The manager has already held the role of Professional Services Director in Italy, Spain and Portugal of QAD for over 15 years
QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of flexible cloud-based business software and services for international manufacturing companies, announces the promotion of Roberto Gandini to Head of Business Development of QAD in Italy. As Senior Director Business Development, Gandini will also have the role of leading the growth of QAD Italia's partnership program.
"We are thrilled that a particularly respected person like Roberto will take on a new role within QAD in promoting the QAD portfolio and the partner program in Italy", he has declared Steve Gardner, Senior Vice President, EMEA di QAD. “Roberto has been with QAD for several years and is perfectly familiar with our philosophy, the solutions portfolio and the commercial strategies we have adopted in EMEA. Expanding activities and visibility in Italy is an important component of our strategy and we rely on him to increase performance within the Italian manufacturing sector. "
Gandini has 25 years of experience in the field ofERP in a variety of positions ranging from consultancy to international management. Prior to this promotion, he was Director of Professional Services for QAD in Italy, Spain and Portugal. He has a strong background in consulting and is well versed in business processes, analytics skills, business software and project implementation. Before joining QAD, he was a financial advisor and senior consultant at CGI Consulting S.p.A., an IBM company. At the beginning of his career, he founded AGI-Nomos Consulting.
"I am looking forward to sharing the vision aimed at manufacturing companies, promotingAdaptive Manufacturing Enterprise and further expanding the presence of QAD in Italy ”, he underlined Roberto Gandini. "By leveraging the collective experience of the Italian QAD team, we expect to be able to increase the number of customers and avail ourselves of the support of experienced partners".
The global QAD partner network is comprised of over 100 enterprises including solution partners, technology partners, channel partners and consulting partners. Gandini will be responsible for expanding the entire network of partners throughout Italy.
More than 2,000 manufacturing companies have already implemented QAD solutions to manage their businesses in approximately 4,000 factories around the world. QAD's portfolio of solutions, QAD Adaptive Applications, helps these companies to become Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise, in which each business process is aligned with the company's strategy.
