CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Info

Work Experience

• 11/2007 - today
  Senior Software Engineer at Citrix R&D (ex XenSource Ltd).
  I am working in the Ring 0/1 team to develop the next generation of the XenServer product line.
  I am also contributing to the open source effort with code and ideas.


• 09/2006 - 10/2007
  Research Associate at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida.
• 2005 - 2006
  Teacher Assistant for Professor Cesare Stefanelli, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy: tutoring Operating Systems and Computer Networks.
• 2004 - 2005
  Teacher Assistant for Professor Cesare Stefanelli, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy: tutoring Operating Systems.

Education

• March 2007: Master degree 110/110 Summa Cum Laude in Computer Science Engineering.
• July 2004: Three years degree 110/110 Summa Cum Laude in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
• June 2001: Diploma from Liceo Scientifico A. Roiti, Ferrara, Italy with the highest mark (100/100).

Skills

• Good knowledge of operating systems internals.
• Deep knowledge of Linux and its different distributions.
• Deep experience in packaging software for different linux distributions (Rpm, Deb, Tgz).
• Familiarity with servers, network tools, traffic sniffers, IDS, firewalls and network security issues.
• Deep knowledge and experience in system and network management on Linux.
• Strong development and debugging skills on Linux.
• Deep knowledge and experience in C, C++, Java, Bash.
• Good knowledge of Python.
• GUI programming with Qt and Swing.
• Deep knowledge and experience in working with regular expressions.
• Strong in UML and Object Oriented development.
• Good Knowledge and experience with XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XPath.
• Practice with Web Service development.
• Knowledge on HTML, CSS, XHTML, Javascript and AJAX.
• Deep knowledge of programming dynamic web sites with JSP and XML+XSL.
• Good knowledge of SVN and CVS revision control systems.
• Knowledge on SQL, database design, administration and programming on MySQL.
• Knowledge on multithreading programming techniques.
• Knowledge and experience with virtualization solutions and deployment on Linux.
• Deep knowledge and experience in distributed systems and network programming in UNIX and Java environments.
• Knowledge of several Internet protocols and related APIs, including TCP, UDP, IPv4, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, SMTP, POP3, FTP.

Languages

• Italian, mother tongue.
• English, fluent, daily usage for both work and hobby.

Activities

• Supporter and expert in Linux and Open Source, member of Ferrara Linux User Group since 2003.
• Actively contributed to the Slackware Linux Community in many ways among which the project linuxpackages.net.
• Developer of the Zenwalk Linux distribution since 2005.

Achievements

• Developed websites for commercial to support the years of University studies.