DANIELE PES

Via San Mamete ** • ***** Milan, Italy • +39-342-******* • ac4nr3@r.postjobfree.com • https://it.linkedin.com/in/danielepes CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER ٠ CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER٠ GENERAL MANAGER Innovative and entrepreneurial senior operational leader with over 15 years of global experience successfully leveraging strong innovation, strategy, marketing, risk management and finance abilities supported by an Executive MBA degree to drive successful business development initiatives. Demonstrated ability to effectively plan and establish new functions from scratch. Adept at managing critical initiatives across all technical, manufacturing and commercial phases. Utilise proven interpersonal and communication skills to lead and motivate cross-functional teams to deliver peak performance. CORE COMPETENCES

Corporate Innovation management • Operational Management • Market Analysis • B2B Product Marketing • Business Planning • Process Optimisation Technology & Innovation Strategies • Procurement • Team Leadership • Startups Communication • Technical Scouting • New Product Development • Risk management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Corner Stones, Milano/Italy • 2017 - Present

President

Lead the investment vehicle through scouting, proof market and funding of high potential projects. CTM Altromercato, Verona, Italy • 2016 - Present

Head of Open Innovation and Digital transformation Responsible for New Product Development and Information Technology. Scout external innovative projects and inject them into internal processes with and end-to-end approach, to provide final customers with superior, differentiating value. Manage the technological facilities and R&D team. Director, report to the CEO. FASTWEB SPA (SWISSCOM SA), Milan, Italy – Bern and Zurich, Switzerland • 2008 - 2016 Innovation Manager (former Risk Manager) – Marketing & Customer Experience, Strategy, Administration, Finance and Control, Human Capital Set up the internal and Open Innovation model for the newly created Innovation function. Designed and deployed internal innovation, continuous improvement processes. Defined the strategic Open Innovation plan. Scouted external innovation by managing a network of industrial relationships with corporates, institutions and startups. Insourced breakthrough innovation and transformed it into valuable services for corporate customers.

Established all facets of the newly created Innovation and (formerly) Risk Management functions from the ground up. Defined and estimated operational and strategic risks in close co-ordination with top and first line managers. Edited risk-related dossiers and update the risk map. Developed dossiers for the CSO, CFO, COO and CEO. Conducted sensitivity analysis on business plans and estimated overall risk in comparison with company risk appetite. Interfaced with the audit officer on follow-up activities. Managed complete lifecycles of diverse projects in area of front-end and back-end infrastructures. Created customized solutions for key accounts related to 3rd party supplies. Mediated between business and technical needs of several functions.

Won first ever Fastweb Innovation contest for leading all aspects of a 2012 e-Health project. Performed process analyst role in the Video System Engineering group. Spearheaded design of new channel portals for IP Television and managed all phases of design, development, test and deployment. Led several groups of external consultants to successfully develop a new content delivery network that had previously stalled twice at design stage. Turned around a vastly underperforming group and developed a best-in-class reputation. Led and delivered successful completion of a large account project for a northern Italy bank that was subsequently recognised by management as one of the company’s best projects of 2009. ZUCCHETTI AXESS SPA, Lainate, Italy – U.S.A. • 2003-2008 Product Manager, Marketing/Co-Founder

Provided technical presales support to vendors, processed commercial offers, gathered requirements from customers, designed new services, and effectively translated business requirements into seamless technical implementation. Represented the company at international fairs. Managed major account contracts including Pemex and the Central Bank of Libya. Led design and implementation of enterprise applications and orchestrated integration with SAP HR PDC module.

• Influenced management to develop own SAP module as opposed to buying from a third party.

• Transformed failing integration project with SEA, Milan’s airports handler, into a success that generated 5 times the original targeted revenues.

• Among best projects of the year in 2006 at the annual Axess world conference in Bologna.

• Performed front-end role for Axess stand at Essen and Birmingham security fairs in 2006. MILAN AND CREMA COURTS, Milan, Italy • 2004-2007

Contract Consultant

Provided complex technical consulting services to the court’s auxiliary (CTU) in civil suits. INQUAS SRL, Milan, Italy • 2002 Senior Software Engineer Wrote the quality plan and programmed the company’s website and quality software. Performed role of R&D consultant for various clients including designing distributed applications for MBDA, modelling distributed applications with UML for Fastweb S.p.A., and designing the configuration management policy for Innovando. Taught software engineering in areas of UML and design patterns at LIUC University.

• Delivered major contributions to establishment of the company.

• Played key role in securing a partnership with the University of Bicocca as a spin off. HONEYWELL SPA, Cassano Magnago/Varese, Italy • 2000-2001 Software Engineer, R&D

Designed and programmed software for data migration across diverse databases. Created an easy setting language and optimised usability of the GUI that assisted in development of a successful tool.

• Boosted efficiency and cut installation time for both Italian and international customers which contributed to significant reduction in operating costs.

POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan, Italy • 1999

Software Engineer, Electronic Department

Designed and programmed a web site for the Centre for International Relationships department at the Polytechnic University.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Executive Master of Business Administration Degree, 2011 MIP Business School of Polytechnic University, Milan, Italy ٠ Tongji University, Shanghai, China Degree in Engineering, 2000

Polytechnic University, Milan, Italy

ESADE Business School - Master in Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship, 2012 (Barcelona) Mind the Bridge - Course on how to startup in Silicon Valley, 2012 (San Francisco) Secured Grant for best thesis from Andersen Consulting in 1999 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Former President, now Board Member @ InnoVits (www.innovits.it): lead a community of 62 professionals in a non-profit innovation lab - Co-founder @ ILOOXS Tech and Grycle. LANGUAGES

Fluent in Italian (mother tongue) and English

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