| Ezio Testa: Short Bio and Interests |
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Ezio Testa is CEO of Global Logistics Solutions, a company that manages complex logistical needs. He specializes is large-scale project management and cost control. Born in northern Italy, he became an American citizen in 2004; he speaks several languages, including English, Italian, French, Spanish and Turkish. Torno -- the Italian construction giant For much of his career, Ezio Testa worked for a Italian construction firm called Torno, which had been the twelve largest construction company in Europe. In 1997, Mr. Testa became CEO of a Torno subsidiary called IHC Services, which was headquartered in New York City. Founded by two holocaust survivors in 1944, IHC was a marketing company that represented various manufacturers selling housing, generators and other goods and services to large organizations, including the U.S. government, NATO, the United Nations and others. An expert in cost control, Ezio Testa has a long history saving money using innovative management approaches. In the mid 1980s, Torno assigned Mr. Testa to work on construction of a major dam in Nigeria called the Shiroro Dam. Located in the western Niger state on the Kaduna tributary of the River Niger, Shiroro dam was finished in 1990 and provides up to 600 mw of electricity to Nigeria's capital and other cities. In 1984, Mr. Testa determined that construction costs of the project could be reduced by $38 million by eliminating a warehouse of spare parts, instead maintaining fully assembled transmissions, engines and other components on site. This highly innovative approach was later implemented throughout Torno's organization, saving more money. In the late 1980s, Ezio Testa worked in the Philippines, during which time he saved $18 million on a road building project on Mindanao Island. He decided that a plan to move dirt via dump trucks could more easily be accomplished using graders.Other biographical information In 2005, Torno sold IHC Services to a private holding company, and by November 2006 Mr. Testa left IHC Services and helped start Global Logistics Solutions. Mr. Testa was born and raised in Fiorenzuola d’Arda, a small village south of Milan. He attended elementary and middle school there and got a degree in civil engineering from the Instituto Tecnico A. Tramello. His first job was with Condotte e Strade, a pipeline company based in Italy. There, he worked on construction of an oil pipeline from Iraq to Turkey. He joined Torno in 1977, and by 1982, he was in charge of supply and subcontracts. Mr. Testa was married in 1976, and he and his wife have lived in Milan, Dubai, Tehran, Turkey, San Francisco and New York. He has one grown son, and enjoys coin collecting, fine arts and travel. |