Martin Winterkorn

Managers role, leaders and VW

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 10/09/2015 Editorials, Editorials in English, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

One of the things that make me think about the Volkswagen Diesel gate is the role of the management inside a company. All Diesel gate is a demonstration of how dangerous is to have bad managers in a company. It is supposed that managers have the responsibility to take decision and drive the company to reach the goals, this is the justification for their paycheck at the end a manager have to take decisions take responsibility but is this actually the truth? My experience as trainer, consultant and coach alas told me that the truth is quite different, and we…

How much worth scamming your customers, governments and sinking your brand?

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 09/29/2015 News From The World, News in English, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

View image | gettyimages.com Take the number of car “rigged” by Volkswagen (11 million), multiply it by three, and convert all in euro: well, that is the “golden handshake” with which the former ceo resigned yesterday, Martin Winterkorn will return home. 33 million in total. Specifically, for the man who says he’s not “doing anything” and he learned of Dieselgate from newspapers, there will be a Board from 28.6 million. And what emerges from the annual report, which Bloomberg says, “does not write down conditions for which the amount might not be paid. plus probably 2 years wage (is a…

A lesson from VW: Vendors, reputation is everything

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 09/23/2015 News From The World, News in English

View image | gettyimages.com Just jumped on the news, between some soccer player affair and the wonderful Rugby world cup I put my eyes on the VW scandal: OMG they lie to customers and government agency… Why I am not at all surprised? Let be clear, I have nothing against VW, it is a great brand with great product, but is a company driven by profit and so profit is the biggest interest, above ethic and other consideration. This is why government and consumers need to be vigilant and force companies to act fairly. It is surprising that something like…

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Antonio Ieranò Evangelist, Manager, BDM, Advisor, Writer, Speaker, Coach HOME: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio, 29, 27010 Vistarino (Pavia) Italy. Mobile phone: +39 347 9293757 E-mail: antonio.ierano@ierano.it; Twitter: @ antonioierano @thepuchiherald Web: http://ierano.it I am an IT professional Manager, BDM, marketing specialist, and tech evangelist with over 16 years of experience serving as a community liaison, subject matter expert, and high-profile trainer for key technologies and solutions. My experience includes acting as the public face of Cisco security technologies; leading pan-European technical teams in development of new Cisco security products; and serving as a key public speaker and trainer on behalf of new high-tech products. My expertise spans IT development and implementation, marketing strategy, legal issues, and budget / financial management. Specialties and Executive Expertise IT Strategy, Technical Audits, Enterprise Architecture & Applications, Technical Sales Liaison, Solution Architecture, Network Design, Architecture, & Security, Vulnerability Assessment & Management, Systems Engineering, TCP / IP, Data Privacy, Cloud Computing, Marketing Strategy, Budget Management, Consultative Sales, Social Media Marketing, High-Impact Presentations, Security and Technical Advisor: I have a strong experience and knowledge in the technology and security areas, I can provide the needed expertise to better direct technical needs, giving indication for cost effective, solid and efficient solutions. Project Management: with a solid background with project delivered with success in different areas I can provide a key support to drive customer projects to success. With a Microsoft Solution Framework background and PMI solid knowledge mixed with communication skills at any level i can lead the project group and it's stakeholders to achieve the desired goals. Business Developement and Marketing: With a deep knowledge of the extended EMEA technology market needs a focus on worldwide security I can drive business developement to a solid and reliable growth being able to relate with all the stakeholders, from production to sales and channel and, of course, customers.