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Innovative executive with international broad experience in the e-commerce environment, specifically applied to fashion and luxury. Solid performance track record in turn-around and start-up projects, specifically on e-commerce website launches in western pan-european countries as well as in China. Specialties:General Management • Strategic Planning • Business Development • Due Diligence • Change Management • Negotiations • Business Process Reengineering • Retail, Fashion, Consulting, E-Commerce IndustriesGlobal e-Business & Digital Director @ Global strategy, turnover, full P&L and budget responsibility for the lately established e-business unit (standalone monobrand site, global e-wholesale channels, digital functions). Reporting to the CEO and owner of the company. The first achievement, Liu-Jo integrated e-commerce website, was accomplished in 8 months through an insourcing operating model completely from scratch (e-commerce platform, fulfilment, customer care, warehouse). The project was presented as a show-case at the 2013 Annual World Luxury Brands Summit in Shanghai and at the 2014 eTail Forum in Berlin: http://tinyurl.com/nr692an Break even point and positive cumulative EBIT reached by end of first year. Head of the corporate omnichannel project. From June 2012 to Present (3 years 5 months) Modena Area, ItalyCo-founder & Board Member @ Magif designed, prototyped and patented the first dynamic automatic covering system for fruit orchards: cherries, kiwis, grapes, apples. Sensors monitor and track weather KPIs which are recorded into a database. An algorithm processes the weather data and triggers a motor which opens/closes the protection sheets over the fruit orchard. An optimal micro-climate is created so to improve significantly the fruit performance without pesticides usage. From April 2012 to Present (3 years 7 months) VignolaGlobal Head of In-season Stores @ As a member of the Yoox Group management team head the In-season Stores division: a +80 members team in charge of new online stores launches (+30 white-label sites portfolio among those Armani.com, DolceGabbana.com, BrunelloCucinelli.com, Diesel.com, Zegna.com, Valentino.com, Moncler.com). Took part into the company IPO process. From September 2008 to May 2012 (3 years 9 months) Bologna Area, ItalyBusiness Integration Manager @ Led strategic acquisition programme in North America, working closely with the CEO and Managing Director. Identified target companies and led post-acquisition integration activities, standardising and optimising processes and procedures. Co-drafted the mid-term business plan, identifying structural reorganisation strategy. From January 2008 to November 2008 (11 months) Greater Atlanta AreaCountry Manager @ Led new business unit start-up in Stockholm, building team from 5 to 30 staff. Accomplished a mission critical business process re-engineering project within the credit, risk and operation department of a major worldwide financial institution (Citigroup). The success of the project was recognized with the nomination as the “Best Straight through Processing achievement of the year” 2007 at the European Banking Technology Awards in London. From March 2006 to December 2007 (1 year 10 months) Stockholm, SwedenProgram Manager @ Analysed and optimised business processes and led system integration projects for financial institution and utility clients. Participated in high-profile change management and IT transformation project at LloydsTSB Bank, working with the strategic delivery centre team to implement the executive group’s design and managing feasibility studies, business models, technical and functional analyses, etc. Earned Project Manager Champion status (PMI-PMP & RUP-certified) and subsequently became Program Manager Champion (Six Sigma, Lean, Earned Values), playing an integral role in transforming and standardising the processes within all areas and levels of the company. From June 2003 to April 2005 (1 year 11 months) Consultant @ Assigned to a B2B application development project aimed at supporting agents in the creation and management of insurance policies. I dealt with the functional analysis of the processes and subsequently with the architecture design and the development model definition. Afterwards, I was directly involved in the application development as a client-server analyst-programmer. During the roll-out phase I entered the Task Force group. My role was to support the insurance agencies and to provide an interface with the IT group. From March 2001 to May 2003 (2 years 3 months) MSc, Management Engineering @ University of Exeter From 1998 to 1999 MSc, Management Engineering @ Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia From 1993 to 1999 ESP, Economics @ Marymount Manhattan College From 1991 to 1992 Liceo Scientifico "A. Tassoni" - Modena From 1987 to 1992 Andrea Cappi is skilled in: E-commerce, Business Development, Change Management, Strategy, Business Planning, E-business, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Management, CRM, Digital Marketing, Management Consulting, Fashion, Start-ups, Consulting, Online Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Global E-commerce, Retail, Web Analytics, Digital Strategy, Web Marketing, Luxury, Negotiation, Business plan, E-Commerce, Start-up