Namecheap, Inc

In my role as Director of the Namecheap Cloud Department, I lead and manage four highly skilled teams, comprising a total of 40 talented individuals. My primary responsibilities encompass people management, budget oversight, stakeholder engagement, and the strategic direction of technical decisions to ensure seamless functionality within the department.

Director of Cloud

As an Engineering Manager, I began by overseeing a team of 6-7 individuals, which subsequently expanded and was divided into various teams, each specializing in distinct areas such as frontend development, DevOps, and infrastructure management. My primary responsibility as an Engineering Manager was to ensure the effective coordination and execution of projects, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment. This included:

- Team Leadership
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Technical Direction
- Performance Optimization
- Stakeholder Communication

Engineering Manager

EasyWP is a WordPress managed hosting platform built on top of the latest containerization and cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, CoreOS, Openstack, Ceph). My roles in EasyWP are multiple. Product vision, agile product management, container infrastructure creation and maintenance, design.

EasyWP Product Owner

wpXtreme Inc

wpXtreme is a true app store for WordPress, the most widespread Content Management System. My role in wpXtreme is to build the product giving the long term vision to the rest of the team. I manage the development with agile methodologies and I plan all the actions around the final product; I'm also responsible about the communication  strategies.

Ceo & Founder

Saidmade Srl

I've founded Saidmade with the aim of supporting companies improve their online presence. Saidmade has been for years one of the most known communication companies in Italy and one of the first mobile applications developer.

Hurricane Media Srl

Software and System Engineer/Co-Founder

Softech Srl

In Softech Srl I had different tasks: web developer, system engineer, security manager.

Web Developer / System Engineer

Fondazione S. Carlo

I've managed the Unix system infrastructure of Fondazione San Carlo and I've been the person in charge for R&D.

Unix System engineer

ePlanet Spa

In ePlanet I was the person in charge for security and system maintenance. I've been involved in different projects and worked with some big italian companies (HP, Fastweb, etc).

Edp manager

Director of Cloud at Namecheap | 🤓 Author of The Hybrid Hacker, a newsletter about Engineering Management, Leadership, Career Growth and Productivity

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Nicola Ballotta

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Founder

Capgemini

National-level scope covering all of Canada's banking and insurance providers
• Bar raiser for senior, strategic hires and scaling talent pool for the Canadian practice
• Led go-to-market and built data, analytics, and ML Eng / ML Ops solutions 
• Enabled transition from staffing-based to outcome-based delivery model

Head of Data & ML Engineering | Practice Director

BrainStation

• First instructor to lead cohort for ML curriculum

Lead Instructor - Data, Analytics & Machine Learning

Manulife

• Product & Engineering Leader: operating at the intersection of Data Engineering & Data Science
• Data Engineering Talent: grew data engineering team by 2-3x over one year
• ML Ops: operationalized numerous machine learning workflows and deployed to Production
• SDLC: shortened lead times and increased frequency of release cycles through process optimization, adoption of production-readiness checklist, and adoption of DevOps principles

Director - Data & ML Engineering

• Develop roadmap and strategic priorities to apply data and analytics solutions to a various business units / corporate functions such as Finance, Risk, Legal & Compliance, HR, Procurement / Operations, and Marketing
• Manage and optimize portfolio of work and improve operating model to deliver data and analytics strategy

Director - Data Strategy & Product Lead

Accenture

Data Science Lead, Canada Innovation Hub
• First data scientist to join core team within the Canada Innovation Hub
• Building data science practice and capabilities from the ground up
• Facilitating collaboration among multiple functional practices, industry groups and external partners

Client Work:
• Global Data Strategy for Leading Global Insurance Company
• Analytics Strategy & Capability Building for Large Insurance Company
• Customer Analytics & Digital Adoption for Leading North American Financial Services 
• Data Lake Transformation & Operating Model Design for Large Transportation Company
• Data Lake Security Strategy for Global Insurance Company & Large Transportation Company

Engagement Manager - Data Science

Procter & Gamble

• Financial analysis and strategic planning on a ~$200mil portfolio of skin & personal care products

Financial Planning & Analysis

Experienced Data, Analytics & AI leader in Consulting and F500s. 

Expertise in scaling teams, go-to-market strategies, and implementing cross-functional operating models. Strong business acumen with a finance background.

Served as advisor and Chief of Staff for executive leadership.

Technical expertise:
- Data Architecture
- Data Engineering
- Data Platforms
- AI, Data Science & Analytics

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