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fabio ilardi

@fabioilardi

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Senior AI & Data Innovation manager driving scalable AI and data solutions.

Italy

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What I'm looking for

I seek leadership roles building scalable AI/data platforms where I can drive cross-functional impact, mentor teams, and deliver measurable automation and analytics outcomes in an innovative, agile environment.

I am a hands-on Senior Manager of AI & Data Innovation with deep experience translating business strategy into scalable AI architectures, data lakes and automated pipelines on cloud platforms. I have led cross-functional teams, designed end-to-end AI solutions, and personally implemented custom data connectors and database structures to support real-time applications.

I deliver measurable business value through predictive modeling, anomaly detection, automated reporting and advanced visualization (Power BI, Tableau). I coach and mentor teams, enforce data governance and quality, and champion applied AI adoption to optimize operations and drive strategic transformation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Manager, AI & Data

Current

NFON

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Define company-wide applied AI strategy and lead end-to-end design and delivery of AI-driven solutions, architecting scalable data lakes and Azure pipelines to support real-time applications and automation initiatives.

Azure Data Factory Databricks Python Data Lake Power BI API Integration

Solution Engineer & Data Automation

NFON

Sep 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Led design and construction of scalable data architectures and automated processes to integrate heterogeneous sources, improving data quality and enabling BI and analytics across the organization.

Data Architecture ETL Azure Functions Databricks Python SQL API Integration Power BI

Data & Analytics CoE Lead

Vodafone

Nov 2018 - Sep 2022 (3 years 10 months)

Built and led a 10-person Data & Analytics CoE delivering BI solutions and governance, documenting warehouse architecture and driving data-driven operations that improved customer operations and insights.

Business Intelligence Data Governance Data Warehouse Team Leadership SQL Power BI Stakeholder Management Agile

Data Analyst

Vodafone

Nov 2014 - Nov 2018 (4 years)

Designed large-scale data models and BI solutions, developed automation tools and interfaces that achieved a 90% automation success rate in complaint operations and enabled real-time reporting.