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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Simone Ventola

Name

PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory

Company

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Telephone

+393********* +393*********

Mobile

abnw9b@r.postjobfree.com

E-mail

Nationality Italian

Date of birth 16th February 1972

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Dates (from – to) Feb 2007 – Now

• Name and address of employer PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory S.r.l. – Viale Monterosa 91 – Milano – Italy

• Type of business or sector Consulting Firm

Manager

• Occupation or position held

IT Governance, IT Business Process Reengineering, IT Effectiveness

• Main activities and responsibilities

Recent customers include:

UniCredit Factoring S.p.A.

Consulta S.r.l.

Sisal S.p.A.

Fastweb S.p.A.

Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A.

AVIVA Group

The main responsibilities were:

Assess the as-is IT projects and processes

Support in building an IT Strategic Plan

Analyse possible critical issues and propose remediations

Maintain relations with the customer during several phases of the engagement

Share with the management the results of the analysis and suggested remediation

• Dates (from – to) Apr 2000 – Feb 2007

• Name and address of employer SSB S.p.A. (now SIA-SSB S.p.A.) – Via Faravelli 14 – Milano – Italy

• Type of business or sector Payment processing industry (PCI/DSS Certified Company)

• Occupation or position held Project leader and Business developer

Digital signature, Physical and Logical security, Cryptodevices and HSMs, Payment cards issu-

• Main activities and responsibilities

ing and acquiring, SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area).

Main customers include leading Banks in Italy, among all:

UniCredit Group

Intesa-Sanpaolo

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro

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) for card

(debit/credit) payments

Establish new SEPA-compliant schemes (Berlin Group, EAPS) through Europe-wide

partnerships with payment processors (Eufiserv, Bank-Verlag, Link, etc.)

Business development activity in EMEA and Mediterranean Basin Region

• Dates (from – to) Apr 1999 – Apr 2000

• Name and address of employer University of Siena and Amtec S.p.a. (Marconi/Elsag) – Siena – Italy

• Type of business or sector R&D

• Occupation or position held Scholarship

The main goal was to provide the local government of Grosseto with new tools and applications

• Main activities and responsibilities

for issuing official documents with digital signature (ensuring authenticity, integrity and non repu-

diation). The scholarship was issued by the Univeristy of Siena with funding of Amtec S.p.A.

May 1998 – Apr 1999

• Dates (from – to)

• Name and address of employer AXIS S.p.A. – Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) and IAL CISL – Grosseto – Italy

• Type of business or sector Mechanics and Training

• Occupation or position held Teacher and Consultant

Teach IT basics and support the development of a secure network between different branches

• Main activities and responsibilities

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from – to) September 2007 – ITIL v3 Foundation Course

• Name and type of organisation Quint Wellington Redwood – PricewaterhouseCoopers – Exin exam

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational ITIL v3 (Information Techonology Infrastructure Library) framework and related certification

exam

skills covered

• Dates (from – to) September 2007 – IT Security Course

• Name and type of organisation PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational IT Security trends and solutions, ISO 2700x and related auditor exam, Identity and Access Man-

agement, Segregation of Duties, Eurekify and SAP GRC products

skills covered

• Dates (from – to) July 2007 – SAP GRC Access Controls suite Course

• Name and type of organisation SAP – PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational SAP GRC Tools, Segregation of Duties, Role management, Access Management, User provi-

sioning

skills covered

• Dates (from – to) June 2007 – ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Course

• Name and type of organisation PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory internal course

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational Enterprise Risk Management, COSO-ERM

skills covered

• Dates (from – to) Feb and Mar 2007 – “COBIT” course

• Name and type of organisation AIEA (Milan chapter of ISACA)

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational IT Governance and Auditing with COBIT Framework

skills covered

• Dates (from – to) Sep 2002 – “Project Management in ICT” course

• Name and type of organisation SDA Bocconi (Bocconi University School of Management)

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational IT Strategy and Planning

skills covered IT operations

Project Management

Project Costing

Program management

• Dates (from – to) Jul – Sep 2001 – “Enter the Company” course (Economics and Management basics)

• Name and type of organisation SDA Bocconi (Bocconi University School of Management)

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational Main Economics matters (Marketing, Strategy, Accounting, etc.)

skills covered

• Dates (from – to) Sep 2003 – Dec 2005 – “Executive MBA” course

• Name and type of organisation SDA Bocconi (Bocconi University School of Management)

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational General management and Economics

skills covered

MBA (Master of Business Administration)

• Title of qualification awarded

• Level in national classification N/A

• Dates (from – to) Nov 1991 – Apr 1998 – “IT Engineering” Graduation Course

• Name and type of organisation University of Siena

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational IT Project management

skills covered Information and Communication Technology

Security and Integrity of Data

• Title of qualification awarded MSc in IT Engineering

• Level in national classification 110/110 cum laude

• Dates (from – to) Sep 1986 – Jul 1991 – “Executive MBA” course

• Name and type of organisation Scientific High School

providing education and training

• Principal subjects/occupational Scientific Matters (Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc.)

skills covered

• Title of qualification awarded High school diploma

• Level in national classification 60/60

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Major ITIL v3

• Certificate ITIL Foundation, October 2007

• Major ISO 27000 (ISMS, Information Security Management System)

• Certificate Auditor, September 2007

• Major Engineering

• Certificate Italian Order of Engineers, Chapter of Milano, November 1998

PERSONAL SKILLS

AND COMPETENCES

Italian

MOTHER TONGUE

OTHER LANGUAGES

English

• Reading skills Advanced

• Writing skills Advanced

• Verbal skills Fluent

French

• Reading skills Intermediate

• Writing skills Basic

• Verbal skills Fluent

Greek and Turkish

• Reading skills Basic

• Writing skills N/A

• Verbal skills Basic

SOCIAL SKILLS Team leadership

Ability to hold an audience while speaking to the public

AND COMPETENCES

Playing music altogether

Interview techniques

Listening skills and ability to build rapport with others

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS Ability to lead and motivate people

Ability to plan activities and manage complex tasks

AND COMPETENCES

Ability to plan the right budget both for professional and personal needs

Coordination and administration of peo-

ple, projects and budgets; at work, in

voluntary work (for example culture and

sports) and at home, etc.

MAIN TECHNICAL SKILLS Operating Systems

MS Windows (9x, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA)

AND COMPETENCES

Linux

With computers, specific kinds of equip-

Unices (AIX, HP-UX 10.x and 11, SUN Solaris)

ment, machinery, etc.

Programming Languages

Structured programming languages (i.e. Pascal, C, etc.)

Basic HTML and XML (markup languages)

Applications and architectures

Productivity: Office, MS Project, Lotus Notes, Visio, Internet Explorer

Connectivity and multitier: TCP/IP stack applications, Web Services, SOAP, .NET

Security: HSMs, PKI, CA, LDAP, Identrus, ISO27000, PCI/DSS, ISF SoGP, etc.

Banking: Clearing and Settlement datasets, RNI, Debit/Credit schemes, etc.

ARTISTIC SKILLS Music: clarinet and piano studies c/o private institutions and Conservatory. Member, first clari-

net, of a brass Band of Milan (La Banda D’Affori)

AND COMPETENCES

Writing: winner of some national contests

Music, writing, design, etc.

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS Teaching, travelling, music (listening to and playing), scientific culture

Competences not mentioned above.

A and B category italian driving licence, served military duty in 1998

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