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Date and place of birth : 1959, Nov the 6th in Jeddah (S. Arabia)
Nationality : Italian
Civil Status : Married with children
Educational background : Degree in Economics (110/110), University of Parma, Italy
Address in Italy : Via Contrada Boschi 6 - Sestri Levante (Ge) - Italy


Professional experience
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January 2008 - (based in Melbourne, Australia)
Dec 2002 - Dec 2007 (based in Milan, Italy)

Occupation:
Consultant/symbolic analyst (cfr. http://online.bcc.ctc.edu/econ/kst/BriefReign/symbanalydef.htm) - running his own consulting company, Nomads Sas

Journalist, regular contributor to:
“Il Sole 24 Ore”, daily economic newspaper
“L’Espresso”, weekly magazine
“L’Avvenire”, daily newspaper
“Specchio, La Stampa”, daily newspaper

Photographer;
http://photo.grazianeri.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?sm=Basic&cid=-1&All=gulmanelli&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

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July 2001 - November 2002 (based in Milan,Italy)

Occupation:
Strategic consultant to the CEO in Edra S.p.A., new media company of the Seat Pagine Gialle group

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April 2000 - June 2001 (based in Milan, Italy)

Occupation:
Co-founder/mktg director at Son et Lumière, Internet new media company, leader in “interactive webcasting”

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June 1996 – March 2000 (based in Johannesburg, South Africa)

Occupation: Journalist and economic consultant

Acting correspondent from Southern Africa for:
- “Il Sole 24 Ore”, Italian economic newspaper
- “L’Espresso”, Italian weekly newsmagazine
- “Il Messaggero”, Italian daily newspaper
Regular contributor to:
- “Limes”, political science review
- “Business Day”, South African economic newspaper

Short term consultant for the World Bank and the European Union on African issues

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March 1995 - May 1996 (based in Tirana, Albania)

Occupation:
Private consultant for Companies establishing business in Albania.
Publisher of the bilingual (Italian/English) fortnightly economic newspaper “Albania sot”

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November 1986 - Jan.1995 (based in Milan, Italy)

Name of the Company : UNILEVER ITALIA - Milan

Nature of business : Worldwide production/distribution of consumer goods in the area of Detergent, Personal care and Food

Career path/responsibilities :
* (1987 - 1990) - Brand Manager
* (1991 - 1992) - Category Manager
* (1992 - 1994) – Innovation Project Manager. Innovation Center was to develop products for worldwide roll outs.

In Unilever - within the training program for trainees and managers – he held a number of seminars and courses on:
- Marketing strategy
- Total quality policy
- The innovation cycle: from the identification of an opportunity to the launch of a product

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Other educational experiences

- International Civilian Peace-keeping and Peace-building Training Program c/o Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR):
- Foundation Course, (February 1999)
- Specialization Course on “Information Dissemination in conflict areas”, (March ’99)

- Course on Sustainable Development held by Gunter Pauli c/o the Zero Emission Research Institute (ZERI) in Geneva (September '99)

- Strategic Leadership Training Course c/o Dani-Hi military and counter-terrorism training camp in Cesarrea, Israel (October '99)

- Ad Hoc Training on “Conflict Resolution Process” held by Dr. Dudley Weeks, twice Candidate to Peace Nobel Prize (February 2002)

- “Leading Scholars" Program: European and Global Relations in a Changing International System” c/o ASERI - Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali, Università Cattolica di Milano (May 2002)

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Other professional activities

Speaker at seminars on:

- Crosscultural experiences (Future Concept Lab, S3 Studium – 2000/2001)
- NetActivism: new patterns of consumption or deviant phenomena? (FCL, 2003)
- Cultural change as sparkle for economic development (A.I.F. – 2000)
- Communication on the Web (Congresso Dirigenti Marketing e Vendite – 2001)

Lecturer on “Open and distance learning” at European Business School in Milan (2002/3) and for CIRM (2003)

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Intercultural experiences

Languages
- Italian (mother language)
- English (excellent written & spoken)
- Spanish (knowledgeable spoken)
- Arabic (to be refreshed)

Countries/regions
- Italy (15 years)
- Middle East Countries, mainly Saudi Arabia (15 years)
- Balkan Area, mainly Albania (1,5 years)
- Sub-equatorial Africa, mainly South Africa (4 years)

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Other experiences/skills

- Conflict resolution & partnership building skills
- Organizational experience & project management
- Professional photography
(http://www.nomads.it/stories.php?cosa=40&madre=0&pagina=7)
(http://photo.grazianeri.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?sm=Basic&cid=-1&All=gulmanelli&submit.x=0.y=0)
- Acting local producer for TV networks (i.e. reportage on South Africa, "Moby Dick" newsprogram, Mediaset network, Oct '98)
- Living skills in remote areas/trying circumstances (i.e. two months in the Kalahari Desert for a research project on Bushmen)

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Publications:

• "Studi Organizzativi", management review directed by Prof Federico Butera: "The South African way to organizational change"

• “PopWar: NetActivism vs. Covernment. Libertarian use of new technologies” Apogeo, 2003

• He has translated, edited, updated and written the foreword for the Italian edition of the essay “Future Active” by Graham Meikle (“Disobbedienza Civile Elettronica”, Apogeo 2004).

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Contacts:

stegul at nomads.it