Members Introduction

Luca Casciola - May 2022

Luca Casciola

Luca is an aerospace engineer coordinating research projects in the civil aviation industry across Europe, with a focus on integrating state of art IT technologies into existing aviation standards.
He is planning to obtain CAPM certificate by end 2022 and thanks to that he is planning to expand its portfolio of research projects.

He has joined the PMI Swiss Chapter to connect with other people driving the change in Switzerland, and to create business opportunities for the community and for local industry.

In his free time Luca loves playing with RC models and he fosters educational programmes for kids in the Zurich area.

You can learn more about Luca by visiting his LinkedIn profile

 

 

 

Elisabet Amanatidou - May 2022

Elisabet Amanatidou

Elisabet holds a MSc in Business and Finance and moved to Zurich in 2008 where she joined ABB. During this time she had taken the responsibility as Project Management where she was leading projects of automating some of the processes in the internal reporting, and decided that this was a career path she wanted to follow.

Elisabet is Swedish with Greek origin and has a wide international experience and solid cultural awareness, having lived in different countries as China and Egypt.

In her free time, she regularly practicing meditation. She also enjoys dancing tango, snowboarding, kitesurfing, and spending quality time with friends.

She joined the PMI local chapter to connect with other local PM as well as to exchange valuable knowledge.

You can learn more about Elisabet by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

 

 

Andrea Reto Wieland - November 2020

Andrea Reto Wieland

Andrea has been working in management consulting and financial controlling for more than eight years. His main field of exposure are the banking and the insurance sector. In his last role as senior business manager he had the full responsibility of steering the financials, the processes and the financial reporting of the asset servicing business unit.


He has always been interested in the field of finance and accounting. He has earned the CFA designation in 2012 and is a Swiss Chartered Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting and Reporting. He has also been engaged with digital transformation projects related to banking solutions. In 2020 he decided to pursue to PMP qualification to advance in the field of project management and to join the Swiss PMI Chapter.


Andrea is actively looking for a new challenge in project management or in financial controlling.


You can learn more about Andrea by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Ivan Szabo - November 2020

Ivan Szabo

Ivan is a senior executive with a proven track record in delivering large cross-functional programs within the highly regulated aviation industry.
He works as a senior director with SWISS International Air Lines and set up and leads the SWISS Future Intercont Experience Program. He provides leadership, coordination, and management for the new cross-divisional program organization consisting of multiple projects and sub-projects with around 200 members to implement the "New Premium" cabin interiors. The first phase of the program includes the introduction of Premium Economy seats on the Boeing 777-300ER and A340-300 fleets. Key challenges include integrating the timeline of the technical retrofit with the entry into service of the seat class – ensuring not only that all IT, revenue management, sales and marketing activities are completed and ready when the retrofit aircraft are delivered, but also that the flight & ground operations departments introduce the required processes to operate the aircraft in the new configuration. Media Release


In a previous line management role, he was responsible for setting up and leading a new department to harmonize pilot training standards across Lufthansa Group airlines.
As the program manager for the Boeing 777-300ER introduction, he set up, directed and aligned the program organization to ensure the on-time delivery and seamless integration of the Boeing 777-300ER into the SWISS fleet. SWISS B777 first aircraft manufacturing video
Ivan originally studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University in Darmstadt, which he supplemented with an Executive MBA from Ashridge in Berkhamsted, UK. This combination of a technical background with the general management knowledge has enabled him to bridge the communications gap between different stakeholders across multiple functions. He achieved his PMP certification in July 2020.

On a personal note, Ivan’s family originally comes from Hungary. They fled Hungary during the 1956 revolution. Ivan was born in Belgium, grew up in the United States and Colombia. He graduated high school went to university in Germany and has been living in Switzerland since 2013. He is fluent in English, German and Hungarian with a working knowledge of Spanish and basic French.
You can learn more about Ivan by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Serge Moukouri - November 2020

Serge Moukouri

Serge is a project manager with 12 years of experience in broadcast company.

He works as project manager at Radio Television Suisse and leads broadcast projects as building or updating studios to satisfy editorial needs. Leads IT project as developing transversal editorial systems to facilitate information exchanges between Newsrooms TV, Radio, Sport and Online members.

Serge holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Studies. Apart form PMP obtained in July 2020, he is a certified Business Analyst. His motivation to join the Swiss Chapter is to develop, exchange knowledge in project management and meet interesting people.

In his free time, Serge likes Obstacle Course Racing, biking and motorcycling.

You can learn more about Serge by visiting his LinkedIn profile