Summary

Tech Lead & Entrepreneur

I am passionate of Technology and Entrepreneurship, co-founder of the AI startup Orago Labs and former Head of Development at Rieter, the world’s leading supplier of systems for short-staple fiber spinning.
Freshly graduated as an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) at SDA Bocconi, ranking 3rd in the MBA rankings of the Financial Times.

Who I am

Let me start this Bio with the key point: I am nerd. Seriously. I can easily get lost for hours in learning why Boeing 737 aircraft is not equipped with landing-gear doors. And yes, I am definitely the kind of person who gets excited in building random tech toys, without losing heart when the car trunk accidentally catches fire in the process (but that's another story).

I was born in Milano in 1987 and I joined the IT Dark Side after graduating in Telecommunication Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.

I am polyglot in both spoken and programming languages. I am fluent in Italian and English, but I also understand German. I count C#, Java, Python and Bash amongst the programming languages I have professionally worked with.

As a manager, I am always looking for combining technical excellence with an attractive and functional product, to maximise the customer satisfaction.

I have always had a passion for entrepreneurship and startups, and in recent months I have had the opportunity to try my hand at these fascinating realities.

Experience

Rieter

Rieter is the world’s leading supplier of systems for short-staple fiber spinning. Based in Winterthur (Switzerland), the company develops and manufactures machinery, systems and components used to convert natural and manmade fibers and their blends into yarns.

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Location: Winterthur (ZH) - CH

Duration: 2024 - present

• Strategic Leadership: Directed a cross‑regional development team of 40 engineers (Czech Republic, Switzerland, India), implementing innovative production software solutions and scaling systems to support Rieter’s position as a leader in the textile manufacturing sector.
• Digital Transformation Pioneer: Spearheaded the organization’s digitalization journey, introducing cutting‑edge technologies to optimize machine functionalities, automate maintenance processes, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Executive Collaboration: Partnered closely with C‑level executives and Business Unit (BU) directors to align technological initiatives with corporate strategy, ensuring projects met both operational and strategic objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acted as the primary liaison between the development department and senior leadership, effectively communicating technical advancements, project roadmaps, and business impacts.
• Budget & Resource Optimization: Manage 5M CHF budget for the whole department, including monthly and yearly forecasts and allocation.

Main Projects:

• Title: Unified Software Platform
• Description: Directed the creation of a unified software platform that standardized software development across all Rieter products: The platform connected everything from the smallest sensor to full-scale machines.
• Technology:
• Title: Ghost-Mill SaaS Project
• Description: Led the development of a SaaS solution enabling the “ghost-mill” concept – allowing an entire production plant to be remotely managed: This project optimized operational oversight, enabling remote diagnostics, monitoring, and management.
• Technology:
• Title: People Development
• Description: Transformed team management by fostering a culture of human development. Implemented: Career plans tailored to individual aspirations. Regular performance evaluations and development discussions. Leadership that prioritized both technical excellence and personal growth.
• Technology:

Aiones

Aiones revolutionizes how companies approach process discovery and design, making it as straightforward as a conversation

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Location: Vienna - AT

Duration: 2024 - present

• Technological Vision & Leadership: Co‑founded Aiones and established the technological vision, integrating cutting‑edge technologies such as Azure BOT APIs and OpenAI APIs to create innovative solutions for process discovery and design.
• Process Professionalization: Streamlined the development lifecycle by implementing Agile methodologies and introducing CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps, fostering a culture of efficiency and continuous delivery.
• Infrastructure Scalability: Architected a robust, scalable technology infrastructure on Azure to support extensive user testing and prepare for seamless product launches
• Innovation Recognition: Represented Aiones as a participant in the BoldBrain challenge, positioning the startup as a forward‑thinking leader in process innovation.

Main Projects:

• Title: Transforming Concepts into a Professional-Grade Codebase
• Description: The initial codebase laid the groundwork for our MVP, demonstrating the product’s core functionality. I transformed it into a professional-grade codebase, optimized for scalability and production-level performance.
• Technology:

ID Modular

ID Modular is a startup aiming to create a new low-code/no-code platform in the digital identity world. Our goal is to make the Know Your Business / Customer (KYC / KYB) process creation extremely easy and affordable for other startups which need it. Even changing it later on would be as complex as a few clicks.

