Francesco Cardi

Goal:
- I´m passionate for technology, innovation and people

Professional experience and skills:
- 10-year experience in management consulting (6 in Bain & Co.);
- 1-year experience in Business Development (led a 12 M US$ acquisition);
- Led projects in telecom, technology, logistics, financial services;
- Entrepreneurial attitude, highly motivated and energetic;
- Extensive international exposure (Brazil, Italy, Spain, UK);
- Fluent in 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian (mother tongue)

Francesco Cardi’s Specialties:

- Industries: Internet, technology, Telecom, logistics, financial services
- Strategic planning and businesses valuation
- M&A (targets selection, due-diligence, deal closing, PMI)
- Customer value proposition (B2C and B2B)
- Customer lifecycle processes (activation, usage, retention)
- Inbound and outbound logistics systems, stock planning / optimization

Francesco Cardi’s Experience

Business development manager

Weblogs SL

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Business development manager

Datasul

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Developing acquisition efforts in the financial services industry and outside Brazil
Principal

Valoris Consulting (www.valorisconsulting.com)

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Led projects in the telecommunication industry
Senior Manager

Bain & Company

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

January 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 3 months)

Led projects with focus on technology and financial services (Sao Paulo & London)
Consultant

Bain & Company

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 2000 — December 2003 (3 years 10 months)

Participation in projects with focus on telecommunication, logistics and e-business (Sao Paulo)
Entrepreneur
Next2Us (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1999 — February 2000 (9 months)

Founded Next2us, a company focused on providing strictly privacy-compliant marketing services (Milan)
Consultant

Value Partners

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

May 1995 — July 1999 (4 years 3 months)

Participated in projects with focus on consumer goods, commercial strategy, organizational structure, design and implementation of logistic systems (Milan)

Francesco Cardi’s Education

Politecnico di Torino

Scholarship , Physics Dept , 1993 — 1994

Activities and Societies:

Scholarship at Politecnico di Torino, 1994
Scholarship Physics Dept
Thesis: Standard Cosmological Model Anomalies
Politecnico di Torino

Degree , Nuclear Engineering , 1986 — 1992

Activities and Societies:

Politecnico di Torino
Degree in nuclear engineering (mark: 110/110 with honors)
Thesis subject: Many electron models in high-temperature superconductivity
Philips Research Laboratories

Internship , Internship in the Physics Dept , 1990 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Internship in the Physics Dept
Thesis subject: Magnetic properties in interstitial rare elements lattice at low temperature
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