1. Resume (Curriculum Vitae) Raffaele Tufano
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PERSONAL DATA Ing. Raffaele Tufano
Via castelnuovo 15, 22070 Appiano Gentile (CO)
031970343 3480005182
letizia.venuti@poste.it
Sex M | Place and Date of Birth Gorizia (GO) – Italy, 17/06/1970 | Nationality Italian
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
DESIRED POSITION / PROFILE
Technical Director / Technical Manager
February 2003 – present Technical Manager Machines and Automatic Lines Division
SIAT s.p.a. di Turate (CO)
Area Packaging
▪ Division Technical Manager (Mechanical/Electrical Design and Engineeringt, R&D, sw
development, jobs planning and management, manuals and documentation, Testing
Dept., After Sales, Installation & Commissioning, Technical Service and Spare Parts,
Customer Care);
▪ Toghether with my job as a Technical Manager, I have always personally carried out some
technical tasks were important skill was required: sw developemnt (PLC and DRIVES) in
particular, electrical engineering, commissioning and training of big lines, Risk Analysis /
Assessement, calculation of Performance Level, definition of technical requiremnts for
mechanical design, Industrialization;
▪ MAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED: I have personally carried out a lot of job concerning
recruitment, training and team building for the Automatic Machines Division – Technical
Dept. and Service/After Sales, I have been managing up to 20 people distributed over the
technical team where I achieved high efficiency in terms of results and quality; I have
managed with good results a lot of activities related to developing and improving new
technologies, cost reduction, industrialization and standardization of products in all
aspects (mechanical, electrical and software), I have contributed to establish good
agreements with suppliers together with Purchase Dept. I have contributed to the
definition and implementation of procedures for the management of products and jobs.
January 1998 - January 2003 Electronic/Electrical Design and Engineering
Elsag – Genova Sestri Ponente
Area Automation for postal and parcels sorting
▪ Electrical Design (electric panels, electrical installations for machines and lines/plants);
▪ Sw development PLC and HMI;
▪ ,AC and servo motor drives;
▪ Definition of Automation System Architecture for new generation products;
▪ Design, Testing, Purchase specifcations and procedures;
▪ Team Leader for developement of new products and technologies (R&D area);
▪ Re-engineering and Industrialization;
▪ Training of service people on new technologies and produtcs;
▪ MAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED: as a reference for Technical Office, I have partecipated to a
big project concerning definition and implementation of procedures for the management
of products and jobs (PDM sw – Product Data Manager – and interface pdm with ERP
sw SAP); this allowed me to achieve a good skill and experience on the matter; I have
contributed to the development, engineering and industrialization of new technologies /
new generation machines that have proven successful on the market for many years. I
have achieved good skill in team leading and project management.

2. Curriculum Vitae Raffaele Tufano
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EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
PERSONAL SKILLS
Settembre 1995 - Gennaio 1997 Collaborations with Ansaldo e ABB as a student in the University of Genoa
Università degli studi di Genova, Facoltà di Ingegneria
Area R&D - Industry
▪ Design an prorotyping of inverter (drive for electric motor) for application in automotive
(electric vehicle);
▪ Insulation systems in epoxy resin for high power electical machines, techniqiues and
instrumentations for diagnosys;
▪ Optimization of vector control algorithm for ac drives by means of “Fuzzy Logic”;
1990-1996 UNIVERSITY DEGREE ELECTICAL/ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERING - Automation
110/110 & LAUD
Università degli studi di Genova, Facoltà di Ingegneria
▪ Study subjects: electrical and electronics, mechanics, thermodynamics;
▪ Thesis: “Control System for hot rolling mill with special focus on torsional vibration suppression on
long shafts”, in collaboration with Ansaldo Industria Genova;
1985-1990 DIPLOMA LICEO SCIENTIFICO (certificate scientific high school) 58/60
Liceo Scientifico M.L.King , Genova
Mother Language Italian
Other Languages COMPREHENSION SPEAK WRITE
Listening Reading Interaction Speaking
English B2 C1 B2 B2 C1
Levels: A1/2 L base level- B1/2 intermediate level - C1/2 advanced level
Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento delle Lingue
Communication skills ▪ Thanks to my experience as Responsible for Projects and After Sales, I have achievied good
capacity for relationships with suplliers and customers as well, by developing an assertive attitude
toghether with great availalabity to collaborate; I have improved my communication skill over many
yers of experience in working closely with all other corporate entities involved in the same business
process (Sales, Purchase, Logistics&Production, Administration) and developed a high level attitude
to work in team;
Organizational and management
skills
I have been a Team Leader for 5 years in my 1st job, then I worked as Technical Maanger for 13 years
(up to present time); I have been managing up to 20 people distributed over the technical departement
of my division (engineering mechnaical/electrical/sw, testing, documentation, Service and After Sales),
where I proved a good attitude to leadership and planning as well as working in team; I attended a
course in project management in IRI Management, that has proven useful for my daily job of planning;

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OTHER
Professional skills ▪ Electrical and electronical design (cad);
▪ PLC and HMI sw development (Siemens,Allen Bradley, Omron, Proface);
▪ Commissioning of motor drives (ac, servo) from many different manifacturers;
▪ Motion Control;
▪ Pneumatics;
▪ Management of mechanical design dept.;
▪ Testing, Commissioning and Training on big/complex automatic lines for packaging and sorting;
▪ System Engineer;
▪ Machine Directive, Safety Standards, Risk Analysis and Assessment, calculation of Performance
level (PL);
▪ Project Management;
▪ Project Planning;
▪ Team Building;
▪ Attended many coruses about electrical design (Elcad and Eplan cad), motion and drives, Machine
Directive / safety integrated design, plc programming, Project Management, Business Development;
Computer skills ▪ Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
Other skills and hobbies ▪ I have been trainer of Mountaineering and Ski mountaineering for CAI (Club Alpino Italiano) and
voluteer for Mountain Rescue Service; I collaborated with the technical committee of CAI for
development and testing of rescue techniques;
▪ Rock and ice climbing; I participated in mountaineering expeditions out of Europe (South America in
particular);
▪ I played for a few years racing activities in athletics (100 m), swimming and sailing;
▪ Great interest and knowledge about History, Art and Literature; I am an enthusiast collector of books
and magazine on the subjects;
▪ Mountain Bike, Orienteering, Sky Running, swimming in the sea;
Military service Serive attended in 1996 in the Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) – infantry/ riflemen stormtroopers;
dismissed with the rank of corporal;
Driving license B
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