Summary
Roberto Rossi is an IT Director based in Emilia-Romagna with nine years of senior leadership experience orchestrating global infrastructure and digital transformation programs for manufacturing and retail groups. He currently leads IT at Ferretti Group after directing ICT operations and global infrastructure teams at Coesia, thyssenkrupp Forged Technologies and Berco, managing teams of up to 18 across multiple countries. His background spans hands-on network and security engineering to CIO-level strategic projects—ERP and warehouse insourcing, identity lifecycle automation, disaster recovery design, and a €1.8M IT budget oversight—delivering measurable cost savings and operational resilience. Known for aligning IT strategy with commercial goals, he has driven consolidation, compliance and BI initiatives that reduced costs (e.g., €200K/year savings) while improving decision-making. A Master in Information Security with a Computer Science degree, he blends deep technical roots (from J2EE development and network security) with pragmatic leadership. Outside work he cues creativity through music, reflecting a penchant for rhythm and perseverance in problem solving.
9 years of coding experience