WORK EXPERIENCES
I am a results and data-oriented IT Pro and aim to help to achieve business goals.
I have more than twenty years of experience in the industry and have worked every step of the way.
This is what I did...
CONSULTANT
Since June 2019
Acting as Strategic Consultant / CTO / Coach / Product Manager / Business Analyst and generally whatever it takes to help business and tech to work together
CTO / PRODUCT OWNER @ ARREEBA
2019 - 2020
Head of Tech, leading an internal team and consultants to develop the Ristoranti.it platform composed of several mobile apps, web apps and relative backend.
Acting as ad interim Product Owner to manage and prioritize stakeholders requests
Main tasks:
Dev team management
Technical roadmap, architecture, guidelines and infrastructure definition
Recruiting
Consultants coordination
Agile coaching
Quality assurance (testing, code analysis)
Knowledge extraction from data
CTO @ DREXCODE
2018 - 2019
Head of Tech, with the goal to sustain and improve business, forming a top-notch team and using state of the art architectures.
Main tasks:
Define the technical roadmap, architecture, guidelines and infrastructure
Internal recruiting and consultants coordination
Agile coaching
Quality assurance (testing, code analysis)
Knowledge extraction from data
Technology scouting and PoC development
Middleware implementations
Relevant projects
Development of middleware connecting Magento with Google Data Studio
Restyling of main site drexcode.com
Site migration to AWS
Operational dashboard based on ELK stack
HEAD OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT @ EATALY.NET
2015 - 2018
Evolution and maintenance of Eataly’s e-commerce and content management ecosystem
Main tasks:
Coaching for Agile development team
Team leader for e-commerce platforms maintenance and evolution
Technical analysis for new projects
Quality assurance (testing, code analysis)
Knowledge extraction from data
External suppliers management
Technical referent for Customer Care, Marketing and Store Managers
Architectural design
Relevant projects:
Platform for lunch delivery for business (microsoft.eataly.today)
Platform for fresh and grocery products local delivery in Milan, Rome and Turin (today.eataly.net)
New version of EU and US online stores (eataly.net, eataly.com) with responsive layout
Mobile Apps integrated with online store for Android and IOS
System hardening and technological evolution based on microservices approach decoupled from e-commerce platform
Implementation of e-commerce platform’s business and operation dashboard based on ELK (Elasticsearch) stack
PRODUCT OWNER / SENIOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECT @ WEBSCIENCE
2008 - 2015
- Maintenance and development program management of Webscience’s ATES (Automated Test Environment System) product Atlas/Kplace, used for the delivery of ECDL/ICDL Certifications in Italy, LATAM, Africa, South Korea
- Agile Coach consultant
- Enterprise projects management
Main tasks:
Product Owner for ATES product maintenance and evolution
Milestones products definition with business developers and stakeholders for Italian and international markets
Periodic reports with top management about projects status
Support for business development and pre-sales activities
Technological and architectural product evolution ownership
Feasibility study and functional analysis
Quality assurance and testing coordination
Junior resources tutorship
Relevant projects:
Consultant as Agile Coach for the introduction of Agile methodologies at Banca Intesa San Paolo
Product’s new version implementation with full architectural and technological refactoring
Product’s corrective and evolutionary maintenance based on different markets needs (Italy, LATAM, Africa, South Korea).
Product’s subsystem implementation for the delivery of “In Application” exams, using directly Microsoft Office software instead of a simulated one
Fully integrated e-commerce portal
For a period of one year, as Office Manager, resources allocation and monitoring of the IT Solution Factory, a BU composed of 70 people distributed on 3 geographical sites.
Main tasks:
Resources allocation based on priorities, skills and objectives responding to the BU Director
Negotiation with Project Managers and Client Managers for the resolution of critical allocation and projects issues
Resources allocation forecast based on running projects and prospects
External suppliers management
Technical interviews for recruiting
Projects monitoring based on business and technical KPIs
Definitions and enhancements of communication processes with other BU
PROJECT MANAGER / WEB ARCHITECT @ MONDADORI DIGITAL PUBLISHING
2008
Delivery and maintenance of online editorial products (DonnaModerna.com and StarBene.it)
Main tasks:
Suppliers, IT department, marketing stakeholders and editors coordination
Functional requirements gathering
External suppliers proposed solutions analysis
Development monitoring, with periodic meetings with suppliers and internal staff
Quality assurance and testing coordination
Focus point for communities managers and journalists on technical aspects
Responsible for third parties products integration (CMS, forums, etc.) with legacy systems.
SOFTWARE ARCHITECT @ B HUMAN
Consultant
Development of SOA enterprise solution using Agile methodologies (Scrum and XP)
2008
TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT @ KORA
2006 - 2008
Technical Leader
Main tasks:
Technical feasibility analysis and pre-sales support
Software development
Team leading and technical ownership
Sponsor for experimentation of Agile methodologies
Relevant projects:
Development of a framework for social functionalities and integrated with video platform (customer TheBlogTV)
Development of integration with proprietary video platform (customer Last Minute Tour)
Architectural design and CMS integration within corporate site (customer Campari Group)
SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST @ LUXHORA
Analysis, design and implementation of solutions with focus on integration with communication VOIP backend systems (Genesys, Cisco), with team leading activities.
Worked on site for Unicredit and Vodafone.
2005 - 2006
SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER @ ALTAIR ENGINEERING
Feasibility analysis, team leading and development applications integrated with Altair CAE core products.
Worked on projects for Ferrari and Fiat
2002 - 2005
WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER @ PUBLINET
Analysis, design and implementation of web applications
2001 - 2002
WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER @ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA
Development of part of the intranet of Genoa’s University
2000 - 2001
CONSULTANT
Analysis, design and implementation of web and desktop applications
1997 - 2002