Gianluca Orefice Curriculum Vitae Born in Siracusa (Italy) the 5 th of July 1982 Nationality: Italian. E-mail: [email protected] E D U C A T I O N Oct. 2007 Doctor of Philosophy (student) in Economics University of Milan. With scholarship. 2004 - 2006 Politecnico di Milano. Italy Master of Science Degree in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, 110/110. Thesis title: ”Productivity, exchange rate and international specialization”. 2001 – 2004 Politecnico di Milano. Italy Bachelor of science degree in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, 103/110. Thesis title:” Economic growth and convergence in EU” P RESENT P OSITION 2005 - Politecnico di Milano. Italy Teaching assistant for the following courses: - Economics (Prof. Salvatore Baldone) 2008/2009 - International Economics (Prof. Fabio Sdogati) 2007/2008 - Economics (Prof. Lucia Tajoli) 2007/2008 - Economics (Prof. Salvatore Baldone) 2007/2008 - Int. Eco. Institutions and Int. Regulation (Prof. Lucia Piscitello) 2006/2007 - International Economics (Prof. Fabio Sdogati) 2006/2007 - Economics (Prof. Lucia Tajoli) 2006/2007. 2007- University of Perugia. Italy Lecturer of International Economics for M.I.G.A. master of science students. 2007- MIP-School of Management. Politecnico di Milano. Italy Lecturer of International Economics for MBA students. P A S T P OSITION 2007 Politecnico di Milano. Italy Junior research fellow at the department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2006 - Istitute for the Social Research (IRS). Italy Consultant for the realization of the following reports for the Chamber of Commerce of Bergamo (Italy): - “Rapporto sull’Economia Bergamasca 2008” on multinational firms; - “Rapporto sull’Economia Bergamasca 2007” on international specialization; - “Rapporto sull’Economia Bergamasca 2006” on international value chain. May-Aug 2008 ABAX Bank. Italy Three-months internship. Set up of an Early Warning System for developing countries. Jan-May 2007 MIP-School of Management (Milano) Activity of course planning and formative product projecting on Internationalization topics and International Economics. L ANGUAGES Italian native speaker English good level in both speaking and writing (B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language).TOEFL. C OMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES • Good knowledge of Windows System, Ms Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio and Project). • Basic knowledge of C language programming. • Good knowledge of statistical and econometrics software (Rats, Jmulti, SPSS, E-views, Stata). O THER I NFORMATION Research interests : international trade in particular between East and West Europe countries, the role of the intermediate goods trade in the industrial development, the industrial specialization of the CEE countries. Hobbies : soccer, trekking, music (classic guitar). R EFERENCES Fabio Sdogati Professor of International Economics, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, via Colombo 40, 20133 Milano ([email protected]) October 2008 .