Most recent work status update: 2026-03-26

Professional Expertise
Senior Management Consultant and Project/Program/Change Manager with over 35 years of experience on complex and multinational initiatives across digital transformation, organizational change, and decision support systems; since 2025 VAT-registered in Italy as freelance Management Consultant<

Worked onsite, hybrid, remotely in multinational environments and across timezones since the late 1980s br/>
for meetings/contacts, my agenda is on calendly.com/robertolofaro
_ latest career CV (2-pages, includes sample projects 1986-current, with details for each on Linkedin)
_ latest summary CV (1-page presentation)
_ latest Linkedin profile - revised as of 2026-03-26

Citizenship Italian/EU (born in Turin, Italy)

Core Expertise
- Cultural/organizational change & digital transformation
- Bridging C-level strategy with operational execution and technology
- Distressed project recovery/audit & complex multinational programs
- Key account management & contract negotiation
- Project management training & on-the-job coaching

Main industries
Automotive, Banking/Financial Services, Gas/Logistics, Retail, Public Sector (Italy), B2B Software, System Integration, Start-ups; from the 1990s, also B2B software companies

See sample list of companies I worked with/for since 1986 within the table at the end of this page

If you are a project, program, portfolio, change, service/vendor management professional, you are welcome to connect on PMI's ProjectManagement.com, or to read my book QuPlan for free (includes a 200+ pages fictional case study on a program to implement compliance)

Current availability (English, French, Italian, passively other languages):
Remote opportunities
- Full-time or 2-3 weeks/month (CET-based, flexible for other time zones)
- Short-term missions (fixed-price milestone-based or feasibility studies)
Italy-Based
- Fixed-term contracts (full-time)
- Short-term prepaid management consulting (fixed-price)
Relocation
- Willing to relocate within EU/EEA for permanent positions (CDI) in change/project/program/PMO management

Key employment highlights
_ 1986-1990: employee Andersen units in Turin; 1990-1992 Senior PM then "cadre" Compagnie Générale Informatique Milan
_ 1990, 1993-2010, 2018, 2023-2024, 2025-ongoing: freelance/management consultant
_ Since 2012 missions in Italy (see details on Linkedin)

Multinational experience
_ Since the early 1980s in political activities, since 1986, for projects, business analysis
_ From 1988 interacting at the Senior Management and Cxx level, for management training, sales presentations, negotiations, management consulting
_ Worked in mainly EU+CH, some onsite USA, limited others (e.g. Brazil), remotely worldwide (NAFTA, LATAM, EMEA, APAC)
_ Resident abroad de facto from 1997, de iure from 1998 (first UK then Belgium), re-registered in Italy 2012

Completed education after high-school (continuous on project/change/product management; since 2017 also AI/ML, SAP)
_ 2017 Goethe Institut Frankfurt-am-Main Intensiv B1 residential course
_ 1994 and 1995 Summer School on International Political Economy (both years A-) at London School of Economics
_ 1994 Summer Academy on "Intercultural Communication and Management" (94/100) at Gothenburg, Sweden

Publications and research activities
Since 2003 published on change
_ First (2003-2005) a free quarterly e-zine on change (800+ managers subscribing from 500+ companies around Europe), a 2013 reprint is available here
_ Then on this website and, from 2012, with over a dozen mini-books prepared to support my activities on change
_ Generally, my books are available as paperbacks on Amazon, and digital (each book can be read also for free) on leanpub.com
_ Infographics and presentations are instead shared on slideshare
_ Videopresentations are instead on on my YouTube channel
Since 2012 continued working on publishing and data-based products
_ Since 2019 published a search engine on ECB's public communication, currently with a weekly update and dataset (Mondays)
_ Since 2020 published curated datasets and analysis articles on UN SDGs, NextGenerationEU, and the associated Italian PNRR
_ Since 2022 working on a data-project on the balance sheets of selected companies listed on BorsaItaliana pre- and post-COVID
_ Since early 2023 working on data preparation and review for an ongoing study on political and social communication in Italy
_ Since summer 2023 published a search engine on AI Ethics papers published on arXiv, updated monthly (mid of the month)

Social media presence

Sample experiences by industry (1986-2024)
for longer-running customers (3 years or more) the years are listed

_Automotive/Mobility 1986-2024 (key customers)	CNH/Iveco 1999-2001/2012/2015-2018/2021-2022, SKF, FIAT 1986-1987/2002/2024 (as Stellantis), Magneti Marelli group management reporting 1988
_Banking 1988-2007 (selection)	Arcafondi 2004-2007, Cedacrinord/Cedacri 1990-2006, Banco Santander Finconsumo 2004-2007, Credit Suisse Private Banking, Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole du Var,UK-based risk/ALM software companies, Federazione Toscana Casse Rurali ed Artigiane, Sanpaolo Invest, Istituto Bancario Sanpaolo Torino
_Electronics, Defence, and Aerospace (selection)	Alitalia, Elettronica Spa, Vitrociset; also: (Italy and UK) startups and potential spin-offs, support to software companies on business development
_Gas/Logistics	Sappi, DHL, Novogas/Liquigas 1992-1997 (1991 on another customer, same CFO), Intertransport, SAV; see also "Retail"
_Government	Sviluppo Italia 2004-2006, Ministero dell'Interno 2004-2006, office work within the Italian Army
_Retail	Filasport 2001-2003, EPA/Coop, Carrefour, Retek, Comshare, CEDIS Migliarini, GS, Autogrill
_Software BI, DSS, Management reporting, Banking, Others between 1991-2004 (selection)	Brio, MIP, Applix, Retek, TM/1, Comshare/Arbor; support to other UK-based
_Start-ups, 1998-2010	Watchbook/kanshu, TOHF, TheCruize, Teknemedia, others; support mainly in B F IT UK USA
_Consulting	Andersen/Coritel 1986-1990,Client Focus 1990s, CGI 1990-1992, MIP (banking and leasing RiskFactor) 1990s, others in UK (mainly banking and BI, in UK and France) 1990s-2000s, Reply (various business units, prospect validation 1997-2001, customers as part-time PM/BA 2002 and 2004-2006), Sys-Tek 2004-2007, Blue Sof/Aubay 2012, Maneat/DCS 2015-2018, Aubay 2021-2022, Avvale 2024
_Non-profit	Trees of Hope (USA/Rwanda) 2008-2010 and support to start-ups 1990-2011 in Italy, UK, USA