alessio bortone
Master in Business Administration from HEC Paris (2009), M.Sc. in Mechanical engineering from University of Florence (2003), Product Manager for bulk gases and 2004.2006Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Specialist at Air Liquide Italy (2004-2008).
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://in stealth mode |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Italian, Languages, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Sales, Spanish, Viral marketing |
| Next step: | In the process of launching a promising startup, along with an amazing team |
| Location: | Paris |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, CUTEC, Global Social Venture Competition 2011, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10 |
| Visas: | all Europe |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Tags: | green e-commerce, lohas communities, responsible buyers, social groupbuy |
| Schools: | HEC School of Management, University of California System - Berkeley, University of Florence |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Air Liquide Italy |
| Position: | Product Manager for Bulk Gases, Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Industrial & Medical Gas Company. Turnover 12 b€, 38.000 employees.
Managed Liquid Gases Business (yearly turnover: 110 M€) • Oversaw a portfolio of > 3.500 customers. • Put in place financial tools to analyze sales, customers' portfolio profitability, and sales force effectiveness. • Performed in depth Risk analysis on Energy Prices (cost stack is highly sensitive to this item). • Designed the Company Commercial Policy. o Trained an experienced sales force of >100 people, in order to reach target goals. o Achieved sales increases of 6% y/y through targeted price campaigns. • Developed and executed a Strategic Plan: “Roadmap 2010” to increase portfolio profitability in the long term. o Received formal endorsement by the CEO. Appointed Project Manager for the Plan. o Profits up by 1.4 M€/y. • Built the Product Quality Assurance Manual. o Coordinated commercial, logistics and production teams, to ensure consistency in the supply chain. o Created, handled Emergency Plans to face lack of critical products (CO2, Argon) on the market. • Conceived Project to reduce supply chain costs with telemetry and demand forecast (expected savings: 1 M€/y). • Managed legal negotiations in non-standard contracts with key customers. |
| Employer: | Air Liquide Italy |
| Position: | Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Specialist |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Responsible for sales of Highly Technical and Innovative Products.
• Drew a European Research Project: Proposal approved by the European Commission, granted 17 M€. • Defined and negotiated the business plan for an investment worth 5 M€ in a new hydrogen plant. • Set up the Corporate Fuel Cell Offer to the Telecom Industry. Sales started from 0, now in the range of 100 units/year • Performed market analysis for hydrogen at world level, in cooperation with Corporate Structures. • Achieved sales results of two-digits growth in the merchant hydrogen market, Vs a competitive average of 3.5%. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2009 |
| Degree: | Exchange Program |
| University: | University of Florence |
| Time period: | 2003 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, MSc |
| University: | HEC School of Management |
| Degree: | MBA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | • Interests: Horseback riding, Tango, Piano, Sailing, Football. |
| Clubs: | • President, MBA Entrepreneurship Club
• Member of the MBA Private Equity / Venture Capital Club • Former Founder and President of Engineers without Borders – Florence Chapter |
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Fabien Benard
MBA from HEC Paris (2010) R&D Senior Software Engineer at Yamaha Corporation (2007-2008), Multimedia Project Manager at French Institute of Petrol (2006), E-Learning Project Manager at University of Paris XI (2005).
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Andreas Brenner
Candidate in Msc in Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
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Henri Julien de Cockborne
MSc in Engineering and Industrial Management, Pursued MBA from School of Management, Paris, Project finance controller at RENAULT, Technocentre Guyancourt - From 1999 as for “Megane” vehicles launched in overseas markets i.e. Korea, Turkey.
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