Gianfranco Viola

Director of Global Sales and Marketing
Eurocoating SpA

Gianfranco Viola Director of Global Sales and Marketing - Eurocoating SpA

Gianfranco oversees the sales and marketing activities for Eurocoating worldwide. An important part of his role is to establish and maintain the sales pipeline on a global basis as well as coordinate a team of highly talented professionals from different cultures and experiences.

Other key responsibilities include networking within the Medical Devices world in all its facets and bringing our Customers together with the best Eurocoating personnel to help create an opportunity to plan success and help release our customers’ vision.

Gianfranco’s working life has been wholly spent in the thermal spray industry, working for Flametal and Praxair Surface Technologies in different roles, starting from R&D, then on to quality, before transitioning to sales. This working experience has given him the opportunity to serve several industries, spanning the Automotive, Aerospace, and Oil & Gas industries, among others, enabling him to learn what they have in common and where they differ from each other.

Gianfranco has a degree in Solid State Physics from the University of Parma, Italy.