Gianluca Ruggiero is an IT Director at ITW with more than 20 years of experience in multinational companies directing the development of business applications and the design of infrastructure guaranteeing the cross fertilization across the Group entities.
With a Master in Information Technology at the Universita’ degli Studi di Milano Bicocca in Italy, Gianluca embraces business centric view setting and executing the IT strategy and aligning the technology accordingly.
Over the years, Gianluca’s strengths at multiple multinational companies mainly in manufacturing industry has garnered some recognition for driving digital transformation initiatives in multiple areas such as production, B2B and supply chain. Gianluca really enjoys working for ITW where he found a fantastic and very supportive organization. He loves working in a multicultural and intellectually challenging environment.
When he is not at ITW, Gianluca is an avid sport follower and loves spending time watching soccer especially when his hometown club, Genoa cfc, of his two daughter play.
With origins in Genova, Liguria, Gianluca joins Chicagoland Italian American Professionals (CIAP) to know the Italian-American community in Chicago area.