Ivan Fantin è nato a Milano, Italia, nel 1973.
È Vice Presidente, Global Head of Operational Excellence - The Maersk Way presso Maersk, una azienda Global Fortune 500.
Precedentemente ha coperto ruoli come:
- 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
Come ruolo aggiunto, da diversi anni Ivan collabora come professore a contratto di Operations & Supply Chain Management, Project Management and Problem Solving presso ESCP Europe Business School, per i seguenti corsi:
- Executive MBA, eMBA
- General Management Programme, GMP
- Corporate custom programmes
Ivan possiede le seguenti qualifiche e certificazioni:
- Laurea Quinquennale a Pieni Voti presso l’Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italia.
- 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 è autore della metodologia APS - Applied Problem Solving, pubblicata attraverso i seguenti libri:
- "Applied Problem Solving" (Inglese), 1st ed. © 2014, 2nd ed. © 2018.
- "Applicare il Problem Solving" (Italiano), 1st ed. © 2013, 2nd ed. © 2018
Ha anche pubblicato i seguenti romanzi:
- Viaggio a Poka-Yoke (Italiano), © 2026.
- Journey To Poka-Yoke (Inglese), © 2026.