Curriculum Vitae

Marco Avetta

Via Muzio Clementi snc

01036 Nepi (VT)

Tel.

0761 571219 (Abitazione)

06 59292700 (Ufficio)

email: m_avetta@compuserve.com
mavetta@sopin.it

CIS: 101773,3200

Personal Information

Marriage status: married (no children)

Nationality: Italian

Birthplace: Roma

Date of birth: July 3, 1955

Schooling

1975 - 1982

Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" - Roma

Graduated in Statistics & Demographics (104/110)

1969 - 1974

Collegio S.Giuseppe - Villa Flaminia - Roma

High School degree - Liceo Classico (48/60)

Spoken languages

Native language: Italian

Excellent written and spoken English.

Professional experiences

Feb. 1995 - to date

Soluzioni Software Avanzato S.p.A. - Gruppo SOPIN - Anagni (FR)

From October 1996, I am working as a Consultant for INPS (Italian National Social Security Institute).

I co-ordinated the Office Automation area in a multi-discipline project involved in the development of a Machine Assisted Translation System prototype, in a client/server environment. Specifically, my work consisted in the leadership of the development team of the PC interface to the SUN/OS translation engine, and of external connections to devices/systems, such as fax, scanner, Email, etc.

Sep 1994 - Feb 1995

Sapiens Italia S.p.A. - Gruppo SOPIN - Roma

I have been employed in the Group Marketing staff, for the development of international project proposals and feasibility studies. I have also redefined the marketing strategies of all the Company’s Products: Hardware, Software, Services and Consultancies.

Jun 1990 - Sep 1994

I have managed Marketing & Pre-Sales in the Technical Branch, particularly dealing with:

• Relationships with the Software producers (Sapiens Italia acted, at the time, as Sapiens International’s and Tovna’s distributor in both Italy and Malta)
• Research and evaluation of new Market opportunities
• Relationships with press (both specialised and not)
• Organisation of Advertising campaigns, Seminars and Users Groups both for Prospects and Customers
• Relationships with IBM - SEMEA, regarding Sapiens International’s Alliance Partnership extension in Italy
• Sales Branch support in products promotion and sales strategies.

Beside these principal activities, I have supported the Italian Education Service in the development and accomplishment of training courses about these products.

May 1987 - Jun 1990

Cap Gemini Geda S.p.A. - Roma

I have been employed in the Technical Branch assigned to the "Ferrovie dello Stato" (Italian National Railway) project, in function of:

• Project Developer in the "Office Automation General Study" task
• Team Leader in word-processing and e-mail products selection and evaluation
• Project Leader in the "Secretary’s Offices Automation" development task
• Team Manager in OS/2 operating system evaluation
• "Software Packages Research & Evaluation Laboratory" Manager.

Feb 1985 - Apr 1987

SYNTAX S.p.A. - Divisione Prodotti

I have been employed in the "Indirect Sales Office" of the Marketing Branch, dealing with Technical and Sales support. My main functions were:

• To manage and support a product dealers network covering the whole of Italy
• To support the Rome office customers on Information Builders (FOCUS, PC/FOCUS), ADR (ADROIT) and SPSS inc. (SPSS-X) products.

Dec 1983 - Feb 1985

CERAS (Centro Ricerche e Analisi Statistiche) S.n.C. - Roma

I have worked as an independent consultant on the following projects:

• C.O.N.I. (Italian Olympic Committee) - Italian Sports Federations Data Bank
• Municipality of Rome - 9th District - District trading shops census
• Italian Foreign Office (International Co-operation Dept.) - Feasibility Study: Hydrologic resources in Lesotho - seasonal survey and its representation on thematic maps.

Feb 1982 - Nov 1983

I.S.I.S. (Istituto di Studi sull’Informatica e i Sistemi) S.c.r.l. - Roma

I have worked as an independent consultant on the following projects:

• Ministry of Justice - Italian Penal System monitoring
• F.A.O. INFOFISH - Database design on Fishing products and their preservation methods
• F.A.O. General Information Department - Feasibility Study: Office Automation and word processing systems in the Department

Publications

Analisi dei Sistemi in Criminologia (published as an article inside a collection by Prof. F. Ferracuti), Dott. A. Giuffrè - Milano 1987

Technical and marketing articles published by several specialised Italian reviews (Linea EDP, Informatica Oggi, Punto Erre, etc.)

Memberships

I am a member of GUFPI - Gruppo Utenti Function Point Italiano (Italian affiliate of IFPUG - International Function Point User Group).

Other Information

I have held a lecture in 2nd. "Convegno delle Aziende Municipalizzate" (Local Public Companies Conference - Palermo, 1990), on the subject: "C.A.S.E. products and Object Orientation"

I have held a lecture in CQS (Software Quality Conference) 1992, on the subject: "Object Oriented systems & Relational Databases".

I have attended several seminars on technical subjects, held by the most important speakers in their respective fields (Ed YOURDON, Chris DATE, Chris GANE, Fred LAMOND, etc.)

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