FIELDS

01) Economics & Finance, Insurance, ERP, CRM, marketing, Euro issues
02) Software localization (software, on-line help, tutorials, documentation)
03) Web sites and e-commerce
04) Machinery
05) Commercial agreements
06) Chemistry
07) Telecommunications
08) Classical Music
09) Library Management
10) Statistics.

EXPERIENCE

01 Free-lance Translator, from June 1993
- Translator, localizer, language project manager.
- Interpreter
- Teacher for the European Social Fund, Courses for individuals, schools and companies: Italian for foreigners, Computer English, ECDL, Internet and e-mail.
- Technical Writer
- Experience abroad: Canada (Business Objects), France (Digital/Compaq, Geac France), The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA.

02 WordPerfect Italia, Milano, February 1992 - May 1993
Translations Team Leader:
- Software translation
- Review of documentation translation done by external agencies
- Glossaries maintenance
- Dealing with translators in Italy and editors in the USA
- Responsible for the Italian projects.

03 Mendez International,
Milano, October 1991 - January 1992
Translation Project Manager:
- Translation Review
- In charge of technical translations
- Contacts with clients and the European seat of Mendez
- In charge of the selection of new translators.

04 MICROSOFT Ireland IPG, Dublin Sandyford,
July 1990 - September 1991
Localiser:
- Software translation
- Review of translation done by external agencies
- Screen dumps,
- Glossary maintenance
- Dealing with the translators in Italy and the proof-readers in Dublin
- Keeping contact with the Italian sub for the approval of the glossaries, the documentation and the software, and for information concerning specific localisation problems (like copyright, technical assistance, etc.).

05 NCR Corporation, Milano,
July 1989 - March 1990
Systems Engineer at the Financial Division:
- installing software used to process bank documents,
- training bank employees in the use of the required software,
- writing user's manuals about this software.


EDUCATION

01 VII ITIS, Milano, Italia, 1978 - 1983
Degree in Electrotechnics. Final mark 54/60.

02 Università degli Studi, Milano, 1983-88
Laurea (Master equivalent) in Political Sciences, with Macroeconomics and Statistics as major subjects. Final mark 109/110.
Dissertation in International Economics: The Importance of Price Factors and Non-Price Factors in the Exports of Industrialised Countries. A Comparison between the Classical Theory and the Neo-Technological Theories in the Explanation of the International Commerce. The thesis is completed with a comparison of alternative econometric tests for the validation of the relative importance of the two kind of factors for the industrial products of the OECD.