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Rick Belluzzo  

Partner at Innogest Capital, Former President & COO of Microsoft

Rick Belluzzo is a three time CEO and long time Tech executive who have been involved in a wide range of companies as CEO, Board Member, Investor, and recently Venture Partner. He began his career with Hewlett Packard and spent 23 years at the company. Much of his time was focused on leading and building the Printing and PC business. His last role was as Executive VP of the Computer Organization. He also served as CEO of SGI and held several roles at Microsoft, including Group VP of the Consumer Organization and President/COO of the company. He spent 9 years as CEO of Quantum Corp and recently was Interim CEO of Viavi Solutions.

Currently he is a Partner for Innogest Capital SGR (a leading Italian Venture firm). He also serves on the Boards of several public and Private companies.

His passion is the involvement he has with a number of Italian private technology companies--helping them grow and become Global Leaders. In January of 2018 he was awarded the honor of Cavaliere Della Repubblica Italiana (Italian Knighthood) by the President of Italy.

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Hard Headed & Soft Hearted: A Lifetime of Success

In today's ultra competitive, fast changing business environment, the path to success and achievement requires a long-term approach that is creative, yet grounded in a set of enduring principles. Rick Belluzzo has shared his experience and principles for success to large audiences around the world. These principles are based on his personal story - growing up in an immigrant family and achieving success at the highest level of several global corporations.

These principles are intended to both challenge and motivate people to expand their career horizon.

Leading a Business Transformation

In the fall of 2009, Rick Belluzzo was asked to speak to leaders of the UK National Health System, as they began to embark on massive change as a result of a significant and permanent decline in the government funding for healthcare. Out of this two-hour seminar, Belluzzo has brought together a collection of "lessons learned" on leading organizations through transformation. These lessons can be applied to businesses and organizations in all industries and organizations - large and small.

The material is presented in a positive manner reinforced by successful outcomes. It captures all critical aspects of leading change from business strategy, execution, innovation, and leading people.

Cultural Transformation: Principles for Success

Many companies and organizations are struggling to respond to the challenges brought about by disruption and change. New technology, competition, changing regulations, and shifting business models are but a few of the forces that can result in disappointing results and even failure. Often the challenge begins with a culture that was not developed to reflect these new demands and unable to innovate and capitalize on new opportunity.

Belluzzo will lead the audience through a series of principles that he has found to be effective in tackling this problem. These principles are based on specific experiences developed while working in the technology industry and driving cultural change that can become the basis for a world-class company, built for a modern environment. These case studies will capture his experiences at Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, SGI, Quantum, and other companies where efforts to transform a culture was a critical priority.

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