E U R O P E A N C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E F O R M A T PERSONAL INFORMATION Name FELICI FABRIZIO Address Telephone Fax E-mail Nationality at birth Present nationality Date of birth [ Day, month, year ] Place of birth ROME (ITALY) Sex Male x Female WORK EXPERIENCE Dates (from to) Activities JULY 2009 - NOW From August 2009 I am a pensioner. From September 2011 I was a member of the Fusion for Energy Executive Committee. Freelance Consultant. I have gathered data and analyzed the way ESA projects use the ECSS standards, I have been discussing, ways to harmonize and improve the utilization of these standards in future projects. Dates (from to) 2006- JULY 2009 European Agency (ESA), European and Technology Center (ESTEC) Office of the Inspector General Noordwijk, The Netherlands Page 1 - Curriculum vitae of
ESA representative in the Technical Authority (TA) of the European Cooperation for Standardisation (ECSS) As an advisor to the Inspector General, I coordinated production, revision and approval in ESA of the new standards. I contributed to the issue of the new series of about 100 standards now endorsed by all main stakeholders through the TA management body. Dates (from to) 2003-2006 ESA - ESRIN- Directorate of Launchers Frascati, Italy Vega Program Manager (A6 grade) Reporting directly to the Director of launchers, I developed and managed the Integrated project Team of Vega (small european space rocket) in ESRIN, the ESA establishment near Rome. With the team I have: Negotiated the main Vega development contracts with and French industries (total of 500 Meuro) Run the program until beginning of System Design Review; Managed the interfaces with Arianespace (the commercial exploitant) and CNES (the French space agency ); Started the follow up Verta procurement program (250 Meuro) up to approval at Ministerial Conference level. Member of the Ariane 517 failure Enquiry Board in late 2002 Dates (from to) 2000-2003 ESA - ESTEC - Technical Directorate Head of the Propulsion and Aerothermodynamics Division I managed this technology division of about 25 people restoring its support capabilities to ESA projects and initiating the Expert aerothermodynamics test vehicle. The division is a pool of experts with autonomous technical capabilities managing technology contracts and supporting ESA teams in charge of specific projects. Dates (from to) 1996-2000 ESA - ESTEC - Science Directorate Dates (from to) 1992-1996 Project Manager for Herschel and Planck I built up the project team and cooperation with NASA-JPL, as well as the unique, (3.5m) Silicon-Carbide telescope technology. The two spacecraft were successfully launched in 2009 ESA - ESTEC - Science directorate Project Manager for SOHO (SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory) Page 2 - Curriculum vitae of
SOHO is a scientific spacecraft constantly observing the sun from a halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1 between moon and earth. It carries 10 experiments, designed, built and exploited by 10 multinational scientific teams from European and US universities. It is still today active and handled by a NASA ground operations team. The European budget was about 300 Meuro [1995 EC], and the overall taxpayers investment (experiments, ESA and Nasa budgets ) reached about 1 Billion euro. Reporting to the head of Scientific Programs, I led the project team managing the industrial phases C/D/E (design, development, assembly, testing, launch and initial verification and operations), as well as Principal Investigators, NASA ground operations and Lockheed-Martin Atlas launcher interfaces until on-station commissioning. The spacecraft was launched on schedule and within budget constraints in 1995. SOHO remains so far the only cooperative ESA - NASA project led by ESA. Dates (from to) 1988-1992 ESA - ESTEC - Manned Flight Directorate Engineering Manager for Columbus in the International Station. ( A5 grade ) First experience of recruitment and management of a team of ~20, developing the European contributions to the International Station and interfacing with NASA, NASDA (Japanese Agency). Dates (from to) 1981-1986 ESA - ESTEC - Science Directorate Mechanical and Thermal engineer in the Giotto Team Team member responsible for all thermal and mechanical aspects of the Giotto spaceraft, which succesffuly rendevoused with Halley s comet in 1986. Dates (from to) 1979-1981 ESA - ESTEC - Technical Directorate Strucural Engineer Expert support to several project teams. Dates (from to) 1973-1979 Selenia (Now ThalesAleniaspace) Rome (Italy) &Military Structural Engineer Contribution to several developments Page 3 - Curriculum vitae of
EDUCATION AND TRAINING Dates (from to) 1967-1972 Name and type of organization providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded Level in national classification (if appropriate) University of Rome La Sapienza Mechanical engineering Ingegnere Laurea Dates (from to) 1996 Name and type of organization providing education and training Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Title of qualification awarded Ashridge (UK) Mangement development course (1 week) N/A Page 4 - Curriculum vitae of
PERSONAL SKILLS Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas. MOTHER TONGUE OTHER LANGUAGES [ Indicate level: excellent, good, basic. ] [ Specify language ] English French Dutch Reading skills Excellent Good Fair Writing skills Excellent Basic Basic Verbal skills Excellent Good Fair SOCIAL SKILLS 30 years of employment in the international environment offered by the European Agency. Multicultural team managment, handling diverse cultures and nationalities. Interfacing with other space agencies across the world (US, Japan) as well as industries both in Europe and in the US. Living for 30 years in a foreign country (The Netherlands) has offered me and my wife a challange and opportunity to appreciate cultural differences. ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS For most of my career, I have led teams of size up to 25 people from various european countries. I have been charged with budgets up to 500 Million euro and have controlled industrial procurement contracts, covering both technical and budgetary aspects as well as change management inherent to complex projects involving multiple contributors. TECHNICAL SKILLS Beyond my mechanical engineering background, as a project program manager I have been immersed in multiple aspects of legal and financial regulations, in particular in handling industrial contracts. ARTISTIC SKILLS Amateur photography Motorcycling fan both active and passive DRIVING LICENCE(S) A+B ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A list of references can be provided upon request Page 5 - Curriculum vitae of