Simone Ventola, ENG, MBA, CISM

Current

• IT Governance / Security / Risk and Audit Advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory

Past

• IT Security Architecture PM and International Payments Business Developer at SSB S.p.A.
• IT Security Specialist at Actalis
• IT Security Consultant at AXIS S.p.A.

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Education

• SDA Bocconi
• Università degli Studi di Siena
• Liceo Scientifico "G. Marconi"

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Simone Ventola, ENG, MBA, CISM’s Summary

My day to day life in PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory is spent supporting and managing projects for the improvement of IT organization and effectiveness.

I'm used to contribute and coordinate analysis of the as-is IT environment (from technology, organization and process points of view) in order to detect and communicate gaps that may arise from best practices and/or legal constraints.

The usual follow-up comprises identifying remediation activities and supporting clients in defining the action plan and implementing solutions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 146.000 people in 150 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. In Italy about 3000 professional operate from 17 different cities.

“PricewaterhouseCoopers” refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.

An asset I am leveraging on my previous professional experience:
- IT architectures
- Logical security, encryption and digital signature
- IT Security Standards (ISO 27000, PCI/DSS, etc.)
- Project Management
- IT Governance and Organization
- Enterprise-wide Risk Management
- Corporate and IT Strategy

Simone Ventola, ENG, MBA, CISM’s Experience

• IT Governance / Security / Risk and Audit Advisor

  PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory

  (Management Consulting industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Occupation or position held: Assistant Manager.
  Main competence areas: IT Governance (CobiT, ITIL, etc.), IT Business Process Reengineering, IT Effectiveness, IT Security, Risk and Audit (ISO2700x, PCI/DSS, ISF SoGP, etc.).
  
  Some of the recent customers include:
  • UniCredit Factoring S.p.A.
  • Consulta S.r.l.
  • Ente Nazionale Risi
  • Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A.
  • SISAL S.p.A.
  • Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • AVIVA Italia S.p.A.
  
  The main responsibilities are:
  • Support developing an IT Strategic Plan
  • Assess the as-is IT projects and processes
  • Share with the management the results of the analysis and suggest remediation of critical issues and/or gaps
  • Propose, plan and support actions to minimize gaps, increase compliance and reduce risk
  • Suggest and support organizational change
  • Maintain relations with the customer throughout the whole engagement and develop new business opportunities
  
  Professional certifications:
  • ISO 2700x (formerly BS7799) auditor, since September 2007;
  • ITIL v3 foundation, since September 2007;
  • CISM (Computer Information Security Manager), since May 2009.

• IT Security Architecture PM and International Payments Business Developer

  SSB S.p.A.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2000 — February 2007 (6 years 11 months)

  SSB (now SIA-SSB S.p.A.) is a European leading company in the payment processing industry.
  
  Occupation or position held: Project leader and Business developer
  
  Main competence areas: Digital signature, Physical and Logical security, Cryptodevices and HSMs, Payment cards issuing and acquiring, SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area).
  
  Main customers include:
  • UniCredit-Capitalia
  • Intesa-Sanpaolo
  • BNL (BNP Paribas Group)
  • Banca Sella
  • etc.
  
  The main responsibilities were:
  • Develop and maintain new products/services for electronic and digital signature
  • Develop and maintain the operations related to cryptodevices (HSMs)
  • Establish new SEPA-compliant schemes (Berlin Group, EAPS) through Europe-wide partnerships with other payment processors and payment service providers
  • Business development activity in EMEA and Mediterranean Basin Region

• IT Security Specialist

  Actalis

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

• IT Security Consultant

  AXIS S.p.A.

  (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  November 1998 — March 1999 (5 months)

  Within the European Project IN.CA. ('INformation CArrier') and in a joint effort with the University of Siena (department of Telecommunications Engineering), support and consulting services for the planning and implementation of a secure network infrastructure (based on encrypting routers and firewalls) among different sites and plants of AXIS S.p.A. and its subcontractors.

Simone Ventola, ENG, MBA, CISM’s Education

• SDA Bocconi

  MBA , 2003 — 2005

  Final average: 4,5/5

• Università degli Studi di Siena

  MSc/Laurea , IT Engineering , 1991 — 1998

  Final result: 110/110 cum laude

• Liceo Scientifico "G. Marconi"

  High School , 1986 — 1991

  Final result: 60/60

Additional Information

Simone Ventola, ENG, MBA, CISM’s Groups:

Member of the Italian National Order of Engineers

Member of AMSDA (Alumni Master SDA Bocconi school of management)

Member (1st clarinet) of a traditional Brass Band of Milan "Corpo Musicale Gaetano Donizetti" (better known as: 'La Banda d'Affori')

•    ASSODIGITALE - www.assodigitale.it -
•    Big Four Firms Alumni & Professionals Global Network (Big4.com)
•    Christian Professionals Worldwide
•    Executive MBA SDA Bocconi Group
•    Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group
•    PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employees and alumni
•    Smart Cards and RFID
•    ITIL V2&V3 (5000+)
•    Security Crew
•    AIMBA - Academy of Italian MBAs
•    IT Specialist Group
•    IT Governance
•    Information Security Community
•    ISACA
•    Identity Management Specialists Group
•    AMSDA - SDA Bocconi Master Alumni Association
•    IT SECURITY EXPERT
•    Treasury Technology Network
•    Payment Systems Network
•    COBIT 4.1
•    Global Security Professional
•    The ITIL Group
•    Italian Security Professional
•    Payments Strategy
•    Certified Information Security Managers (CISM)
•    Credit Card Professionals
•    Payment Card Industry Network
•    ISO 27000 for information security management (2000+)
•    Information Security Network
•    Business Continuity, Information Security Assurance and Compliance Management
•    Catholic Professionals
•    Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Milano
•    Milan IT Professionals
•    STRATEGY PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
•    SEPA ePayment Group
•    SEPA Single Euro Payments Area (incl. PSD)
•    Payments Professionals
•    Risk, Regulation & Reporting
•    JOBS IN APAC

Simone Ventola, ENG, MBA, CISM’s Honors:

Winner of two editions of the national writing contest about European Union and Family (1990 and 1991).

Winner of two travelling scholarships from Republic of Malta to attend courses of advanced English (1991 and 1992).

Winner (1st ranked) of a travelling scholarship offered by University of Siena and funded by Amtec S.p.A. for the development of a new IT Security Service to customers (citizens) of a local government agency (Comune di Grosseto) in 1999.