Martino Fornasa

About

I am an independent consultant with a focus on cloud-native implementations, scalability, continuous delivery practices, resiliency, performance, and observability. I specialize in helping companies transition from traditional infrastructure to public or private cloud implementations using container and serverless approaches. My expertise spans multiple industries, including technology and education. I am the founder of UseCaseConf and Eventitech, helping communities share pragmatic IT experiences.

Experience

• Founder · UseCaseConf05-01-2024 –

  UseCaseConf is a conference that shares real-world experiences of how complex organizations transform and manage their IT, focusing on principles, journeys, and practices rather than specific technologies.

• Creator · eventitech.it11-01-2023 –

  Eventitech is a curated list of tech conferences, community events and CFPs in Italy.

• Independent Consultant & Strategic Advisor | DevOps | Cloud Native · Martino Fornasa07-01-2022 –

  I help clients with digital transformation efforts, moving from traditional applications and infrastructure to cloud-native in private, bare metal, hybrid, and public cloud settings.

• Senior Engineering Manager - Cloud Native and DevOps Lead · Kiratech07-01-2018 – 06-01-2022

  I led the cloud native team at Kiratech. We earned customer confidence by demonstrating our expertise in the design and implementation of DevOps and cloud native solutions.

• Head of Infrastructure and DevOps · Clevertech08-01-2014 – 06-01-2018

  I led the Clevertech DevOps and Infrastructure team. Team responsibilities included cloud infrastructure design, implementation, management, and monitoring, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery design and management, and development of remote working processes and tools.

• Adjunct Professor · Università degli Studi di Genova01-01-2014 – 01-01-2015

  Adjunct Professor in the Computer Engineering Undergraduate Program. Taught the Computer Networks course.

• CTO & Co-Founder · SpreadSheetSpace01-01-2013 – 07-01-2014

  Responsible for product specification, design, and implementation. Proficient in a number of software development frameworks and technologies and on system administration tasks. Managed the software development process using SCRUM techniques and continuous integration best practices.

• Technical Director · Multimedia Triple Pay Solutions03-01-2010 – 07-01-2014

  Led a team in the redesign, implementation, and day-to-day operations of a computing infrastructure providing IT services for a large Italian port. Promoted remote working techniques and procedures and managed the engineering staff.

• ICT researcher · Computer Platform Research Center (Padua University, Genoa University)01-01-2005 – 07-01-2014

  Supported research activities in the Information and communication technology domain, focusing on computer networks and software platforms. Awarded a TR35 Italy Young Innovator award for developing an Always-on Distributed Spreadsheet Mashup platform.

• Platform Manager · Click&Find s.r.l.01-01-2007 – 12-01-2007

  Planned and managed the upgrade of the computing infrastructure with 24/365 reliability requirements. Implemented database and GIS service access optimization procedures and fault tolerance procedures.

Education

• Università degli Studi di PadovaPh.D., Information Engineering
• Università degli Studi di PadovaLaurea (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering

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