Giorgio Valentini

My story

The start

I started my career in the 90s, working for prestigious European Porcelain manufacturers, like Emilceramica, Pastorelli, Palagio and Lea Ceramiche.

During my experiences I learned new foreign languages, technical expertise, a strategic approach to increase sales and penetration in international markets to consolidate relationships with the current client network.

The most challenging and rewarding of all has been mastering the interpersonal relationships with diverse clientele profiles: ranging from small business owner to multinational corporations. Curiosity and interests for architectural applications, a high knowledge for construction materials and for technological solutions, a master’s degree in economics are only a few skills of mine.

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The challenge

In 2000 the opportunities to start the agency and the consultancy service became real. Atlantic link was incorporated in Italy first, and few years later in the US. The financial crisis of 2008 reshaped again the business model to what it is today. The new technology of thin porcelain, engineered wood, cut to size projects, and rain screen, pushed the products promotion through the channel of project specification, design build and engineering.

My vision is to bridge the gap between Europe and the US: marketing products, systems and companies that proved to be valuable and efficient on projects in Europe, and across the world Europe, and Italy in particular, are very innovative in construction technologies, while the US, due to its history, regulations and legislation, and thus, culture, is more conservative and rigid.

My goal

My goal is to assist the distributors, specifiers and contractors achieve their visions of complex and innovative projects that, by definitions, are usually expensive and with lengthy delays due to the complexity of international importing.

Atlantic link’s expertise and networks of distributors can helps smooth these pain points. Atlantic Link supplies through its network, and even directly when necessary (in the most complex cases), projects all over the United States in collaboration with architects and designers the likes of Gensler, HOK, Shinberg Levinas, and construction companies such as Turner, Suffolk, Joy construction.

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My present

Atlantic Link has achieved awards and appeared in publications as a reference and proof of its experience and expertise in the business gained during these years.

My story

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