profit; Management Consulting industry)
February 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)
The institute creates an academic foundation for advancing the theories of knowledge, learning and innovation within organizations. Responsibilities include projects coordination, knowledge systems laboratory, and the development and maintenance of the institute’s web presence and online discussion board.
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Owner
Virtual Globe
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 1995 — Present (15 years )
Provides web development and application and data integration consulting services.
Notable accomplishments include: (1) a web crawler that spiders online news sources and produces categorized XML output for consumption by TAI’s DIANE, a tool for information collection, storage, extraction, analysis and display capability for tracking global trends, (2) the development of a server-side Microsoft Internet Explorer add-on, which allows users to bookmark, annotate, and share websites, (3) the development of a ISP-hosted project management and collaboration tool, which tracks project progress, resources and provides the user with industry related information, (4) computer based training and self-testing, and (5) the development of a meeting and event management online application. -
Director, Emerging Technology Programs
American University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
February 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Provides innovative solutions by introducing and formalizing new technologies across all enterprise applications for American University. Develops and implements technology strategies and solutions that support the university’s objectives and department-level goals.
Current projects include: (1) implementation of Rave Wireless, in partnership with Sprint Corporation, and Datatel, Inc., which will allow for the broadcast or targeted text (Mobile phone Short Message Service, SMS), email and/or recorded voice messages to students, faculty, staff and other members of the campus community in case of an emergency, (2) coordination of a server and application security audit, and (3) the development of a configuration management database (CMDB), which will include an inventory of all server, software and device assets, application environments and services, service level agreements, and a work request and change management solution. -
Advisory Committee Representative
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
April 2005 — July 2009 (4 years 4 months)
Follows and provides feedback to W3C specifications. In particular the following working group activities: (1) Extensible Markup Language (XML), (2) Web Services, (3) XForms, (4) Style (CSS/XSL), (5) HTML, (6) Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), and (7) Semantic Web (Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Web Ontology language (OWL)).
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Director, Web Applications & Enterprise Data Management
The George Washington University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
February 1999 — February 2008 (9 years 1 month)
Leads a team of over twenty full-time staff and contractors who support the online and data administration needs of the University’s administrative and academic departments. Acts as liaison to executive management for IT-related decisions and business process issue resolution.
Establishes and manages resources and processes for evaluating, designing, developing and testing technologies and applications in support of the business needs of the University. Engineered single sign-on to and application interoperability between numerous third-party systems and web applications.
Manages efforts concerning data quality, security and access, standards and policies, and information management practices. Primary responsibility for Web Applications, Document Management, Data Warehouse and Identity and Access Management. -
Sr. Programmer Analyst
The George Washington University
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
September 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Researched and implemented Internet and multimedia technologies in support of the business needs of the University. Coordinated with various departments and research institutes to develop and maintain websites and web applications. Developed training material for and taught web related short courses to web information providers across the University. Wrote proposals and plans to define and obtain resources for projects.
Notable accomplishments include: (1) customization and technical implementation of the web for students front end to SCT’s ERP system, which allowed for online course registration, grades display and more, (2) the development of a web-based email account creation system, which validated users’ credentials against the ERP system, (3) the automated nightly publishing of the University’s course catalogue schedule information from the ERP database, (4) the development of a project management web tool and a knowledge base, and more. -
Consultant
World Bank
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
May 1997 — August 1997 (4 months)
Developed and maintained targeted marketing and content management site for the Industry & Energy department (IEN).
Francesco de Leo’s Education
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The George Washington University
Ph.D. , Engineering Management and Systems Engineering , 2009
Concentration: Knowledge Management (KM)
Dissertation Topic: Implications of National Culture on Knowledge Management - A cross-cultural analysis of Italian and American perceptions -
The George Washington University
Master of Science , Engineering Management and Systems Engineering , 1999
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The George Washington University
Bachelor of Science , Mechanical Engineering , 1997
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Francesco de Leo’s Groups:
Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide
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The Institute for Knowledge and Innovation - South-East Asia (IKI-SEA)
Francesco de Leo’s Honors:
Excellence in Administrative Information Systems, 2003
EDUCAUSE
Institutional Excellence in Communication Technologies, 2003
Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA)
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