Project Management Update from Italy

Antonello Bove
International Correspondent - Italy Based in Rome, Italy and Washington, DC, USA

Antonello Bove is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today. Based in Washington, DC and Rome, Italy, Mr. Bove is also an Consultant for the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), the private investment arm of the Inter-American Development Bank. At IIC, he is leader of a program designed to strengthen European ties with Latin America and the Caribbean; he spends his time equally between Italy, Latin America and the USA. Antonello was previously CEO of Robur Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of gas absorption air-conditioning technology based in Indiana. He was also previously a Partner at Proginvest in Rome, Italy, and a business development & government affairs manager at Iniziativa SpA (Milan-Rome, Italy), today Ernst & Young. He is a visiting professor at ABITA - Project Management University of Florence, Italy. Antonello is the author of the project management book, La metodologia dei 12 Step www.lametodologiadei12step.com ,published in Italy by Hoepli in 2008. Antonello has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (1987) and is a graduate of the Executive Program on General Management from the University of Michigan (2002). A member of the “Italian Association of Journalists” since 1987, he is also a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and the American Management Association (AMA). Additional information about Antonello can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm. Antonello can be contacted at: antonellobove@aol.com.