Philix Jinghua Liu
Oil and Gas Sales Representative, China

The Management Development Program (MDP) effectively combines practical work with business theory. It is ideal for employees who have recently been promoted to coordinate people. The Program allows you to interact with Tenaris directors from different areas and through them gain a deeper understanding of the company’s culture, of the logic behind its organization and of the future expectations for Tenaris.
My training took place in Argentina, where I met my colleagues and obtained a better understanding of our situation within the countries where Tenaris operates. The Program successfully mixed people from various cultures thereby building a comprehensive network within the company.

Alejandro Waserman
TenarisUniversity Expert, Argentina

Within the School of Finance and Administration I enjoy explaining what Tenaris does, how and why to employees who can greatly benefit; I willingly share my 15 years of work experience in different areas. At the same time, the participants’ opinions and comments from the numerous year-round events are always helpful. I believe the school encourages creativity, innovation, investigation and knowledge of theoretical subjects—including how they are adapted to Tenaris’s operations. For me, it has been a very important opportunity to grow professionally and as an individual. I have met colleagues from around the world, learning about new cultures and customs.

Camilo Arango
Planning Coordinator, Colombia

The Management Development Program had a short but intense agenda where I was taken out of my habitual office and required to work with people from different cultures within a completely foreign environment. Though I had previously managed a team of 12 employees at TuboCaribe, I had never received formal training. When TuboCaribe became part of Tenaris in 2006, I was offered the chance to learn about leadership, which is something I was never taught in school. My team was assigned hypothetical cases that successfully simulated real life situations and helped me understand my strengths and weaknesses. It is not often that a company helps you grow professionally and personally at the same time.

Yoshikazu Midorikawa
TenarisUniversity Far East, Japan

I joined Tenaris in 2002. My mission was to launch TenarisUniversity in Japan and is now to expand its reach to other Far East countries. Working regionally on its establishment from day one, I have seen that TenarisUniversity has become a common language for learning in Tenaris. It is also an important meeting point in terms of global employee networking. Today, I feel that TenarisUniversity plays a significant role in developing Tenaris’s unique corporate culture.
With new people, a new academic campus, and new business challenges, TenarisUniversity is now entering a new stage. I will definitely continue to learn a great deal from it.

Damon Martin
Information Technology, USA
Management Development Program

Through the development course I gained a better understanding of the Tenaris way of working. Specifically, I learned a lot about management skills which I plan to implement upon my return to the Republic Conduit plant. Before starting the Management Development Program, I had several goals for myself which I was able to reach and now I'm looking forward to the advanced courses. I estimate there will still be challenges to come, as there always are, however, I believe that after the course, I will be better equipped to face them.

Valeria Cuervo
Global Trainee, Argentina
Finance & Administration School

The Finance & Administration School is a great place to understand the company from a global point of view and to strengthen my network of contacts while being part of a culturally diverse team. We are working to achieve a deep understanding of the way things are done in Tenaris. We have had the support of several experts that dedicated months of work to provide us with learning materials. I believe that this is an excellent opportunity to acquire a solid base of knowledge to grow as a professional.

Rohan Prawesh
Commercial Front End, Singapore
Management Development Program

While the company’s key ideas and concepts are developed by Tenaris directors, they have to travel down the line.  As a manager, it is my responsibility to assimilate ideas and to pass them on to my team.  We have to work to transmit an aligned way of working. In this sense, I think the Management Development Program is an excellent asset.

Nicola Maricelli
Collection Analyst, Mexico
TenarisUniversity Induction Camp

Coming from an economic and theoretical background, I had never had the chance to come into contact with plant processes. During my first month at the TenarisUniversity Induction Camp they gave a unique vision of working at the company. We were given in-depth information about processes and procedures so we were really able to understand what Tenaris products are about.

Patricio Fay
Professor at the Universidad Austral, Argentina
Management Development Program

Teaching at the Management Development Program was a gratifying experience for many reasons. The participants’ experience shown through their comments in the classroom, plus the culturally diverse group and the energy put into the preparation of the cases created a program that, in my opinion, supported the learning process.

Andra Saitos
Global Trainee, Romania
TenarisUniversity Induction Camp

The TenarisUniversity Induction Camp prepared me for Tenaris's dynamic working style and helped me to grow professionally. During one month, people from all around the world live and work together. The activities planned helped us to define strategies in order to build a team and work efficiently. We had to make compromises to reach middle ground and solve a specific problem. This is what Tenaris is like all over the world.

Alex McLean
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Industrial School

This was the finest example of a training course that I have ever experienced. Thank you so much for the opportunity and the privilege to share it with you. The formation of Action Teams, consisting of six or seven participants with a variety of backgrounds and different levels of experience, in order to conduct operations-related case studies and resolve realistic plant problems, provides a marvelous training environment, not only for the exchange of knowledge, but also for the development of inter-personal communication skills and other leadership abilities. Finally, thank you for making me a Senior Fellow of TenarisUniversity Industrial School. This is something that will always remind me of our good times together and an honor I will always appreciate.

Jacques Attie
Tenaris Coiled Tubes Sales Manager
Commercial School

In my particular case, moving from Tenaris Coiled Tubes to Tenaris OCTG in the Caspian Sea, the course gave me many tools, exposure, knowledge of products and how things are done along with who does what. It will help me tremendously when standing on my own two feet with minimal help at the start.