Address:
Via Pietro Toselli, 17 - 63100 Ascoli Piceno
Telephone: +39 02 66984153 – mobile: +39 0338 9663491
Nationality: ITALIAN
Fiscal code: FDLFNC71P56A462E
Civil status: Single
Born: 09/16/1971
E-mail: la_franci@yahoo.com
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/La_Franci
October
1999-September 2000
·
Master's
Degree in International Marketing and Foreign Trade.
·
Scholarship
winner sponsored by the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE).
·
Internship
program at Indena SpA, world leader firm
in botanical derivatives for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food
industries,
conducting
a Market Research with respect to the Neutraceutical and Health-food sector
(Italian – Spanish branches).
September-December
1998
· Specialization course in Agribusiness (SMEA) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cremona.
June
1998
·
Università
di Bologna, BS
(“Laurea”) in Agricultural Sciences (focus in Economics).
·
Final
paper in Physics: "A Composting Plant's Feasibility Study".
1984
to 1989
·
Classical
High School "F. Stabili", Ascoli Piceno.
JOB
GOALS
I
would like to build upon my strong skills in science and economics while
working in an International business environment. I would also like to take
advantage of my educational background in order to better explore my career
interests in Marketing, International Trade, Food Products Promotion, and
Technical Journalism.
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY/WORK EXPERIENCES
January-October
1999
·
Research
Project Manager and Technical Consultant at Tecnoalimenti
S.c.p.A., a food research company in Milan.
Since
January 1999
·
Free-lance
journalist and technical translator at International
Food, a bimonthly food magazine in Milan.
·
Contributor
for La Cucina Italiana online, my column "Cucina a
Microonde", can be found at http://www.cucinait.com
·
English
version of the same site can be found at http://www.piacere.com.
·
Contribution
in fieri to the Internet site contents: http://www.mangiarebene.com/
-
English version at: http://
www.mangiarebene.net/
-
Japanese version at: http://
www.mbjapan.com/
1985
to 1990
RELATED EXPERIENCES
·
Part-time
job at Università di Bologna, Facoltà
di Lettere (scholarship winner).
July
to August 1998
·
Participation
in the seminar: "Cash crops and agricultural dynamics", Lomè,
Togo, Africa.
1997
·
University
internship in a chemical lab working on Honeybee physiology and Honey
sensory properties.
Summer
1996
·
Practical
work as a counselor-teacher in a Chilean Agrarian college, in the vicinity
of Santiago de Chile.
1996
·
European
course in a Great Distribution organization, with internships in Bologna and
Paris, France.
1995
to 1996
Since
1995
1994
Summer
1984
LANGUAGES
Italian:
native speaker
English: fluent (TOEFL score - "paper and pencil" version: 600)
Spanish: fluent
Portuguese: fair
French: fair
Russian: weak, poor reading skills but fair comprehension skills.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES COURSES and STUDY EXPERIENCES ABROAD
-
University of Claremont, CA - U.S.A.
- Technical School of Brighton, U.K.
- Washington State University Pullman, WA - U.S.A.
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Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Agronomos y montes, Cordoba, Spain
-
Italia-URSS Association, Ascoli P.
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Asociaçao Cultural Brasileira: Movimento Verde Amarelo, Bologna.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating systems: MacOS; Win98/2000.
Software: MS Office97/2000 (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and FrontPage); Project 98/2000.
Internet browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator.
REFERENCES
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Available upon request -