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Alessandro Castrucci

Alessandro Castrucci

Design Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Product Manager

  • Education

    • Politecnico di Milano

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      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering - Plants and Production

      Activities and Societies: Organization of the "Vettel Day" for the 3th March 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZp4Tn2oubc Title of thesis "Quality suppliers evaluation: the experience at Ferrari Gestione Sportiva", supervisor Eng. Giovanni Miragliotta

    • Politecnico di Milano

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      Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

      Title of thesis "Design of a variable geometry flowmeter", supervisor. Prof. Giuseppe Gibertini

  • Experience

    • ELETTROTEC SRL.

      Oct 2005 - Feb 2006
      Design Engineer

      Research, design and development of a variable geometry flowmeter innovative for material, precision and weight (subject of thesis).

    • MAIL BOXES ETC

      Mar 2006 - Dec 2006
      Logistic Manager

      Portfolio management (acquiring new customers, defining economic offers and customers support) and pick-up service organization for national and international shipping.

    • Caritas diocesana di Roma & McKinsey

      Feb 2008 - Jul 2008
      Business Analyst

      Budget analysis and investment review for new projects in social integration.

    • Ferrari

      Mar 2009 - Dec 2009
      Junior Product Manager

      Intern Product Manager on CCQ project: reduce costs and timings over F1 car parts quality control by desiging and developing an improved cost-timing-resources tracking system.Achievements: -15% in processes duration, -20% quality control cost

    • Protiviti

      Jul 2011 - Mar 2012
      Business Consultant

      Budget analysis, risk management, and strategic planning

    • Milestone s.r.l.

      May 2012 - Aug 2015
      Executive Product Manager

      Led cross-functional team composed by 80+ developers, designers, testers on Pc, Console and mobile gaming software projects (RIDE, MotoGP and MXGP official video games).Achievements:- Average of -15% production cost and -35% bugs thanks to process re-design and introduction of Agile principles and methodologies;- Historical sales record for the Company

    • Fondazione Sodalitas

      Mar 2015 - now
      Mentor

      Mentor for the “Giovani & Impresa” program to support high school and university students in transitioning from school to the world of work, 300+ mentee.

    • Thursday Pizza

      Sept 2015 - Oct 2018
      Founder and CEO

      Designed and managed the first zero-impact pizzeria in Europe, pioneering the mission to provide organic pizza, eliminate CO2 emissions, and plant a tree for each order placed.Achievements: - Developed in-house software for order prioritization and delivery management- Awarded as one of the best pizzerias in Italy- Planted over 15,000 trees

    • AppQuality

      Oct 2017 - Aug 2021
      Chief Operating Officer

      I grew the company from a Start-up to a Scale-up and lead a team of 10 professionals. I have managed over 500 user testing projects and am directly responsible for company processes and product development.Achievements:- Developed new testing services and in-house platform features (through Agile methodology & a Customer Centric Design approach);- Reduced project execution timings by an average of 30% by optimizing processes (through data analysis and continuous improvement) and evolving platform automations and usability Show less

    • Direttoo.it

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
      Digital Product Strategy Consultant

      Designed Direttoo digital platform evolution roadmap and positioning through partners and customers user testing. Designed grow execution plan to start-up the activities in Milan.

    • Cloud Academy, Inc.

      Sept 2021 - now
      Senior product manager

      Leading product development and strategy for Learner’s Experience Squad and Mobile App, focusing on User Experience and introducing a Customer Centric approach.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Agile Mindset & Framework Scrum

      Agile Coach
      Jan 2020
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    • Agile People Management

      HR Coach
      Jan 2020

    • Product Growth Certification

      Product Heroes
      Dec 2024
      View certificate certificate

    • From PM to PM Lead

      Product Heroes
      May 2024

    • How to develop and manage a Team

      MIP Politecnico di Milano
      Jan 2020
      View certificate certificate

    • Communicate Effectively

      QA Ltd
      Apr 2024

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Alessandro Castrucci
      Product Heroes Cup Product Heroes Oct 2023 1st among >1.000 Product Managers on a time-based quiz related to Product topics
    • Awarded to Alessandro Castrucci
      Teseo Innovation Award Confcommercio di Milano Apr 2017 The most innovative company opened at Milan in the tertiary sector.
    • Awarded to Alessandro Castrucci
      Young Entrepreneur Award Milano Chamber of Commerce 2017 Entrepreneur who have most significantly contributed to the growth of the Milanese economic system and to the diffusion of business culture, with specific attention for economic and environmental sustainability.
    • Awarded to Alessandro Castrucci
      Altran Creative Engineering Competition Altran May 2009 Winner of "Altran Creative Engineering Competition": an engineering team game through test vision and organization skills to realize a project that meets the given specifications. It requires strong skills in creativity and cleverness to design and develop the most efficient solution to the problem set
    • Awarded to Alessandro Castrucci
      Certificate of Merit from Sodalitas (Corporate Social Responsibility) Sodalitas Sep 2008 Course based on the centrality of the person with the aim to develop both awareness and personal interaction, communication, team work skills and vision of labour world and its culture for the promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility.