Massimo Merlino - Professor, Consultant, Entrepreneur

Activities

Education

Master in Chemical Engineering, Economics bachelor, Genoa University, Italy.

Languages

English, German, Spanish, French.

Work experiences

Entrepreneur promoting business in Europe, in Riga from May 2023, taking care
of Horizon European project GET, analysing opportunities for innovative
products and services.
Free lance consultant in Strategy, Logistics, Change management.
From 2008 till today, Chairman of Nanto Protective Coating, nanotech chemical
company, Rome.
Member of the Board of Consortium IBC, Engineering firm, Forlì.
From 2019 to 2022 Chairman of ARC Group, financial company, London.
From 2012 to 2018 Chairman of CIS Bank in San Marino Republic.
From 2007 to 2010 General Manager in Italy of the French consulting company
SIA Conseil.
From 2002 to 2004 Partner of SOGES, Italian Consulting, responsible of ICT
Division, Turin.
From 2002 till today he promoted new start up, Bioman and Biopaint in biotech,
Nanto in nanotech, Sirecled in led lamps.
From 1996 to 2002 he has developed and implemented Strategies of geographical
and Biotechnological diversification for a sugar manufacturer Italian Group
SFIR, designing and creating Biosfir, today Biosphere start up.
From 1986 to 1995 he has been International Partner of Andersen Consulting,
where he founded and managed in Italy and Europe the Change Management
Division, among projects, Sandoz (CH), ICA (SW), INPS and Ilva in Italy.
From 1976 to 1986 he has founded and managed the first Italian consulting
Company in Logistic, Praxis Management, among clients Zanussi, Fiat Group,
and Unilever Italy.
From 1970 to 1976 he has been consultant and then Managing Director of the
Italian Consulting Company Praxis Calcolo, operating in Operations Research
and ICT, among the clients Fiat Auto, ENI, Olivetti.
From 1965 to 1970 he has been Operation Research analyst in planning studies
for ERG and Mobil Oil, refining companies.

University

From 1987 till 2000 he has been Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Udine and Genoa University, Managerial Engineering Faculty.
At Bergamo University from 2001 till 2010, he has been teaching Business Administration, Technological Change, Entrepreneurship.
At San Marino University from 2012 till 2023 he has been teaching Finance for Innovation in Managerial Engineering Faculty.
He was teaching Srategic Marketing in Ventspils Augustskola, Latvia, 2011.
He was teaching Global Economy in TSI University, Riga, Latvia in 2023.

Associations

Chairman of the Italian Association of Operations Research from 1982 to 1987.
Chairman of the Italian Associations of management consulting firms and professionals, ASSCO and APCO from 1980 to1982. Member of AILOG (Logistics) and AIIG(Management Engineering).
Founder and member of the Board of Assochange, Italian Ass. Of Change Management, 2004.