GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS ​ ​1. Very open and very communicative character, never lazy and very curious to learn and to continuously communicate with people of any interesting subjects and in any language, always interested in learning international languages, cultures and traditions bringing respect to any different vision and approach. ​ ​2. ​Very good communication skills developed throughout the time, from my first juvenile working part-time experiences, as barman and waiter during my university studies, then implemented with my international languages knowledge, during my business experience and many international travels worldwide. ​ ​3. ​Particularly like to talk, discuss and share ideas, opinions and experiences with interesting, and intelligent international people of any country. ​ ​4. ​​Developed very good communication skills with people and able to interface with any old of young, educated or basic person. ​ ​5. Very good knowledge of languages, international cultures, religions and traditions and know how to optimally and friendly interface and communicate with any people at any level.​​​​​​​​​ 6. ​​​​Having leaved in a diplomatic and military environment due to my Father's work, I also learned diplomacy, high level official/political talking and respect for any other parties. GOOD LEADERSHIP and TEAM LEADING SKILLS My communicative character and my tall physical aspect, always helped me to establish a leadership position within my friends, colleagues and business partners. ​ ​In business I believe very important to create an excellent "team job" based on a very good organization and planning. ​ ​During my many years of professional experience, my "team leading" attitude helped me a lot create and develop​ very good and long term personal and professional relations and cooperations with my back office responsible team (secretary, technical, logistic and administrative responsibles..). ​ ​My communication and team leadership skills helped me also to structure and organize the international markets with professional and experienced local representatives, establishing profitable and long term business relationships, through a professional, honest, transparent and straight-forward business attitude. ​ ​These skills also helped me to build up respect and trust from the companies with which I worked and cooperated and also to create trust and loyalty with my international customers, in order to secure with them present and future continuative sales. ​ ​ ​​GOOD ORGANIZATION SKILLS ​ ​I always liked to be very active and dynamic and in my business action ("aggressive sales and marketing"...), but only after having well decided and established an accurate organization and a good action planning with the companies and with my internal and external teams. ​ ​I like to give every person of the team his share of responsibility for the organization of our actions​ and to share with everyone the success (or the possible failure !) of our actions. ​ ​​My past business activities involved a lot of "analysis" and a continuous work of "organization" and "planning" in order to: ​ ​​-elaborate technical feasibility studies for the evaluation of the technical and commercial viability of different industrial projects in various world countries, suggesting the necessary machines and technologies for every production requirements ​ ​​-analyze the different world markets, evaluating sales potential for the different countries and world regions ​ ​​-developing new developing world markets, establishing efficient sales networks with professional representatives in the new areas ​ ​​-organizing international customers visits worldwide to technically update them and to finalize industrial sales contracts ​ ​-participating to the main international exhibitions in the most important international markets ​ ​​-Organizing technical symposiums and business presentation in the different “target” countries in cooperation with the local representatives, with chambers of commerce, universities and the commercial government offices, in order to promote the company image and products. ​ ​​​- Establish fruitful contacts and cooperations with international organizations, international banks and donors to follow and support different international projects JOB RELATED SKILLS During my over 25 years of business activity I worked and cooperated with different companies and international suppliers and finalized different international projects, securing important industrial sales and negotiating supply contracts, including different machines, industrial technologies and products, ​such as : ​ 1. ​machines and technologies for the mining industry and the stone quarrying & processing industry 2. ​industrial cranes and hydraulic or electro-mechanic lifting equipments ​ 3. ​air compressors and electricity generating set ​ 4. ​different types of pneumatic and hydraulic machines and plants, from simple to very sophisticated and heavy duty, such as the hydraulic, mobile and self contained drilling machines for the mining industry 5. ​different industrial plants and processing lines (i.e. for stone processing,aluminium and metal processing, pipings, oil & gas, plastics, glass and other technologies) ​ 6. ​sophisticated numerically controlled (CNC) machining centers of different size and complexity and applied to different materials such as stone, glass, metals, plastic wood, special alloys, etc., addressed to many different industrial fields. 7. ​high pressure water cutting systems (water-jets) for different materials and industrial applications ​ ​8. ​water treatment plants and mud dehidration filter-presses addressed to different civil and industrial fields and applications. ​ ​9. ​industrial processing tools (i.e. diamond, widia and abrasive tools) for different industrial processing ​ ​10. ​​engineering service and supply of components for the Oil & Gas industry ​ 11.​ ​Beside the industrial projects, I have also developed a good experience in “luxury building projects” (i.e. villas, palaces, exclusive residences, vip offices, hotels, boutiques...) in Russia, the ex-Soviet Union Republics and in the Middle East, for the selection of exclusive natural stones and for the supply of high quality furniture in cooperation with interior designers, architects and Contract Companies. ​ ​For different industrial projects, I have cooperated with international organizations, financial institution and donors, such as UN, EU, WORLD BANK, IFC, EBRD, OPIC, DAI, HTSPE, USAID, UKAID, FAIDA, IESC and others. ​ ​​I worked both "INSIDE" the companies (area manager, technical sales director...), and also "OUTSIDE" the companies (international markets adviser, business developer and representative agent..) and I have the advantage to understand well and know how to manage these two different business approaches. ​ ​I have developed projects and experience with the ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, but I also have followed carefully the NEWLY DEVELOPING MARKETS, rich in raw materials (gas, oil, mining... ) and today in very fast growth and development, such as Russia, the Ex-Soviet Union Republics, some African countries, Iran, Qatar and also Afghanistan. ​ ​​In AFGHANISTAN, with great difficulties and risks, I have realized in 2010 the very first, modern project for quarrying and processing the white Herat marble,in cooperation with high quality suppliers of advanced machines and processing plants. The project had a very strong political echo and was reported by many international media (official factory opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivUE9SFrDE&feature=relmfu). ​ ​For my Afghan market, I have been appointed as international Technical Adviser and Member of the Board of the "Marble Center of Excellence (COE)", in cooperation with the US Government (US Department of Commerce), USAID and I have held different technical trainings in various Afghan locations. ​ ​​IRAN is another important market where I finalized contracts and supplies before the embargo and where today, with the new international re-opening of the country, I am following new projects in cooperation with well introduced local partners. INTERESTS AND HOBBIES: Advanced mechanics, geology and mineralogy, astronomy, green technologies, motor sports, water sports (sailing, swimming, fishing), mountain sports (hiking, climbing, mountain bike), quality cooking, quality music, international travelling.