Dr. Filippo Larceri

Lead of global implementation of Clariant Excellence program for the Business Units Functional Minerals and Additives . The program aims to increase cash generation, growth, margin and velocity by implementing innovations and improvements in all the areas of the organization : innovation (new product and service development), sales & marketing, production, supply chain, procurement. End-to-End = Innovation Excellence + Commercial Excellence + Operational Excellence.

Member of Core Team of Clariant Innovation Excellence with responsibility for BU Oil & Mining Services. - Innovation Gate Process for New Product Development and New Product Introduction. - Portfolio management and strategic planning - Workshops for new business opportunities, and Identification of customer needs.. - Support and management of Innovation Project & Portfolio - Project Lead for IT tool for project management, portfolio management and project controlling serving 2000 users.

Start up (nov.2010 - aug.2011) and management of Project Management Office within R&D function of 'Catalysts' Business Unit. Main tasks: - Selection, setting and implementation of PM best practices - Evaluation of project status over the all R&D portfolio (around 200 projects spread over six different sites in Europe, US, Far East) - R&D portfolio analysis and strategic planning - Management of strategic, complex and multisite projects (since november 2010 to July 2012 : Süd-Chemie AG)

management of R&D project - catalyst for propene ammoxidation to acrylonitrile - additional task: technical director of poison gas storage and handling (according to Italian law RD147/27)

project management - waste to energy, coal and biomass gasification, air independent propulsion systems, methanol reforming

process engineer - fuel cells,desalination,waste-to -energy, air independent propulsion systems

Professional. Customers: Università degli studi di Genova, Ansaldo Ricerche Topics: process engineering, simulation SW development