Biography
Antonio Papuzza is currently a Lecturer in the Leeds School of Business at CU-Boulder where he teaches courses in International Business & Management. Antonio also works as a business consultant, using a business-anthropological approach (cross cultural management, cross-cultural training, intercultural business communication, and cultural mediation) for multinational companies, world organizations, and international institutions. He also helps local and national companies to improve their business (business analysis, corporate culture assessment/development, leadership, communication, sales training, and mediation/negotiation.) Some of the clients who have worked recently with Antonio are: Pearson Prentice Hall, Lemco MICS (Harley Davidson partner), and Ericsson America.
Prior to Leeds, Antonio was a Business Instructor in Business Anthropology with CU Continuing Educations, area Professional Development, for a group of senior entrepreneurs and business people in Colorado.
Prior to CU, Antonio worked in a number of international business consulting, cultural mediation, and language services projects between Europe and the USA (CEO International, Rosetta Stone, Artsana group, WHO, WWF, International House World Organization, Rosebud Sioux Lakota Sicangu Nation, City of Palermo/Italian Government, etc.). Prior to that, he worked in sales and marketing with the European network GLS (General Logistic System) for 2 years and consulted in advertising, including creating TV ads in Italy. Other lives also include working as a freelance business consultant and coach for 5 years, owning a business in food and wine distribution in Italy, and co-founding a nonprofit organization that has operated internationally.
Antonio holds a doctorate in Anthropological Sciences (research in Economic/Business Anthropology and modern ethnography) from the University of Florence, Italy (2006) and a bachelors degree in Natural Sciences (with honor), major in Holistic Studies (Interdisciplinary Natural Science Studies), with a specialization in Protection of Nature and Management of its Resources) from the University of Palermo, Italy (2002). This was awarded after an extracurricular year at the University of Granada, Spain, on an Erasmus scholarship award. Antonio also holds an international certification, recognized by the Italian government, to teach “Italian language and culture” which he has done, as an instructor and as consultant, in a variety of countries and organizations within both business and academic contexts.
