Maurizio Costa

I am responsible for establishing company's goals and strategies in Italy and presiding over the entire workforce (+10 employes). Oversees budgets and ensures resources are properly allocated. Ensures departments meet individual goals. Responsible for overall accountability to shareholders.

SUMMARY
I am responsible for helping the company to achieve business goals and increase operating performance. I prepared budgets and solved internal issues as they arise.

PRIMARY RESPONSABILITIES
- Oversee revenue generation.
- Preside over operations.
- Identify ways to maximize revenue.
- Analyze financial reports.
- Recruit, retain and motivate staff.
- Identify and lead new business opportunities.
- Sets goal, monitor work, and evaluate results to ensure that organizational objectives and operating requirements are met and are in line with the needs and mission of the organization.

Wineverse is an e-commerce startup of italian wines. Our mission is to be the trusted and leading resource for wine lovers and buyers, whether shopping for themselves or sending a gift. We strive to offer the best selection of Italian wines, best prices, convenient and efficient world wide delivery and informations that helps prospects and customers enjoy italian wine with confidence.

Summary

I'm responsible for definition and overseeing marketing & sales initiatives. I works to develop areas such as  digital assets development, marketing communications, including advertising and promotions, pricing, market research, and customer service.

Primary Responsabilities

• Facilitate growth, sales, and marketing strategies.
• Increase revenue generation.
• Perform risk mitigation.
• Prepare overall marketing & sales strategy.
• Develop programs with quantifiable objectives to measure results.
• Implement and manage digital marketing budget.
• Leverage data and analytics to drive insights.
• Modify or redirect business intelligence strategy.
• Oversee and direct the efforts of the marketing team.
• Develop segmentation, competitive analysis/market intelligence, prospecting, lead generation, pricing, promotions, communications and budgets, strategic planning, revenue retention and growth.
• Oversee the development of digital assets
• Develop and measure key metrics around the business including user acquisition, conversion rates, engagement rates, satisfaction and repurchase rates.

DigitalTails is an Italian e-commerce incubator. Our mission is incubate e-commerce startup in those areas where Italy is still considered the world's leading: Food, Fashion and Design.

Summary

I was responsible for helping the company to achieve business goals and increase operating performance. I prepared budgets and business plan, and solved internal issues as they arise.

Primary responsabilities

• Attend board meetings.
• Oversee revenue generation.
• Preside over operations.
• Identify ways to maximize revenue.
• Work with financial controller to prepare budgets.
• Analyze financial reports.
• Recruit, retain and motivate staff.
• Identify and lead new business opportunities..
• Sets goal, monitor work, and evaluate results to ensure that organizational objectives and operating requirements are met and are in line with the needs and mission of the organization.

Main Goals

2014: 500k fundraising and focalisation on food sector

Kora is an Italian full service digital marketing agency that provides breadth of capability, ranging from high-level strategy to heavyweight technology implementation and award-winning media. Kora employs over 100 professionals located primarily in Italy.
Kora's market leadership is based on our ability to bring together a series of disciplines. By linking marketing and communications across all digital touch points, our approach helps strengthen the position, efficiency and market share of our clients.

Summary

I was responsible for establishing company's goals and strategies and presiding over the entire workforce. Oversees budgets and ensures resources are properly allocated. Ensures departments meet individual goals. Responsible for overall accountability to shareholders.

Primary Responsabilities

• Oversee all other executives and staff within the organization.
• Meet with board of directors to determine if company is in accordance with goals and policies.
• Oversee budgets.
• Encourage business investment.
• Promote economic development within communities.
• Direct the organization's financial goals, objectives, and budgets.
• Implement the organization's guidelines on a day-to-day basis.
• Preside over quality control.
• Hire, train, and terminate employees.
• Develop and implement strategies and set the overall direction of the company 
• Oversee the investment of funds and manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities, execute capital-raising strategies to support a expansion, and deal with mergers and acquisitions
• Provide visionary and strategic leadership for the organization.
• Collaborate with middle management to develop the policies and direction of the organization.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other associations, industry that are in the best interest of the company.
• Direct staff, including organizational structure, professional development, motivation, performance evaluation, discipline, compensation, personnel policies, and procedures

Main projects & customers
Vodafone, H3G, Telecom Italia, Jumpy (Fininvest Group), UBI Banca, [email protected], Findomestic Banca, RCS, BNL, Fornarina, Camomilla, Mediaset, La7, Dahlia TV, Honda Automotive, Subaru, Roche, Boiron, Electrolux, Indesit.

Main goals

• 2004: Merge with Exante, an italian leading e-business company (eGrapes)
• 2008: Opening France Branch
• 2009: Opening Spain branch
• 2011: Opening Spain branch
• 2012: Company sold

I was responsible for startup activities and strategies and overall accountability to shareholders

I was responsible for startup activities and strategies and overall accountability to shareholders

I was responsible for startup activities and strategies and overall accountability to shareholders

IAB is the most important association in the field of digital advertising in the world and that brings together the most important players of online advertising

Founding Board Member of Ambiente Digitale, an Association of the Italian Ministry of innovation, created on the initiative of the Fondazione Ugo Bordoni to study the opportunities and the best conditions for development and evolution of languages ​​, products and services that characterize the interactivity of digital terrestrial television .

As a strategic consultant, I worked closely with the general management in the launch and development of the web portal Jumpy in Italy and Spain (+500 Employes) owned by Fininvest Group and reaching top 3 italian website in 2001