MBA Manager Engineer

Nicola D’Apice

Naples, Italy (EU Work Permit, willingness to international travel)

+39-329******* +34-642****** ******.******@******.**.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola dapice

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dynamic manager, with entrepreneurial mindset and 8 years of hands on experience in Aerospace Operations, combining rolling out of new projects and delivery of consolidated products. Solid competence in Operational Excellence, applying Design Thinking and Lean Philosophy methods. Exceptional academic records, MBA to world’s top 10 b school, Engineering degree and demonstrated business impact, with leadership of multi cultural teams of 40+ and coordination of multi functional teams. Inspired by innovation and change, passionate about new technologies AI, AR/VR, Big data, Blockchain. Fluent in Italian, English, Spanish, and intensively improving German. EDUCATION

IE Business School Madrid, Spain

International MBA (GPA 3.7, IE Foundation Scholarship) January 2017 December 2017

Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Honor Society (top 15% MBA) Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC Castellanza, Italy

Professional Master, Management for Aerospace Industry (GPA 4.0) October 2009 May 2010

Member of the Space Renaissance International Association Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II Napoli, Italy Bachelor/Master of Science, Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering (GPA 4.0) September 2003 May 2009

Honors: Dean’s award during degrees and summa cum laude through the entire academic path (GPA 4.0) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IE BUSINESS SCHOOL Madrid, Spain Geneva, Switzerland Consulting Projects, Start ups, NPI (w/MEDTRONIC) January 2017 – December 2017

Co founder start up in food industry to help consumers and supermarkets limit food waste using a dedicated App.

Coordinated no profit consultancy project for sustainable fishing development in the Philippines.

Co founder of Foodies start up, received seed funding offer of €250K to participate in an accelerator.

Prototyped innovative Diabetes Bundle using Design Thinking tools, with validated market potential of €200M. LEONARDO S.p.A. Venegono Superiore Nola, Italy

Operational Excellence Manager January 2018 – Present

Leading Operational project for introduction of Paperless Production Management System.

Managing progress of 40+ efficiency improvement projects in the local site. Product Manager, Deputy of Head of Manufacturing February 2016 – December 2016

Accomplished company’s strategic target of 15% production’s workload increase by insourcing critical products portfolio in hard limited time slot and ensured constant and clear communication to top management.

Coordinated interdisciplinary teams on 10+ projects in parallel and managed relationships with suppliers.

Executed time and budget planning. Incremented manufacturing assets’ utilization by 10% in less than 6 months. Operations Manager March 2014 – February 2016

Led team of up to 50 people, monitored KPIs, ensured product superior quality and delivery performance.

Achieved 100% yearly targets by managing relationships and delivering nacelle products to four major aerospace customers on time, on cost, on quality, with total revenues of €7.5M per year.

Extensive knowledge and use of QlikView and SAP ERP system, for material planning and quality conformity. Project Leader NPI Industrial Engineer March 2010 March 2014

Led team with internal and external resources for design and implementation strategy of complex project worth

€10M, with €100K budget responsibility; coached 40+ operators during Kaizen program.

Defined and reviewed processes for new aircraft introducing Lean concepts and increasing 100% monthly rate.

Extensive knowledge and of SQL, CAD, DELMIA and SAP systems, for work orders and product data management. LANGUAGES

Italian (Native), English (Fluent, IELTS 7.0), Spanish (Fluent, C1), German (Basic) OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION

Attended advanced trainings for Production & Supply Chain Manager, Intellectual Property, Security regulation

Strong analytical and modelling skills: proposed for PhD in Decision Sciences, Operations & Technology area

Volunteer in Ecuador, guitar player, theater actor, yoga practitioner and high quality food enthusiast.

Contact this candidate