Alex Abbate spent then 2 years as Director of Logistics for a chemical-adhesive company, in charge of warehouse stocks, material requirement planning, production capacity requirement planning, ADP, product sales statistics, purchasing and contracting, and management of human resources for the above mentioned activities.

Since 1998, independent IT advisor, mainly in Italy and UK/Europe, with a wide knowledge and expertise covering scores of ERP, specialised IT and production/warehouse management systems.

Alex Abbate speaks English, Italian, German, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish fluently and has a basic knowledge of Finnish.

Alex Abbate owns a Management of Information Systems degree, University of Maryland, and is specialised in System Analysis. He also owns Computer Science Degree and a Professional certification from the Institute of Certification for Computer Professionals (I.C.C.P.), Des Plaines, IL, U.S.A., with a specialisation in COBOL language and System Analysis - Mainframe & Minicomputer-based Architectures.

Alex Abbate is proficient/familiar in the following standards/methodologies:

• Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP), ACP standards
• American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for software development
• Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
• IBM/Hewlett Packard project techniques, with particular regards to project and development of datawarehouses and datamarts
• SSADM (STRADIS, YSM)
• DSDM - Rapid Application Development (RAD) & Joint Application Development (JAD) Teams
• Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD)
• Don Meyer & Associates Methodology
• Work Flow Management Standards
• Australian Enterprise-wide Risk Management Standard AS/NZS 4360:1999
• American Military Records Management and Logistics Standards (USAF & US ARMY)
• British Military Records Management Standards (RAF, Royal Navy, British Army)
• ISO standards
• PRINCE 2
• CDM (Construction Design Manufacturing)

Systems/architectures known: iSeries based architectures, SAP R/3, ESA EXPLOIT FAST ERP, SMC PRACTOR, CYBERPLAN, NICIM, TXT, BAAN, J.D.EDWARDS, ORACLE ERP, BORM, GALILEO-SAN MARCO, FORMULA-DIAPASON, NAVISION, AGRESSO, ARCHIPAD, STR, PRIMUS, MASTRO, CLICK4-REPLY, RETICOLO-REPLY, KORAM, IBS, MOVEX, StarBase, Artemis International, Exchequer, Selima, Great Plains, Pecas II, Tropos-SSI, Sage and CERM, Maximo. Experience with complex multi-system environments.

Alex Abbate operates in UK within the boundaries of IR35 legislation and under the following umbrella company: Atlantic Consultancy Ltd.

Alex Abbate is an independent Associate of AABS (Academy of Business Strategy – London).