Francesco Fedele

Background

About Francesco Fedele

I am an expert in project and people management involving multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary environments and the coordination of distributed teams. I have a thorough knowledge of the main European funding programmes and policies. I have more than 30 years practical experience in managing European and National financed research projects, under a number of different programmes, like HORIZON EUROPE, HORIZON 2020, ERASMUS+, FP7, LLP, TEMPUS, EUROPEAID, ACTS, TAP, ESPRIT P rogrammes and more. I have managed established organizations, university units, associations as well as technological start-up companies. I have coordinated financial activities in organizations as well as managed marketing and sales efforts in others. Competences/Skills: multi-year experience in definition and management of advanced R&D projects; extensive work experience in complex multicultural and multilingual environments; organization/planning capabilities; team-building skills, cooperative attitude; excellent communication skills, both oral and written, natural leadership style. My native language is Italian, I am very fluent in English, I have a good knowledge of French and Spanish and basis of Serbo-Croatian and Polish. In my free time I am a PADI scuba instructor and support Toastmasters International (the leading organization for the development of Public Speaking and Leadership skills) as Region Advisor for all of Europe. Specialties- Business Development, Management and Marketing Consultant - European Project Manager with a specific experience in EU Funds Management - IT Architect and IT solution designer - Trainer on management, public speaking and leadership skills and on IT related subjects (particularly internet related technologies)- Conference speaker