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Location: Zürich - CH

Duration: 2023

• Formulating and controlling the Business Plan execution
• Leading the Fundraising activities
• Providing technical guidance for the software development

VentoMarina Catamarans

The democratic revolution is coming to the catamaran world

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Location:

Duration: 2023 - present

2023 - present

• Create and maintain the IT Infrastructure, handling the fleet management and the franchise network.
• Setup of the franchising network across EU.

Bexio AG

Bexio is a Swiss market leader for cloud-based business administration software for small companies. Bexio software is now used by over 80’000 companies.

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Location: Rapperswil (SG) - CH

Duration: 2022 - 2023

2022 - 2023

• Team Leadership: Directed and mentored a diverse, high‑performing global team, including 10+ near‑shoring professionals across three countries, fostering collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Infrastructure Modernization: Transitioned the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to a GitOps model, streamlining operations and enhancing the reliability of infrastructure supporting 80K+ customers
• Quality Culture Advocate: Championed the introduction of Shift‑Left testing principles, empowering the Quality Assurance team and coaching 5+ development teams to adopt a proactive quality‑first mindset.
• Architecting for Growth: Built and led the Architecture Team from scratch, establishing a clear vision for long‑term platform sustainability and creating a foundation for scalable growth.
• Optimization: Collaboratively modernized and optimized the platform stack, reducing recurring operational costs by 10% while maintaining high performance and reliability

Main Projects:

• Title: Platform Reliability and Observability
• Description: My responsibility was to setup the Kubernetes cloud platform (Google Cloud Platform) to maximise reliability, reducing costs and implementing full observability via New Relic
• Technology:
• Title: Shift Left
• Description: Introduced the Shift Left approach to Quality Assurance by integrating testing processes early in the software development lifecycle, fostering proactive defect identification.
• Technology:
• Title: SRE reorganization
• Description: I restructured the SRE team to transition from reactive daily management of production issues to a streamlined, strategic approach by implementing a ticketing system with defined prioritization protocols. This initiative enhanced operational efficiency, enabling the team to focus on long-term projects while maintaining reliable resolution of critical production challenges.
• Technology:
• Title: Cloud Architecture team creation
• Description: A Cloud Architecture team was established to ensure the platform’s long-term scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. This initiative involved defining clear roles and responsibilities, implementing best practices for cloud infrastructure design, and fostering collaboration across development and operations teams to align architecture decisions with business objectives.
• Technology:
• Title: New IAM Selection
• Description: The selection process for an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution for an 80K-customer platform focused on evaluating market-leading technologies against key criteria such as scalability, security, and seamless integration. Comprehensive stakeholder alignment, technical assessments, and cost-benefit analysis ensured the chosen solution would meet current needs while supporting future growth.
• Technology:

Naviigo

A SaaS platform for innovating the boat rental process

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Location: Lugano (TI) - CH

Duration: 2020 - present

2020 -

• Co-Founder of Naviigo: The sharing economy applied to short time boat rental

E-globe solutions AG

e-globe solutions is a software company based in Bern, delivering custom IT solutions and integrations for the Fiber Optics market. Recently, it entered the SaaS world with ”godoo”, an orchestration tool for business workflows.

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Location: Bern - CH

Duration: 2014 - 2022

2017 - 2022

• Comprehensive Leadership: Directed a 12‑member development team comprising specialists from junior to senior levels, fostering growth, innovation, and technical excellence.
• Product Ownership: Served as Scrum Product Owner for the company’s flagship product, generating 60%* of total revenue and driving its functional and architectural roadmap
• Stakeholder Management & Fundraising: Successfully managed relationships with internal and external stakeholders to secure 5 MCHF in funding, supporting strategic initiatives.
• Team Development & Performance Management: Instituted a structured feedback process, conducting regular performance evaluations and salary reviews to enhance employee satisfaction and productivity.
• Cloud Transformation: Migrated on‑site services to AWS Cloud, achieving a 20% reduction in development costs by December 2021 while enhancing scalability and reliability.
• Efficiency Improvement: Designed and implemented automation tools, boosting team productivity by 15% over two years and streamlining operational workflows.

