Fractional CMO in Bologna
An fractional CMO in Bologna for founders, boards, and PE sponsors who need a senior operator in the seat this month, not a search process that closes next quarter.
Why Bologna companies bring in an external operator
Bologna and the wider Emilia-Romagna economy sit on a dense industrial and service base. When a founder steps back, a shareholder changes, or a commercial engine stalls, the answer is rarely a twelve month search. It is a senior operator who takes the seat, runs the ninety day diagnostic, and either stays or hands over to a named successor.
What I do in the first ninety days
- Meet every direct report and every top ten customer in the first three weeks
- Rewrite the operating cadence around a weekly business review, not a monthly slide deck
- Publish a written ninety day plan the board can measure me against
- Fix the two decisions that have been drifting for months
How the engagement is structured
- Direct conversation with the chair, sponsor, or founder first
- Written mandate with a named outcome and an end date
- Day rate or monthly retainer, no success fees dressed as retainers
- Clear handover terms to a permanent successor when the outcome is delivered
Travel and presence in Bologna
Based in Milano, I am on site in Bologna on a defined weekly cadence agreed with the chair. For mandates in Emilia-Romagna the pattern is typically two to three days on site and the rest of the week on the operating cadence, video, and written briefs. No caretaker mode.
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