Luca D'Ambrosio

Head of Rotary Unmanned Air Veichle

Greater Varese Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Head of Rotary Unmanned Air Vehicle at Leonardo - Helicopter Division
    Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Rotary Unmanned Air Veichle IPT, as part of Program Directorate (PLM), is Responsible for Program Management  of Design, Development and Production of Rotary Unmanned Systems within Helicopter Division. It is responsible also for Ground Control Hardware and Control Software integration

  • Leonardo (10 yrs 7 mos)
    • Head of CS&T world wide Development & Governace
      Jul 2018 - Jul 2023 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for world-wide CS&T Governance initiatives aimed at improving Business KPIs, Common Processes (4 main Geographies + multiple minor local entities), business performance and Customer Satisfaction. Defined and Implemented Digital Approach to Customer Support and Training data and services (LAS Project). Creation of Data Lake, Data Formatting Processes and Strategies to extract values from  Helicopters Logged Data.

    • Director Program Management - Military Products – Specialized Platforms
      2014 - Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Responsible for all Programs referring to Military Specialized Helicopters. Responsible for development and delivery of the Helicopter to a NATO Country. Programs include Technological and Manufacturing Offset and Customer Support Initiatives. Coordination of Multi Country Program with team in multiple countries. Contract Negotiated and Closed Depot Level Maintenance Transfer Capability to Customer. Platforms Military Certification (both Airworthiness and Performances) with Military Airworthiness Authority in country. 60+ Deliveries Set-Up capability in Country for Blades and Assembly as per Offset Contract

    • Director of Manufacturing Engineering
      2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

      Resp. Manufacturing and Prod Engineering for the Final Assembly Line Responsible Manager for EASA/ENAC (Form4 Holder) for Manufacturing Engineering of all LHD product (Civil, Military and Prototype) manufactured at Vergiate Plant.. Responsible for Recurring and Not Recurring Investment on the Final Assembly Line. Achieved EASA certification of AW189 . Industrialization and Prototype production of AW60, AW189 and AW169

  • AGUSTAWESTLAND PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION (Philadelphia · On-site)
    • Director Program Management -AWPC Philadelphia
      2010 - 2013 · 3 yrs

      Director, Program Management - PHILADELPHIA, USA. Responsible for Program Management of All Helicopters Delivered at Philadelphia Plant. Start-up Program Management Office and related processes, in particular cost collection, pricing, bidding, reporting, configuration management and delivery. Coordinate Multicultural and multinational Team with 10+ different nationalities.

    • Director of Manufacturing Engineering - AWPC Philadelphia
      2006 - 2010 · 4 yrs

      Responsible Manager (EASA FORM4 Holder) for FAA/EASA/ENAC for Manufacturing Engineering of all LHD Helicopter manufactured at Philadelphia Plant. Production Set-Up and achieved ENAC Production Certificate. Build-up Manufacturing Engineering capability and achieved FAA Production Certificate. Managed Intercultural Challenge to set a Processes having 40+ resources with 14 different nationalities.

  • Responsible for 3D Modelling and CnC programming at Leonardo
    2004 - 2005 · 1 yr

    3D Modelling and CnC programming for Aerospace Composite Responsible for 3D modelling and Part Programming for Internal, Outsourced and Offset production for Dynamic Component Composite Material.