I am Andrea Ripanucci, a retired TIM S.p.A. manager with a long career in technology and operations. I led diverse organizational units and coordinated teams of up to 80 people, driving new processes and technologies across the company. I am comfortable adapting quickly to new realities, collaborating across different structures, and communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels. I enjoy structuring complex programs, planning investments, and delivering results in capital allocation, IT demand management, and large digital initiatives.

Andrea Ripanucci

I am Andrea Ripanucci, a retired TIM S.p.A. manager with a long career in technology and operations. I led diverse organizational units and coordinated teams of up to 80 people, driving new processes and technologies across the company. I am comfortable adapting quickly to new realities, collaborating across different structures, and communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels. I enjoy structuring complex programs, planning investments, and delivering results in capital allocation, IT demand management, and large digital initiatives.

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I am Andrea Ripanucci, a retired TIM S.p.A. manager with a long career in technology and operations. I led diverse organizational units and coordinated teams of up to 80 people, driving new processes and technologies across the company.

I am comfortable adapting quickly to new realities, collaborating across different structures, and communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels. I enjoy structuring complex programs, planning investments, and delivering results in capital allocation, IT demand management, and large digital initiatives.

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Language

Italian
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Capital Allocation Service Manager at TIM S.p.A.
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2022
From 2018 to 2022, led the Capital Allocation Service creation and monitored spending progress, including allocating capital for the development of new products/services in line with CEO priorities and Technology & Operations budget constraints; oversaw forecasting and expenditure tracking.
IT Demand Management for Technology at TIM S.p.A. – Technology & Operations
June 1, 2015 - Present
Since June 2015, accountable for technical-economic planning of Service Creation, rolling planning of development kits for internal Technology needs, requirement collection, high-level design, impact assessment, and prioritization; managed cross-functional initiatives and led the Telecom Italia Big Data project for network data management/discovery.
Technical and Economic Planning of the Mobile Network at Telecom Italia – Technology
January 1, 2010 - May 31, 2015
From 2010 to May 2015, focal point for the technical quantities of the mobile area, Capex budgeting for the Mobile Network, integrated technical-economic view of the Mobile Network Plan, and strategic investment coordination.
Governance of Opex in the Information Technology Area at Telecom Italia – Technology
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
2009: governance of IT opex, aligning annual needs with IT priorities, monitoring progress and deviations, and actions to reduce opex; oversight of SLA-based application operations vendors and license management.
Information Technology - Technical Planning at Telecom Italia – Technology
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008
2008: coordinated investment cards, capex budgeting for IT developments in Sales, Care, Invoicing, Technical Assistance; licensing budget management and IT production capacity planning.
Head of the Process Architecture Integration at Telecom Italia – Business Support Systems Fixed & Mobile
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2007
2006-2007: led the Process Architecture Integration function, sizing production capacities for BSS kits, managing software license budgets, and developing the DDM tool to support demand management and budgeting.
Head of Budget Planning, IT Demand Management and IT Architectures at Telecom Italia – Business Support Systems Fixed
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005
2005: defined the three-year evolution plan for BSS, defined BSS architecture (data warehousing and CRM), performed impact assessment and high-level design for new services, planned releases, and managed budgeting and governance standards.
Head of Infrastructure Projects Demand and Process Architecture Integration at Telecom Italia – Wireline Customer Operations – Processes and Systems
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2004
2002-2004: managed infrastructure projects to renew platforms, achieving efficiency gains and robust business support; led major deployments including new Usage Collection, Rosso Alice portal, service assurance, new billing/invoicing platform, and eCommerce/web channels.
Head of Architecture at Telecom Italia – Data.Com – Sistemi Informativi
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2001
2001: managed reference architectures for Datacom data services, aligned CRM platforms, and integrated planning for CRM and data services; contributed to the Service Delivery Platform planning.
Process Analysis and Architectures at Telecom Italia – Mercato Italia – Sistemi Informativi
January 1, 1999 - December 31, 2000
1999-2000: defined CRM evolution lines, analyzed CRM impacts, and led optimization of integrity billing processes during CRM platform upgrade.
IT Applications Manager at Telecom Italia – Private Customer Department
January 1, 1998 - December 31, 1998
1998: managed Radiomaritime and Satellite Services Information System development and operation, supporting end-to-end marketing, invoicing, accounting and logistics for private customers.
Head of Departmental Systems at Telecom Italia – Consumer Customer Department – IT Applications
January 1, 1996 - December 31, 1997
1996-1997: introduced early web technologies, email, electronic document archiving and correspondence management; established the Departmental Systems Centre for operations support.
Technology and Methods Department at Tecsiel S.p.A. / Finsiel S.p.A.
January 1, 1994 - December 31, 1995
1994-1995: Team Leader for Network Management System development; prepared ISO 9000-related guidance; drafted guidelines for client-server application design within the group.
Architectures Lead – Public Education Information System at Finsiel / Sogei
January 1, 1991 - December 31, 1993
1991-1993: defined the reference architecture for the Public Education Information System; led development of the Client Environment enabling Windows-based Cobol-like development; contributed to distributed architecture.
IQAS System Developer at SOGEI
January 1, 1987 - December 31, 1990
1987-1990: implemented IQAS for querying DB2 tax/land registry archives; built natural language interface and graphical interface to simplify SQL query generation for non-technical users.

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering with specialization in Computer Science – Systems at La Sapienza University
January 1, 1980 - February 25, 1985
Scientific high school diploma at Augusto Righi State Scientific High School, Rome
January 1, 1974 - December 31, 1979

Qualifications

ISO 9000 Quality Management Certification
January 11, 2030 - January 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services