Franco Bernazzoli

Experience

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  IPS Kandinsky School

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Teacher

  Printing techniques teacher

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  IPS Dudovich

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1993

  Teacher

  Printing techniques teacher

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  Concorde

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1988

  Graphic designer

  Partner responsible for PC production (Macs). database design and implementation for the rental of books within the Concorde Library

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  Hi-Promotion

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1995

  Graphic designer

  Pagination of magazines such as "Surfing" and "SNOWB", products catalog for Fila and Bremax

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  TBA

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Contributor

  Study of company brands, realization of a house organ, design and realization of "Disegni Milanesi". Realization of various advertising brochures. Start over the years my collaboration with the advertising agency "La Fabbrica", design and layout of publications for FIAT school and FIAT environment, implementing multimedia projects exhibitions for Fiat, USF SMOGLESS and Snam (Agip).

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  Effedì

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

  Co-owner

  Design and implementation of publishing products and multimedia presentations for corporate communications. Advice for computer graphics use in the production at numerous clients.Graphic design and consulting for websites creation.

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  Rosa Luxembourg School

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Teacher

  Computer graphic teacher

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  IPS Dudovich School

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Teacher

  Computer graphic teacher

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  IPS Kandinsky School

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Teacher

  Computer graphic teacher

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  Paravia Bruno Mondadori

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Responsible for multimedia production

  Website and CdRom production

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  Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori s.p.a.

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Multimedia Director

  Website and CdRom production

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  Pearson

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2023

  As Technology Delivery Director, I provide competitive customer-facing digital solutions and lead a team being spread company-wide with five main hubs in Chennai, Bangalore, Poznań, Timișoara, and Milan.Following are some of my key achievements:• Increase of user stories delivery at every planned release through Poland, Romania, and Bangalore teams restructuring, eradicating "siloed behaviours" and building cross-functional teams.• Transitioning enterprise main applications into highly secured/scalable ones and reduced downtime release through alignment with ELT stakeholders for introducing technology/security requirements into the PO roadmap. Show less At Pearson PLC, I spearheaded the design and delivery of regional solutions, fostered strategic collaborations with Technology Business Partners and business stakeholders, and ensured alignment of orgnaisational frameworks with global strategies, guidelines, and processes.Key Achievements:• Expediting the technology convergence process and secured scalability, security, and long-term savings for the company through the provision of technical expertise to local MDs in finding the proper compromise between global services and local needs.• Enabling product and MKT teams to increase the product selling rate by 20% through eCommerce improvements for the Italian market; a wide range of company's websites attaining benefits from the initiative. Show less Within this job role, I lead the planning, development, and delivery of global schools' digital products as well as customer-facing and learner technology solutions by streamlining the requirements management process for delivering a world-class experience to the enterprise client base.Some of my contributions to the organisation include:• Piloting the provision of a globally scalable and secure LMS application across multiple countries and integration with local systems.• Strategically positioning the organisation to stand out from competitors' landscape by championing the delivery of My App Pearson being used till to date. Show less As Product Technology Delivery Director, I steered the execution of projects, piloted the formulation/implementation of robust digital strategies, and cultivated constructive partnerships at varying organisational levels to accomplish a shared vision.Highlights associated with this job role include:• Producing 30% savings in maintenance and licensing costs by delivering the WSE ERP legal entity inclusion in Pearson Italia Oracle.• Elevating digital revenues by 10% through orchestration of a global event management system coupled with an LMS for the clinical business in WE. Show less Within this job role, I worked within the extended role to cover Italian Business Enterprise Systems (internal-facing applications), Service Desk, and networking.Among my notable accomplishments, I:• Enabled business scalability through Web infrastructure redesign and applications refactoring.• Reduced costs and improve tickets latency by restructuring the IT team.• Led the redesigning of Technology Business Continuity Plan.• Facilitated editorial production through the implementation of the MBM tool.• Steered the regional implementation of global technology security standards and procedures. Show less At Pearson SPA, I championed the planning, budgeting, development, and delivery of all the digital product needs for Pearson Italy, including digital content creation and customers support (T1-T3).Some key accomplishments associated with this job role include:• Enabling the business to deliver a completely new series of products/bundles through single global identity delivery for all the applications in Italy.• Simplifying the overall products landscape by creating MPP, a single application gateway for better accessibility and clarity to the MKT and Sales teams to promote Pearson's digital offering with confidence.• Developing DeMauro Paravia, one of the most visited dictionary websites, as well as an internal HTML5 authoring system being used till date as this allowed to create astonishing interactive activities and save on assets reuse. Show less

  • M&A Technology Director

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Technology Delivery Director

    Jan 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Director Technology Solutions Management

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Technology Delivery Director, Global Schools

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  • Technology Delivery Director, Products

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

  • Director Of Information Technology

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Head of Digital Division

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2013
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  Freelance

  Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

  Information Technology Consultant

  Satef - Instructional Designer - Delivered 5 security courses for the Iveco Group Academy.Stark Germany - Tecnical Program Manager - Successfully supported the company in separating identity, digital products and services from Pearson after Sanoma's acquisition, in time for the BTS in August.La Scuola SEI - Responsible for the IT division - Driven the digital strategy to converge IT services and products after Il Capitello acquisition in time for the BTS in September.Sanoma Italy - New identity and entitlements architecture including data migration Show less

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  Gruppo Editoriale La Scuola SEI

  Jan 2024 - now

  Chief Information Officer

  At Gruppo Editoriale La Scuola S.p.A., I'm leading the planning, budgeting, development, and delivery of all the IT needs.