Holistic Innovation Enabling Business
Technical co-founder with extensive software engineering background and proven track record in stakeholders relations, seeking to leverage hands-on experience and refined business acumen in a Tech/Engineering role.
- I've been working in tech since 2016, wearing many hats: employee for SMEs and big organisations, contractor, startup cofounder
- I consider myself a business enabler: I transform a vision into human-friendly, working technology
- I love working in startup environments
- I am based in the Lake District, UK
- Technical Co-Founder at Smart Ergonomics Ltd, 2024 - present
- Developing MVP of a smart ergonomic chair with sensors and dedicated mobile app to improve posture and wellbeing in the workplace
- Applying Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to analyse and improve users' posture, behaviours and health
- Tech Stack: C, ESP32, React Native, Embedded Systems, Google Cloud Platform
- [March 2025] Leading a partnership with the School of Engineering at Lancaster University to develop custom sensors
- Technical Co-Founder and Director at Umbria Green Heart Ltd, 2023 - 2025
- Importing directly fine food and wine from Umbria, Italy into the UK
- Supply chain setup and management
- Warehouse compliance
- Custom software development for import logistics, stock management and costs optimisation
- Woocommerce online shop integration with custom stock management system
- Expanded B2C sales while consolidating B2B relationships
- Tech Stack: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, WordPress, C, Google Cloud Platform
- Technical Co-Founder at Clutch-e Bag, 2019 - 2025
- Built from scratch a FashionTech startup business + tech stack with other 3 cofounders
- Created a wearable MVP (smart bag with custom PCB and finger print sensor)
- Filed and obtained 4 patents (102018000003587, 102021000011681, 102021000016505, 102021000016478) in Italy
- Supply chain setup and management
- Managed 1-year-long engineering research and development
- Managed technology transfer towards aerospace customer
- Contract Technologist for LTE Italia srl
- Building a custom security compliance management system for a railway logistics company
- Tech stack: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Fly.io, Google Cloud Platform, PostgreSQL
- Senior Software Engineer at Citizens Advice
- Helping the Casebook team to maintain and improve the internal case management system of one of the largest charities in the UK, while respecting the privacy of the users
- Tech Stack: Ruby on Rails/Ruby, PostgreSQL, AWS, React, JavaScript, Cucumber, Jenkins, Accessibility Screen Readers (VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS)
- Contributing regularly to Software Engineering Community of Practice meetings to explore new technologies
- Induction/mentoring new software engineers across different product teams
- Internal documentation reorganisation
- Amazon Alexa Skills development (contract work) for the Italian Folklore Museum, improving accessibility for visually impaired
- Tech Stack: Alexa Skills Kit SDK, Python, Node.js, Spreaker APIs
- Senior Software Engineer at Transaction 360 Degrees, now We Get Data
- Creating from scratch Fintech MVPs working closely with the business team and SW architect
- R&D about new integrations (e.g. Symphony financial secure messaging app)
- Technologies: TypeScript, React, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Okta, Python
- Moving to microservices architecture
- Onboarding and mentoring new developers
- Italy-based freelance activity as web developer/technologist. Some clients/projects:
- FinTech - BankCheck by Lacuna Solutions
- Research - Water Resources Research & Documentation Centre at University for Foreigners of Perugia
- Research - University of Tuscia
- Manufacturing - Nuova Guseo
- Aerospace - Ermesat
- Energy - Simecom
- Health - Federica Mastro
- Programming Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby, Python, C, PHP
- MVC Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Neo4j
- JavaScript Stack: Next.js, Astro, Node.js, React, Express
- Other Languages: SQL, Bash Scripting
- Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- UI Libraries: TailwindCSS, MaterialUI
- Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ClickUp, SuiteCRM, Zoho, Monday.com, Notion, HubSpot
- Other Technologies: Arduino, ESP32, CMS WordPress, Amazon Alexa Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (110/110) at University of Perugia with a thesis about Cyberwarfare: definitions, case studies and analysis.
You can find here a list of my contributions and articles.
- English
- Italian (native language)
- Spanish
Reading, Lego, Re-watching The Office (USA version), Hiking, Boxing