Engineering leadership
Technology roadmaps, team leadership, operating models, delivery discipline, and architectural governance for distributed software organisations.
Roadmaps
Team topology
Delivery strategy
Profile
Leadership credibility that still reads as technical.
A senior engineering profile for organisations that need strategic leadership, delivery acceleration, and technical trust in the same person.
I am a technology leader with more than 25 years of experience driving digital transformation, software delivery, and platform evolution. My edge is not “former developer turned manager” — it is a leadership path built on continued technical fluency, architecture ownership, and delivery discipline.
I work at the intersection of engineering leadership, product enablement, and innovation execution: from platform engineering and GitOps adoption to cloud-native architectures, automation at scale, AI/ML workflows, and modern data platforms. That combination makes me especially effective where companies need to modernise without losing momentum.
Recruiter / company quick fit
- Engineering leadership roles with strong platform, DevOps, or modernisation scope.
- Product and innovation environments where architecture choices directly affect business speed.
- Public-facing leadership profiles that also strengthen employer brand and technical credibility.
25+Years in software engineering
14+Talks delivered
12+Events and conferences
7Visible certifications
Languages
- Italian — native
- English — professional working proficiency
Leadership areas
Where I create leverage for engineering organisations.
The focus is consistent: make teams faster, platforms sturdier, and technology choices more valuable to the business.
Platform and DevOps
Platform engineering, GitOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and automation programs that improve release confidence and time-to-value.
Kubernetes
GitOps
Automation
Innovation with business intent
AI/ML integration, modern data stacks, cloud-native products, event-driven systems, and experimentation patterns that help innovation become operational.
AI/ML
Data platforms
Product enablement
Experience
Recent leadership roles and the outcomes behind them.
A career built across enterprise delivery, platform transformation, innovation programs, and hands-on software engineering.
Head of DevOps and Automation
Datlas S.p.A. (formerly Selecta S.p.A.)
- Defined enterprise-wide DevOps and GitOps strategy to reduce time-to-market and time-to-deploy.
- Built automation and integration approaches that improved quality, operational efficiency, and delivery consistency.
- Introduced analytics and KPI practices across teams and domains.
Head of Digital, Architectures, Innovation and Delivery
Selecta S.p.A.
- Orchestrated digital transformation and defined the architecture needed to support future growth.
- Led adoption of microservices and event-driven systems to improve resilience and scalability.
- Introduced API-first strategy that opened new partner integration and revenue opportunities.
Software Development Lead
OT Consulting S.p.A.
- Designed advanced security solutions for critical banking systems.
- Embedded DevSecOps practices into the software lifecycle and delivery process.
- Mentored teams on DevOps, automation, monitoring, microservices, and Kubernetes adoption.
Head of Innovation
myInvenio (an IBM Company)
- Pioneered RPA and AI integration into business processes for measurable operational gains.
- Led development of the Task Mining platform that became part of IBM's offering.
Manager, Automation Engineering and Special Projects
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (YNAP S.p.A.)
- Architected end-to-end automation for fulfilment and reduced order processing time.
- Led Kubernetes adoption and cloud-native modernisation with meaningful infrastructure savings.
- Built real-time personalisation and experimentation capabilities that improved conversion and release safety.
Earlier career highlights
Mahiz S.r.l / Mahiz Sas — founder and co-founder roles focused on secure, reliable, scalable software consulting and delivery (2012–2014).
Self-employed consultant — multi-tier applications, integration solutions, banking projects, Agile delivery, and enterprise software development (1998–2012).
Earlier software engineering roles — Step S.p.A., Sysproject Reply S.r.l, and IL MIO WEB S.p.A. across .NET, web services, SQL Server, and business application delivery.
Technical depth
Hands-on domains that reinforce leadership decisions.
Breadth matters here because it supports better calls on architecture, platform, tooling, and delivery models.
Architecture & platforms
Microservices, event-driven systems, serverless, domain-driven design, SOA, cloud-native architectures.
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
Docker
Delivery & operations
CI/CD, GitOps, Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, observability and automation at scale.
GitLab CI
Terraform
ArgoCD
Grafana
Loki
Engineering stack
C#, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET Core, Spring Boot, Node.js, React, Angular, Vue.js.
C#
Python
TypeScript
React
.NET
Thought leadership
Public signals that support executive and recruiter confidence.
Speaking, podcast appearances, credentials, and community presence show how I communicate ideas, not only how I execute them.
GitOps for Enterprise
2025 · Credly
View credential ↗GitOps at Scale
2025 · Credly
View credential ↗GitOps Foundations
2025 · Credly
View credential ↗dlt Advanced ELT Specialist
2024 · GitHub
View credential ↗Process Mining: Data Science in Action
2020 · Coursera
View credential ↗IBM Cloud · Kubernetes · Data Science / Microsoft MCAD
2021–2022 · IBM · 2002–2003 · Microsoft
Selected talks
Enhancing Software Release Reliability by Integrating End-to-End Testing into DevOps Flows · Strategic Guide for Devs: Building an Application Platform with .NET Aspire and Dapr · Information Flow Processing with Dapr · Development and Deployment of Microservices with Microsoft Tye.
Browse talk catalogue ↗Italian talks
Orchestrare Modelli di Linguaggio Avanzati con Semantic Kernel e C# · Creare una Development Platform con Backstage in modalità DevOps · DevOps potenziato dall'IA · Da DevOps a MLOps con Azure e GitHub.
Available in conference listings and event archives below.Podcast
UGIdotNET / DevOps Time — Aumentare la fiducia nei rilasci con i test E2E.
Watch episode ↗Podcast
UGIdotNET — DevOps verso Platform Engineering: cosa, come, quando e perché.
Watch episode ↗Coding Bunker Meetup
November 2024 · Luiss Hub, Milan
Come To Code
September 2024 · Palazzo Pignola, Potenza
Codice Futuro
September 2024 · Officine Credem, Reggio Emilia
DevOpsHeroes
2022 and 2019 · Parma
Cloudgen / Virtual Global Azure
2021 · Verona
DevOps@Work / A.I. Day / weDev / Developer Zone
2020–2021 · Italy / Online