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Luca MonticelliLM

Luca Monticelli

IT Project Management & Legacy Modernization

€440/day
Barcelona, ES
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Luca

Results-driven Project Manager with 25+ years of global consulting experience (Accenture) leading complex IT transformations across Europe and the US. Expert in delivering high-impact projects for the Banking, Automotive, and IoT & Telematics sectors using Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies. I bridge the gap between high-level strategy and deep technical execution, offering leadership for complex deliveries while remaining hands-on to resolve architectural hotspots or legacy system modernization technical issues (Mainframe/AS400). Key Expertise:
• Project-First Focus: While I have successfully led large-scale operations at the executive level, my expertise is most effectively utilized in driving change through complex project delivery. I thrive in the fast-paced environment of large IT projects where I can bridge the gap between high-level strategy and deep technical execution.
• Strategic Delivery: Leading cross-functional teams to modernize legacy infrastructure and optimize IT architecture.
• AI Readiness: Theoretical and technical knowledge in Generative AI, Data Science, and Vector Search (Oracle OCI 2025 Certified).
• Sector Expertise: Deep domain knowledge in Telematics and IoT, Banking, Insurance, and Telecommunications.
  • Italian

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • French

    Basic

Can work on-site
Barcelona (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Allianz Technology SE sucurs.
    Mainframe cloudification infrastructure lead
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    March 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 9 months)
    Barcelona, Spain
    Issued and assigned with procurement and technical colleagues the RFP for mainframe cloudification projects in Italy, Iberolatam, France leveraging past experience selling and delivering similar projects. Similarly issued the RFP for Mainframe as a Service services for remaining smaller countries. Followed the project for Italy and Iberolatam since January 2024.
    Request for Proposal (RFP) IT Vendor Management and Procurement Project Governance infrastructure project manager
  • Allianz Technology S.p.a.
    Local Head of Infrastructure
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    May 2021 - March 2023 (1 year and 10 months)
    Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
    Managed local infrastructure team and local projects and budget for Italy. Planned the needed upskilling training of infrastructure resources based on currently managed products/environments and future technological evolutions. Managed the IT Infrastructure operations for Italy and managed and planned the yearly IT Infrastructure budget.
    infrastructure project manager IT Project Management Project Planning and Scheduling Change Management IT Operations
  • Accenture S.p.a.
    Legacy Modernization and Perf. Eng. Offering Lead
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2012 - May 2021 (9 years and 4 months)
    Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
    Delivered several language migrations projects and lift and shift re-hosting projects with Micro Focus COBOL/Enterprise server. Delivered several performance optimization projects on Linux, Windows, Cloud, mainframe. Delivered several projects as Technical PM and Technical expert in DB migration, performance optimization of infrastructure, SQL and application logic (batch and online). Reduced mainframe operational costs by offloading the top 10 highest-consuming read-only transactions to a MongoDB-backed microservices architecture, significantly decreasing MIPS consumption.
    IT Project Management IT Architecture Performance Optimization Legacy Modernization Microservices

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Education

  • Master of Science
    Columbia University
    1993
    Master of Science
  • Bachelor of Science
    Vrije Universiteit Brussels
    1991
    Bachelor of Science

Certifications

  • PMI Certified Project Management Professional - PMI ID 12075645
    PMI
    2026
  • Oracle Certified Professional Autonomous Database Cloud
    Oracle
    2024

Skill set

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