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Ercole Colonese

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Name:                    Ercole Colonese

Education:           Physics, Nuclear department (University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy)

Actual position:    Senior Consultant (independent)

 

Telephone:          (+39) 06 4460653

Mobile:               (+39) 338 7248417

E-mail:               ercole@colonese.it

Born on 12th January 1945 in San Benedetto Ullano (CS), an ancient little Albanian community in Calabria.

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CV_Ercole_Colonese_2008_English (.pdf 69KB)

 

 

Cooperation with:

RUBIERRE Consulenti di Direzione

 

 

 CURRENT KEY ACTIVITIES

  • As a member of AICQ, an Organization devoted to disseminate the culture of quality in Italy, is partecipating to events organized by AICQ as Lecturing, Teaching, Writing articles and books, etc.;

  • Building Quality Systems and supporting ISO 9000 Certification for Industry;

  • Supporting BID preparation in the Pubblic Administration sector;

  • Enhancing development processes through the CMMI Maturity Model;

  • Bulding IT Governance (Organization, Processes, SLA, etc.);

  • Supporting the adoption of Project Management methodologies in software organizations;

  • Supporting the adoption of Quality processes (Quality Assurance, Quality Planning and Control, Software Testing, Software Peer Reviews);

  • Supporting the adoption of Metrics (Software metrics, Qality metrics, IT Metrics, SLA, etc.);

  • Teaching on Software Engineering to Software Organization, University, and Quality arena.

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Summary Profile

Working in IBM for more than 30 years (from 1974 to 2005).

Certified Senior Consultant in Application Management Services (AMS), supported many client organizations in developing their own IT systems.

Worked for about 20 years in IBM Software Product Laboratories as Programmer, Designer, Development Manager, Test Manager, Maintenance Manager, Crisis Manager, Quality Manager. Most important products were in the Systems Management area and running on IBM Mainframe (MVS, DB2, Cobol, PL1, PLS, Assembler).

Performed the Quality Control in a very large AS/400 project for the most important client of the automobile industry. 

Certified Project Manger  by Washington University in USA, played the role of Project Manager in very large and international projects.

Built more than one Quality System, all certified ISO 9000, for many cusotmers in differente industries.

Certified Team Doctor in USA, built motivated groups engaged in very challanging projects.

Improved development and mangement processes adopting maturity models (SEI-CMM and CMMI).

Participated to the IBM Total Quality Management (TQM) programs implementing different Excellence Models (Malcolm Baldrige, Six Sigma, EFQM).

  

Languages

Italian   (native)

English  (fluent)

French  (studied)

Spanish (studied)

 

  

Key skills

Deep exeperience in:

.    Consultancy (10 years working as Certified Senior Consultant in AMS area)

.    People Management (10 years managing different department)

.    Project Management (4 years managing large projects)

.    Software Development (20 years in Software Products Development Laboratories)

.    Teaching/Lecturing (5 years teaching in IBM Learning Centre and in Rome University).

 

  

Key courses and training

Course title and location:

  • Security Standards in Software Projects (Rome, Italy).

  • e-Business on demand (Rome, Italy).

  • Application Management Services Fundamentals (CBT).

  • Customer Satisfaction (e-Learning).

  • SEI-CMMI Workshop (Milan, Italy).

  • Introduction to e-Business (Rome, Italy).

  • SSM Selling Method (Rome, Italy).

  • IBM Testing Model (CBT).

  • e-business Testing Differences (CBT).

  • GUI Design Essentials (CBT).

  • Year 2000 Methodology Workshop (Milan, Italy).

  • Disaster Recovery Workshop (Milan, Italy).

  • IBM Global Services Method for Professionals (Rome, Italy).

  • Application Development Effectiveness (London, UK).

  • Professional Consultancy Workshop (La Hulpe, Belgium).

  • User-Centered Design Workshop (Toronto, Canada).

  • Team Building (Raleigh, USA).

  • Advanced Scheduling Techniques (Washington University, USA).

  • Quality for Project Managers (Washington University, USA).

  • Leadership in a Project Team Environment (Washington University, USA).

  • Project Planning, Analysis and Control (Washington University, USA).

  • The Voice of Customer (Rome, Italy).

  • The Effective Team (Milan, Italy).

  • ISO 9000 within IBM (Milan, Italy).

  • MDQ Assessors Training Class (La Hulpe, Belgium).

  • ISO 9000 Workshop (London, UK).

  • Managing Customer Relationships (Rivoltella del Garda, Italy).

  • Problem Solving (Rome, Italy).

  • Effective Communication (Milan, Italy).

  • Presentation Techniques (Milan, Italy).

  • IBM Base Management Class (Rivoltella del Garda, Italy).

  • Telecommunications Technologies (La Gaude, France).

  • IBM Base Technical Class (Milan, Italy).

 

  

Courses as teacher

Course title and location:

  • Software Engineering ("Tor Vergata" University, Rome)

  • IT and Multimedia (Politecnico "Scientia et Ars", Vibo Valentia)

  • Introduction to Software Engineering (IBM, Rome, Milan)

  • Competencies in Software Engineering - SWEBOK (IBM, Rome)

  • Application Software Development (IBM, Rome)

  • Software Testing Methodology (IBM, Rome)

  • Requirements Engineering (PSTS, Sicily)

  • Software Development Methodology (PSTS, Sicily)

  • Software Testing Methodology (PSTS, Sicily)

  • Software Testing Methodology (PSTS, Sicily)

  • Software Usability (PSTS, Sicily)

  • Web Usability (PSTS, Sicily)

  • User-Centered Design (IBM Learning Centre, Rome, Milan)

  • Software Quality Management (IBM Learning Centre, Rome, Milan)

  • Inspections in Software Development (IBM Learning Centre, Rome)

 

  

Publications

All listed publications are available on the Web site (www.colonese.it/pubblicazioni) in Italian for University students and software professionals to get best profit (only titles are reported here in English):

  • Software Development Today ...

  • Development Strategy and Life Cycle

  • Software Usability

  • Web Usability

  • The Role of Facilitator in Transformation Projects

  • Software Quality)

  • ISO/IEC 9126 (ISO/IEC 9126 Quality Model)

  • Introduction to SWEBOK

  • Testing Methodology

  • Project Management

  • Bibliography for Software Development area

  • A Glossary of Software Development  Terms

 

  

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