ABOUT EVI: Personnel
Giovanni Pietrantonio, principal consultant and managing director of EquoVis International, is a mechanical engineer by academic training. His Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) credentials were developed over the course of his 9-year professional management career at Canadian National Railway Company. The various positions held between 1989 and 1998 spanned all economic and technical facets of EAM and ALM, as applicable to intermodal, locomotive, and utility Fleet Management.
This experience was supplemented by post-graduate studies in Business Administration and subsequently leveraged to found EquoVis International in September 1998. Giovanni has been directly involved in all EVI consulting engagements, an outline of which is provided in the Mandates section.
1997.08 - 1998.08
Corporate Development & Special Projects [Finance] Manager, Corporate Development
- Strategic Planning — research, analysis, mergers & acquisitions planning, policy development
- Competitive Intelligence — research and monitoring of transportation logistics sector activity
- Economic & Financial Analysis — trend research & examination, financial modeling, valuation
1993.06 - 1997.07
Automotive Services/Fleet Management [Operations] Systems Manager, Automotive Engineering
- Equipment Lifecycle Management — replacement planning and economic justification; supply coordination; quality control; expense management (Asset Base Replacement Valuation: $C 270 M)
- Vehicle Specification Development — application engineering and equipment design
- Technical Services & Field Support — investigation of equipment related issues, assessment of performance and economic impacts, direction and oversight of corrective measures
- Activity-Based Costing Analysis & Process Review — research, allocation, and analysis of fleet operating and overhead expenses
1991.10 - 1993.05
Mechanical - Motive Power & Car Equipment [Operations] Mechanical Engineer, Motive Power
- Turbocharger Program Review — maintenance regulation revision; in-house rebuild program implementation
- Process Auditing — investigation of power assembly and fuel injector overhaul procedures
- Value Chain Management — coordination of manufacture, supplier, and distributor activities
1989.01 - 1991.09
Intermodal Services [Marketing]
Project Officer, Intermodal Planning
- Capacity Planning — railcar, trailer, container, chassis fleet analysis and modeling
- Equipment Development — research and formulation of performance specifications
- Terminal Operations Review — time measurement studies; asset utilization planning and tracking of key process indicators
1997 Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
1995 Project Management (Continuing Education)
1988 Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical (B.Eng.)
McGill University, Montreal (Canada)
Linguistics
English, French, Italian (fluently written and spoken)
Spanish, German (intermediate level)
Professional Affiliations
l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (O.I.Q.)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)