Work Experience

  • 2022-now: QE Automation Engineer, SUSE
    Automated test development and quality assurance for SUSE product release. Became maintainer of some RPM package. Opensource contributor

  • 2017-2022: cloud & automation senior sw engineer, Value Transformation Services
    Worked on a fully automated hybrid cloud implementation. Deliver and manage, with DevOps best practices, a custom platform that customer uses to request IaaS and PaaS solutions

  • 2013-2016: linux senior system engineer, Value Transformation Services
    Managed and introduced full automation on a multi-datacenter fleet of approx 18.000 linux servers

  • 2011-2013: linux system engineer, Unicredit

  • 2005-2011: developer of remote payments and remote banking product for Unicredit group
    Worked on remote banking products, both on desktop and POS technologies

  • 2001-2005: network & security administrator in Quercia Software spa
    Administration of LAN and WAN devices, security and implementation of VoIP infrastructure

  • 2000-2001: sysadmin, network administrator in a local Internet Service Provider Netbusiness spa
    Managed ISP services, network and operations

  • 1999-2000: developer, DBA Oracle and VAX/VMS sysadmin
    Implemented customizations and migrations on world largest library management software

  • started working in IT industry since 1993; first Linux server installed on 1995

Certifications

Published writings

  • 2004: Linux&C, magazine features on PAM subsystem (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
  • 2005: Linux&C, magazine features on Unicode and its Linux implementation
  • 2006: Linux&C, series on SNMP, MRTG and network monitoring
  • 2008: Linux&C, features on gnome desklets
  • 2010: Linux&C, wiki MoinMoin, how to extend it with python
  • 2010: Linux&C, features on imagemagick (command line graphics)

Training

  • 2023: Schrödinger Session: Learning Rust, one step at the time from Schrödinger Hat community
  • 2022: Ultimate Rust Crash Course, udemy
  • 2021: Learn Rust by Building Real Application, udemy
  • 2021: Building Modern Python Applications on AWS, Coursera
  • 2021: Data Center Automation with vRealize Orchestrator and vSphere PowerCLI
  • 2021: Red Hat Linux Automation with Ansible (RH294)
  • 2019: DevOps Engineering on AWS
  • 2018: Systems Operations on AWS
  • 2018: Developing on AWS
  • 2018: Red Hat Automation with Ansible (DO407)
  • 2017: Red Hat JBoss Application Administration I (JB248)
  • 2017: Suse Linux 12 academy, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Academy
  • 2016: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RH318)
  • 2015: RHCE Certification lab with RHCSA and RHCE exams (RH300)
  • 2014: Red Hat OpenStack Administration with Expertise Exam (CL211)
  • 2011: RH442 Red Hat Enterprise Performance Tuning
  • 2011: RH346 Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management
  • 2010: MIE3520 Win32 System Programming presso Mondadori Informatica
  • 2010: MIE3510 Programming in ANSI C++ presso Mondadori Informatica
  • 2009: Java Fundamentals, the Java programming language presso Overnet Education
  • 2008: Cisco BCMSN - Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
  • 2007: Microsoft MOC 2159 Deploying and Managing Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server
  • 2007: Microsoft MOC 2150 Designing a Secure Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
  • 2006: Microsoft MOC 2153 Implementing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
  • 2006: Microsoft MOC 2087 Implementing Windows 2000 clustering
  • 2005: ES-331 Sun Enterprise Cluster Administration Veritas Volume

Other experiences

  • 2023: speaker at Google Developer Group Trento DevFest
  • 2023: became Ambassador for the Crystal Programming Language
  • 2022: became maintainer of openSUSE rpm packages on Open Build Service
  • 2022: workshop about web application testing for a private company
  • 2021: held c# training for young students doing internship in a private company
  • 2021: held an IoT server security webinar for Verona FabLab
  • 2020: held a Cryptography / security (blockchain) training course for Verona FabLab
  • 2019: held Linux and Python and training courses
  • 2018: gave a talk for FEVR about chatbots and Go Programming language. Slides linked here
  • 2017: held a linux training course in FabLab Verona
  • 2016: started contributing to open source projects see github profile
  • 2016: held a Python training course in FabLab Verona
  • 2016: held a linux training course in FabLab Verona