1984-1993
- Student
- Mechanic
- Generic construction work assistant
- Delivery boy
- Shop boy
acquired skills:
- Working with 2 strokes engines / tweaking
- Vespa
- Other Piaggio scooters/mopeds
- Aprilia
- Music
- DJ-ing with Technics Turntables
- Samplers
- Amiga
- MIDI
- Trackers
- Cubase
- Commodore 64 Basic
- Driving 2/3/4 wheels vehicles
- Customer service
1993-1998
- Università degli Studi di Salerno - Electrical Engineering (drop out)
- Università degli Studi di Salerno - Social Studies (drop out)
- Print Service s.r.l. - Pre-press technician/designer
- IED ( Milano ) - Master in Animation with Softimage 3D
- Study/Work Break - Recovery from road accident (6 months)
acquired skills:
- Photoshop
- Corel Draw
- Aldus Pagemaker
- Hardware RIP
- Printing process
- Printing techniques
- 3D modeling/animation
- Patience
1998
- ASCARI ( Milano ) - Interactive Content Designer/Programmer
acquired skills:
- Macromedia Director
- Lingo
- Photoshop
- HTML
- Javascript
1999-2001
- Quam / Nurun ( Milano ) - Interactive Content Designer/Programmer
acquired skills:
- Lingo programming language (advanced)
- ASP server side scripting
- SQL database design and management
- Flash 4/5
- Actionscript 1.0
- JavaScript
- PHP
- MySql
- Network Management
- Networking principles
- Open Source Tools
notable clients/projects:
- MTV
- Prénatal
- Caractère
- Tokidoki v1.0
2001
- Self-employed - Interactive Content Designer/Programmer
acquired skills:
- More advanced Networking
- Linux (command line) Server
- Network Sockets and communication
- Embedded Linux foundations (Familiar/Debian on hacked iPaq)
2002
- ArxMedia ( Milano ) - Senior Flash Developer/Animator, Tech Lead
acquired skills:
- Actionscript 2.0
- Tweening engines
2002
- Self-employed - Creative Technologist ( Milano / Amsterdam )
acquired skills:
- Advanced Actionscript
- Advanced backend technologies (PHP, MySql, Perl, bash)
notable clients/projects:
- Wieden+Kennedy
- Heineken [ pitch - won ]
- Siemens [ pitch - won ]
- MTV
- Dainese
- Mandarina Duck
2003-2004
- Wieden+Kennedy [ Amsterdam ] - Lead Creative Technologist
acquired skills:
- Switched to Mac
- Deeper understanding of computer hardware, networking, firewalls
notable clients/projects
- Electronic Arts
- Goretex
- Heineken
- Coca Cola
2005
- Sabbatical Break (4 months )
enhanced skills:
- kitchen renovation
- plumbing
- electricity
- plastering
- painting
2005
- Satama Interactive (later LBi) [ Amsterdam ] - Senior Flash Developer (3 months)
acquired skills:
- deeper understanding of Object Oriented Programming [courtesy of Ralph Hauwert (Unity)]
2005-2009
- Self employed - __* TwoDotOne [ Amsterdam ]*__
- Technologist
- Creative Director
- Engineer
- Maker
- Teacher
- Interaction Design
- Physical Computing
- Programming for Embedded Devices
- C/C++
- Computer-less programming
- Digital Fabrication
- Fundamentals of Electronics
acquired skills:
- Several programming/scripting languages
- Arduino
- Electronics
- 3d design
- SketchUP
- Several crafts
- Digital fabrication
- Creative direction (tech / design)
- Open Source tools
- RFID
- BlueTooth v2.1
- BlueTooth 4.1 (LE)
- Sensors
- Communication protocols
- Electrical Engineering foundations
- OpenFrameworks
- C/C++
- Java/J2ME
- Processing
- more advanced command line skills
- ... way too many interests
notable clients/projects:
- Heineken
- Nokia | Flagship Stores
- Electronic Arts
- Bottega Veneta
- Kering group
- Belastingdienst (Dutch Tax Authority)
- Wieden+Kennedy
- EYE Film Museum
- Nationaal Historisch Museum
- Marcel Wanders for Stedelijk Museum
- Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
- Hasbro
- Reebok
- Nike
- Coca Cola
- Dubfire
2010-2014
- Hello, Savants! - Founder / Tech Creative Director
2015-2016
- MediaMonks [ Hilversum ] - Director of Secret Space Program
acquired skills
- CAD design principles
- Fusion 360
- advanced 3d design/printing knowledge
notable clients/projects
- WaterAid - Hope Locker
- Fight Cancer - Interactive Punching Bag
- ABN-AMRO
- SKYY Vodka
- Chevrolet
2016-2018
- Future Tailors - Founder / Creative Director / Hybrid Designer
acquired skills
- Proficiency at 2.5D CNC using Fusion 360 and Shapeoko 3 XL
notable clients/projects
- MediaMonks (after being part of the team I continued as a freelance/consultant)
- Sendrato
- Babau Lab
- CIID
- Arduino
2018-Today
- Arduino - Hardware design for MKR series shields
- Arduino - Sr. Integration Engineer for IoT Cloud
- Arduino - User Experience Expert, Marketing Team
- Product demos/games for Maker Faire, BETT
- Bar Arduino Italia show host
- Bar Arduino Worldwide show guest, show host, demos
- Arduino - Creative Technology Lead, Tooling Team / IoT Cloud Team
- Arduino CLI (Product Owner)
- Arduino Pro IDE (Product Owner)
- Arduino IoT Cloud
- Product tutorials/demos
acquired skills
- advanced circuit design principles
- advanced IoT technologies
- Python
- advanced OBS
- streaming setups
- technical team management and direction