Experienced professional with a strong background in software engineering, solution architecture, and product management. Proven ability to design and implement distributed software solutions, guide technical teams, and drive the adoption of agile practices. Skilled in working closely with clients and prospects to understand business needs and translate them into scalable technical solutions. Currently focused on product evangelism, acting as a bridge between users and R&D teams, while fostering global relationships.
Professional Experience.#
👉🏻 Developer Relations Engineer
Mia-Platform ・ June 2023 to Present
→ Created, managed, and delivered courses on the company’s training platform, covering company products and the Cloud Native industry for partners and customers. Developed a learning path consisting of 5 different courses, resulting in an average of 150+ certifications issued per year.
→ Managed the Demo environment to support solution architects and create product showcases aligned with new features released by R&D. Developed PoCs and ran experiments to document and demonstrate the product’s value across various use cases (from standard to edge cases), supporting solution architects during pre-sales activities.
→ Built a community of 50+ external subject matter experts on the company’s product and the Cloud Native industry. The goal was to deliver a highly specialized training program focused on product evangelism and promoting cloud-native topics externally.
→ Engaged with the global developer and end-user community through talks and workshops at leading industry conferences across Europe and the USA (averaging 10+ events per year). Authored articles for major platforms such as DZONE, TheNewStack, InfoQ, CNCF and others. Monitored and contributed to the Cloud Native open-source ecosystem (Cloud Native Computing Foundation). Authored and maintained the company’s public product documentation.
👉🏻 Product Manager
Huko ・ June 2021 to June 2023
→ Managed the company’s entire product portfolio. Responsible for conducting market and competitor analysis, ensuring product compliance with national and international regulations and defining the product roadmap, reporting directly to the company’s C-level executives.
→ Managed the entire customer base for the company’s products, overseeing both pre-sales, including technical aspects, and post-sales to ensure successful product adoption for each client. Acted as the main point of contact for customers, gathering their specific requirements, assessing feasibility, and feeding them into the product roadmap. Conducted regular review sessions to track adoption progress, provided training and updates on new features, presented new solutions, and drove upselling or cross selling opportunities.
→ Successfully led the company-wide adoption of the SCRUM methodology by conducting training sessions for teams, mediating with key stakeholders and management, and acting as a facilitator for processes and communication.
👉🏻 Software Engineer
Huko ・ June 2019 to June 2021
→ Developed the end-to-end test strategy for all company products by creating the necessary procedures and building a dedicated team to develop and maintain the test suite and coverage.
→ Successfully migrated the company’s main product from on-premise to the cloud, adopting a distributed architecture based on Java Spring Boot microservices on AWS cloud.
→ Ran experiments to introduce new tools into the development pipeline by conducting feasibility analyses and Proof of Concepts (PoC). Created supporting materials (SDKs, libraries, guides, etc.) to enable smooth adoption, improving the team’s developer experience (DevEx).
Awards.#
👉🏻 Green Software Champion
Green Software Fundation ・ April 2024 | → badge here
→ The Green Software Champions project showcases the amazing work of our community. Our directory features amazing speakers, writers, organizers, mentors & contributors around the world who are leading the way in decarbonizing software.
Education.#
👉🏻 Computer Science Degree
PoliMi - Politecnico di Milano ・ June 2019 to June 2021
→ Completed the first two years of Computer Science studies at Politecnico di Milano while working full-time as a Software Engineer between 2019 and 2021.
Certifications.#
👉🏻 Certfied Scrum Professional Product Owner (PSPO I)
Scrum.org ・ May 2023 | → badge here
→ Those who earn the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) certification have demonstrated a fundamental level of Professional Scrum Product Ownership, proving an intermediate understanding of the Scrum framework and how to apply it to maximize the value delivered with a product. This individual has also demonstrated an understanding of how to maximize return on investment and optimize the total cost of ownership of a product.