GIANFRANCO FORNI  –  KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

 

CV

 

2002 – now       Knowledge management consultant

                       Business development, marketing, communication and program management for knowledge management users and solution providers: see sample projects

 

 

1999 – 2002      XEROX – Milan, Italy

                       General Manager, Professional Services

                       Core business: design and development of custom document, content and knowledge management applications for large companies and institutions.

                       Typical projects ranging from 100 to 400,000 euro, from five to twenty man-months, often with international teams (France, UK, Switzerland, USA).

                       Sample markets and projects:

telecom: knowledge management in a call centre: +20% productivity

merchant bank: company-wide intranet; knowledge sharing within IPO team

insurance: knowledge management for dealing with rare or complex types of accidents, compensating for experts’ churn

engineering: document management for engineering & construction projects; plant delivery reduced by over one month

automotive: authoring, translation and publishing of post-sales car manuals; document productivity increased twofold; time to market reduced by two months

ministry: records management and document workflow

 

 

1997 – 1999      Dida*El  – Milan, Italy

                       Large-account manager, eLearning solutions

                       Core business: design and development of custom multimedia training and communication solutions for large companies and institutions.

                       Typical projects ranging from 50 to 100,000 euro, two to eight man-months.

                       Sample markets and projects:

UNO: web-based training on UNO’s mission, organisation, and history

bank: web-based training about warrants for branches

telecom: web-based courses on several IT applications

publishing: CD-based courses on several IT subjects

factoring: CD-based courses on factoring

 

1994 – 1997      Price Waterhouse Management Consultants  – Lugano, Switzerland

                            Manager, ICT consulting

                       Managing several ICT consulting projects:

bank: electronic and paper document archival optimisation

media: strategic information systems evaluation and planning

bank: project management of information system implementation

pulp & paper: feasibility study for ICT outsourcing

 

1990 – 1994      Price Waterhouse Management Consultants  – Lugano, Switzerland

                            Senior consultant, eLearning

                       Pre-sales, design and development of custom eLearning solutions for banks, army, and retailers, resulting in over 50% cost reduction and faster and homogeneous knowledge dissemination

 

1989 – 1990      Pirelli Cables  – Milan, Italy

                            Consultant, artificial intelligence

                       Design and development of an IT solution to share and re-use R&D knowledge and expertise

 

1988 – 1989      Polytechnic University  – Milan, Italy

                            Researcher, artificial intelligence and cognitive science

                       University research in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, focussed on natural language processing and knowledge representation

 

1986 – 1989      McGraw-Hill  – Milan, Italy

                            Consultant, computer-based training

                       Evaluation, design, development and marketing of computer-based training products

 

 

 

Further information

Born: Milan, Italy, 16 Feb 1962. Married; one son, born in 1998

Degree in software engineering at Milan Polytechnic

Languages: excellent English and French; good German and Esperanto; some Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Spanish

Hobbies: travelling; historical linguistics; martial arts

 

 

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