Resume
Summary
I am a Technical Designer by training and vocation. I live and breathe both as an engineer and a traditional designer. I can code and script, as well as support the creation of UX and UI. After both a Bachelor and Post-graduate degree in Digital Humanities, I obtained a Ph.D. in Emerging Digital Technologies, where I focused on understanding users’ expectations and interactions in unknown environments.
After that, I moved to the industry, where I worked as Technical Designer and UI Programmer ever since!
Education
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa, Italy
Ph.D. in Emerging Digital Technologies
- Thesis on players expectations in unknown virtual environments
- Graduated with honors
Università di Pisa – Pisa, Italy
Post-Graduate Degree in Digital Humanities
- Thesis on using game engines to create virtual cultural heritage exhibits
- Graduated with honors
Università di Pisa – Pisa, Italy
Bachelor Degree in Digital Humanities
- Thesis on using Markov Chains for authorship attribution on fictional characters
- Graduated with honors
Former King’s College London and National Taiwan University visiting student.
Personal Interests
Making games is my biggest passion, but not the only one. When I am not working, there’s quite a few things I love to do:
- Adventure enthusiast. Attended and completed the Mongol Rally in 2017 and the Crazy Summer Rally 2021
- Former Medieval re-enactor and fighter. I did 13 years of medieval sword fighting from the age of 14 to 27
- Author of the “Mongol Rally Stories” eBook, available on Amazon. All revenues have been devolved to charity
- Biker! I own and jealously maintain a 98′ Honda Shadow VT 600