2015 - 2017

• Platform Development: Designed a business workflow orchestration platform from the ground up, leveraging a React / .NET Core / Java / MySQL stack, ensuring robust functionality and scalability.
• Infrastructure Innovation: Implemented a Docker‑based microservice infrastructure, reducing system downtime by 50% in the first year and enhancing overall operational reliability.
• Customer Relationship: Maintained Customer relationships, including Change Requests negotiations
• People Growth: Mentored the Junior Team members, growing 3 software developers

2014 - 2015

• Integration Development: Developed real‑time platform integrations and RESTful APIs using C#/.NET Framework, adhering to RAML and Swagger standards for seamless system interoperability
• Continuous Deployment: Implemented CI/CD infrastructure based on GitLab and Jenkins

E-globe technologies AG

The company builds, implements and operates IT infrastructures and networks. As an ICT integrator, it develops software solutions for process automation, in particular also in the area of business-to-business worldwide.

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Location: Bern - CH

Duration: 2014

2014

• Optical Fibre Solutions Development: Designed and implemented provisioning solutions for optical fibre networks, streamlining deployment processes for enhanced operational efficiency.
• System Integration: Developed robust integration modules using C# and .NET Framework, enabling seamless interaction between critical systems.
• Version Control Optimization: Implemented a structured GIT deployment workflow, achieving a 30% improvement in code conflict management within the first six months, boosting team productivity.

Education

Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), SDA Bocconi

2022-2024

Master Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

2007-2013

High School Diploma, Sciences, Math & Computer Studies, Liceo Scientifico Leonardo da Vinci

2002-2006

Skills

• Java
• C #
• React JS
• Python
• Android
• Docker
• AWS
• Git
• Gitlab

Projects

Orango AI

Orango AI is revolutionizing user interactions with software by embedding advanced AI agents into products. Our in-product AI agents can autonomously guide users, perform tasks, and streamline complex workflows, reducing friction during onboarding, support, or general usage. With a single line of code, companies can integrate Orango AI’s smart, trainable agents into their software. These agents explore and learn the product autonomously, acting as expert assistants that improve user experience and reduce churn. Orango empowers businesses to offer intuitive, automated, and efficient customer experiences without the high cost or complexity of developing AI solutions in-house. Our goal is to set the standard for intelligent, user-friendly web and software interfaces that delight users and drive customer loyalty.

InNotes

Transform LinkedIn into your personal CRM. * **Private Notes**: Take notes on any LinkedIn profile, visible only to you. * **Lead Status**: Assign a lead status to each contact (e.g., 'New,' 'Contacted,' 'Qualified'). * **Tags**: Add tags for easy categorization and filtering. * **Quick Search**: Easily search through your notes to find the right contact. Visit the website to know more!

SpeedOmeter

A simple demonstration Progressive Web App (PWA) which is just providing a GPS-based speedometer. It can be installed via browser on any device. Fully written in React.

ID Modular

ID Modular is a startup aiming to create a new low-code/no-code platform in the digital identity world. Our goal is to make the Know Your Business / Customer (KYC / KYB) process creation extremely easy and affordable for other startups which need it. Even changing it later on would be as complex as a few clicks.

LemonBulls

LemonBulls revolutionizes the algorithmic trading world by offering a unique platform where Traders can share their strategies with Followers. Our platform addresses the key challenges in the market: safeguarding intellectual property, streamlining payments, and automating subscription management. In a market valued at $15.55 billion and growing, we provide a secure, efficient solution for Traders to monetize their strategies and for Followers to access them easily. LemonBulls isn't a trading platform; it's the future of secure, streamlined, and profitable trading.

Naviigo

The sharing economy applied to short time boat rental

Godoo

No-Code business workflow orchestration engine. Made from scratch. The right way.