Ivan Fantin

Ivan Fantin was born in Milan, Italy, in 1973.

He is Vice President, Global Head of Operational Excellence - The Maersk Way at Maersk, a Global Fortune 500 company.

Previously he has covered roles as:

- Vice President, Chief Lean Officer at APM Terminals, Maersk (CPH:MAERSK-B)

- Vice President, head of Global Lean Business System at APM Terminals, Maersk (CPH:MAERSK-B)

- Executive, Global Lean and Continuous Improvement Leader at Grid Solutions, General Electric (NYSE:GE)

- Executive, Global Quality Leader at Grid Solutions, General Electric (NYSE:GE)

- Vice President Manufacturing Operations, Cardiopulmonary at LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN)

- Director of Growth Initiatives Europe and LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN)

- Head of Quality and Continuous Improvement at Circor (NYSE:CIR)

- Continuous Improvement Manager at Circor (NYSE:CIR)

- Manufacturing Manager at Danaher (NYSE:DHR)

- Lean DBS Leader at Danaher (NYSE:DHR)

- Program and Project Manager in different consulting companies

As side role, since several years Ivan is Contract Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management, Project Management and Problem Solving at ESCP Europe Business School, for the following courses:

- Executive MBA, eMBA

- General Management Programme, GMP

- Corporate custom programmes

Ivan holds the following certifications and degrees:

- Full Score Master’s Degree, University of Milan, Italy.

- Lean Master Black Belt (MBB), Danaher University, Chicago, IL, USA.

- Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI - Project Management Institute, PA, USA.

- Fellow level, Supply Chain and Operations Management (BSCM, CPIM, CPIM-F), Apics, Chicago, IL, USA.

Ivan is author of the APS - Applied Problem Solving Methodology, published with the following books:

- "Applied Problem Solving"​ (English), 1st ed. © 2014, 2nd ed. © 2018.

- "Applicare il Problem Solving"​ (Italian), 1st ed. © 2013, 2nd ed. © 2018