CONSULTANTS

Carlo Gilardi
Paradiso, Lugano Switzerland
Tel. 00 41 79 217 1338
Email: gilardi@perasgroup.com and cargila@bluewin.ch

Present - 1998
  • Independent consultant , operating in company restructuring, financing, management and business acceleration, registered in Via Calgari 2, 6902 Lugano, Switzerland.

    Main consulting:
    • SITA Geneva: definition, development and supporting deployment of the Indirect Sales strategy and operation to penetrate the Regional Airport Market.
    • SITA Geneva: definition of the strategy to penetrate the Travel Agency volume market
    • TRIMPROBE SPA, a Finmeccanica company: supporting defining the distribution strategy of Trimprobe (a revolutionary non invasive biomedical diagnostic equipment) and opening of the Turkish, South East Asia, ME and Germany markets
    • SIREC EGINEERING SPA: re-engineering and financing
    • ORKAN Ltd (shareholder): business acceleration, activated Malaysia and ME market and facilitating opening of other markets.
  • Dynasty Technologies Inc, Houston Texas: Chairman of the Board
  • Dynasty Financial Solutions Inc, Houston Texas: Chairman of the Board
  • JIAFRAN SARL, Geneva: Founder and Director: a corporate finance and business development company
  • Partner ETF Group (2003-1999): a VC group based in Lugano
  • NOVOCOM SPA, Milan: Founder and President (2002-1999), company founded with Confcommercio, Italy
  • SMARTSAT SRL, Milan: President (2002-1999)
1998-1997: Geneva
  • Digital Equipment Corporation: V.P. and General Manager Channel Operation EMEA - US$2.5B
    1997-1995: Geneva
  • Digital Equipment Corporation: V.P. and General Manager PC Business Unit EMEA - US$880M
    1995-1993: Geneva
  • Digital Equipment Corporation: V.P. Marketing PC Business Unit EMEA - Starting the operation

    1993-Oct.1991: Paris
  • Zenith Data Systems (Groupe Bull): VP And General Manager EMEA - US$400M

    1991: Geneva
  • NOKIA Data Systems: V.P. Indirect Sales

    1990: Leiden
  • Olivetti Office Netherland BV: Managing Director
    1989-1987: New York
  • Olivetti Management of America: Vice President managing the relationsip with AT&T
    1987-1985: Sydney
  • Olivetti Far East: Director Indirect Operation and Business Development
  • In 1985 I am one of the 7 new Dirigenti of the group appointed in the year.
    1985-1984: Ivrea
  • Olivetti Head Quarter: Director Marketing Large Subsidiaries - Designed and implemented the Indirect Sales strategy for office products and PC operation.
  • Founder of Hermes Italy SRL
  • Assigned to run the preliminary meeting for the take over of Triumph Adler
    1983-1981: Ivrea
  • Olivetti Head Quarter: Marketing Manager Olivetti Far East
    1980 -1970: Ivrea
  • Olivetti Head Quarter: Product Manager of different line of products with several expatriate assignments: Norway - 7 months, Lebanon - months, Switzerland - 6 months, Finland - 1 month, USA - 3 months.

    Education
  • Degree in Telecommunication: Istituto Technico Industriale A.Avogadro - Torino
  • Marketing and Management School: Istituto Italiano Professioni Nuove - Torino (now University of Administration)
  • IT courses Olivetti
  • Finance Courses at AMA in London
  • Executive Program in International Management, Columbia University


  • Foreign Languages: fluent in Italian, English, French, Spanish


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