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

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Nicola Ballotta

Dext

• Lead a team of data and analytics engineers
• Evaluate tools and processes used by the wider data team
• Take part in strategic organisation-wide projects
• Led an initiative to 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝟳𝟬%

Head of Data Engineering

• Communicate effectively with teams across the globe
• Hire and upskill colleagues on the broader data team
• Service turning Dext into a multiproduct company by integrating acquired businesses
• Provided the data platform and participated in the reporting for a $𝟳𝟯𝗠 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 and a later acquisition
• Democratised the data platform by migrating from ETL to ELT with Meltano and dbt
• Scaled the platform to handle 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 and 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝘆𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 while keeping the costs low

DataOps Lead

• Increased the adoption of data by migrating from Redshift to Snowflake and increasing query 
   performance and storage capacity
• Consulted the BI team on the integration of dbt
• Advised the ML team on the features and datasets project based on PostgreSQL
• Increased the volumes of data to a few terabytes

Senior Data Engineer

• Set up the data infrastructure on top of AWS
• Developed ETL jobs using Fivetran, PySpark, Redshift and AWS Data Pipelines
• Advice developers, data scientists and product owners in achieving their goals
• Worked with tens of gigabytes of data

Data Engineer

StreamingVideoProvider

• Increased the uptime of the service 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵𝟴% 𝘁𝗼 𝟵𝟵.𝟵% by migrating from SVN to Git
• Improved communication and progress visibility by implementing agile methodologies
• Coached colleagues on new soft and hard skills
• Maintained the on-premise Linux infrastructure
• Worked with internal and third-party APIs
• Built a live chat service using Node.js and MongoDB
• Designed and implemented the architecture for the video players
• Created the custom lightweight PHP and JavaScript frameworks for the platform

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

42 soft ltd

Developed a browser-based game, a CRM system and online shopping websites using PHP, WordPress, JavaSctipt, MySQL and CodeIgniter.

Web Developer

Scaling Data Solutions for Business Impact

I am passionate about transforming data into a critical business asset. As a leader, I guide teams, drive initiatives, and ensure data platforms deliver measurable business value.

My initiatives have saved millions in data costs, powered $73M funding rounds, and integrated complex systems into unified data solutions that scale with business needs.

I help businesses unlock data-driven growth through scalable, reliable data platforms, utilizing the power of modern data stacks and DataOps principles.

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