Advanced knowledge of LibreOffice
Giacomo Castellano
Senior Product Owner
Brescia
Summary
Date of birth: 06/03/1963
Over 25 years in Electronic Payments & Loyalty scheme solutions, POS Application Development, Smart Card & EMV implementations, Contact less Card Processing, logical & physical Security, Cryptography, Communication Protocols.
Over 7 years in Industrial Automation, IDE to support IEC 61131-3 PLC programming/configuring environments, Modbus, Profinet, Profibus.
Over 4 years in Italian phrmacy & logistic sector.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Product Owner
Studiofarma - CGM Group
06.2019 - Current
- Ownership of two web platforms used by pharmacies in Italy. These platforms are serving about 20000 pharmacies which are handling medical prescriptions of drugs for millions of patients.
- Owned and prioritized product backlog
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery
- Demonstrated products to show potential customers benefits and advantages and encourage purchases
Product Owner
Pilz Ireland
05.2015 - 04.2019
- PAS4000 automation IDE supporting IEC 61131-3 with PSS4000 system PLCs and I/O modules vision realization
- Features: version control, licensing model realization, PLC simulation, "Ethercat" master/client, "Profinet" master/client
- Well organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently
Requirements Engineer/Requirements Engineer /Senior Business Analyst
Pilz Ireland
06.2014 - 05.2015
- PSSu2 requirements elicitation, negotiation, specification to ensure proper product definition and Product Management support
- PNOZ Multi requirements elicitation, negotiation, specification to ensure proper product definition and Product Management support
Software Architect
Pilz Ireland
11.2011 - 06.2014
- Safety camera system for 3D zone monitoring SafetyEye
- Integrated development environment for PLC systems programming according to industrial standards such as IEC 61131, IEC 61508
- Distributed automation framework (infrastructure and tool suite) conception, architecture, technologies
- Mentoring developers in best practices and work well within a team
- Perform state-of-the-art product development activities, with an emphasis on the “back-end” (including database design, performance, and security)
- Provide guidance and guidelines of technical development environment, developer tools, operating systems and technologies
- Spearheaded the adoption of cloud-based services for increased scalability, flexibility and cost savings
- Managed the full lifecycle of software projects from conception to deployment, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints
- Designed and implemented custom APIs to facilitate seamless data exchange between disparate systems, enhancing overall functionality
- Enhanced software performance by identifying and resolving system bottlenecks through thorough code analysis and optimization
- Mentored junior developers on best practices in software architecture design and coding techniques, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team
Chief Technology Officer
Progetti srl
10.1996 - 10.2011
- Develop and lead division wide community of practice for commercialization technical program management including development of common set of tools such as business cases and other document templates
- Develop, manage and acquire effectively talent pool
- Lead, manage and monitor all IT system development within company
- Participate in overall business technology planning, bringing current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems as related to company's competitive position
- Provide technical leadership to architects/developers in designing and developing software modules as per defined architecture
- Work with BU leads to optimize product development processes, driving customer interaction and customer centric product development
Software Architect
Progetti srl
06.1990 - 10.1996
- Architecture/design of payment application for chip card by Swiss PTT, Eurocheque (“Payserv/Telekurs” Switzerland) debit cards and KKO (“Kredit Kart Organisation”) credit cards on ASCOM AUTELCA terminals and subsequent integration
- Architecture/design of TMS (Terminals Management System) for payment terminals in Unix V
- Architecture/design of multi-application payment module integration in self-service tickets vending machine for Swiss railways
- Architecture/design of Italian SHELL loyalty system
- Architecture/design of integration of electronic payments with ECR (“Electronic Cash Registers”).
- Architecture of proprietary system of distributed management of meetings for private organization equipped with card readers, cameras and server acquiring of data
- Architecture/design of EFT Server in multi-cash environment with Italian standard payment application (both debit and credit cards) for “Verifone”, “Banca di Roma” and “COIN”
- Architecture/design of “ACI” Base24 client
- Conception, architecture of EPP (“Electronic Payments Platform”): development and simulation environment to speed up development and facilitate the portability of cross-platform application on payment terminals
- Conception, architecture of VRTOS (“Virtual Real Time Operating System”): cross-platform virtual operating system to port EPP on Linux, WIN32 environments and on proprietary operating systems by EFTPOS terminals producers
- Architecture of Italian EMV payment application (COGEBAN Microcircuito ABI 1&2)
- Architecture of payment terminals management system for Italian national payment application (COGEBAN Microcircuito ABI 1&2) (Windows/Linux)
- Architecture of distributed systems to issue analysis laboratories reports and diet plans (doctors, pharmacies)
Principal Software Engineer
Olivetti-Sixcom
06.1987 - 06.1990
- Italian dynamic toll payment system "TELEPASS" for “Società Autostrade S.p.A.” Italian highways
- "Portafoglio Elettronico" system by OLIVETTI-SIXCOM for "Poste italiane" (secure PinPad, motorized reader/writer of magnetic/chip cards, issuing system of AT&T contact-less chip cards)
- Development of payments system on SIXCARD EFT-POS terminals by OLIVETTI-SIXCOM for American Express France
- Development of Carte Bancaire-CP8 payments on SIXCARD EFT-POS terminals by OLIVETTI-SIXCOM for French market.
- HGEPOS Italian payments on SIXCARD EFT-POS terminals by OLIVETTI-SIXCOM
Software Engineer
Olivetti-Sixcom
09.1985 - 06.1987
- Development of Italian debit cards payment application for ABI/SIA on SIXCARD terminals by OLIVETTI-SIXCOM
- Development of rates change application on SIXCARD terminals by OLIVETTI-SIXCOM for National Bank of Greece
Education
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"Università degli Studi" in Milano, Computer Science
09.1982 - 05.1985
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"Liceo Scientifico Statale - Paolo Frisi" in Monza, Scientific High School Diploma
09.1977 - 05.1982
Skills
Customer oriented analysis
Requirements / scope negotiation with customers/stakeholders
Understand and contribute to/define the product vision and the product roadmap
Create and maintain the product backlog breaking down high-level requirements into features, work flows,, epics, stories
Prioritise the product backlog to ensure work focuses on items with maximum value and alignment with the product vision (Kano, ROI, COD) and customer satisfaction
Release/iteration estimating, planning and burndown
Supervision and mentor ship
Management of uncertainty: spikes, scope management, schedule buffering
Deep knowledge of full software development life cycle
Technical expertise
Scrum methodology
Risk Assessments
Stakeholder relationship management
Problem identification
Software
Advanced knowledge of MS Office
Advanced knowledge of Visual Paradigm (BPL, UML, Data Flow diagrams)
Proficient with R, R-studio, Shiny
Proficient with JIRA, Confluence
Certification
PSPO I - 13/05/2015 - http://www.scrum.org/User-Profile/userId/140354
Timeline
Senior Product Owner
Studiofarma - CGM Group
06.2019 - Current
UX Foundation Training – UXTraining.com – CREDLY-13100923 - https://credly.com/credit/13100923
03-2016
PSM I - 01/06/2015 - http://www.scrum.org/User-Profile/userId/140354
06-2015
Product Owner
Pilz Ireland
05.2015 - 04.2019
PSPO I - 13/05/2015 - http://www.scrum.org/User-Profile/userId/140354
05-2015
Requirements Engineer/Requirements Engineer /Senior Business Analyst
Pilz Ireland
06.2014 - 05.2015
Software Architect
Pilz Ireland
11.2011 - 06.2014
Chief Technology Officer
Progetti srl
10.1996 - 10.2011
Software Architect
Progetti srl
06.1990 - 10.1996
Principal Software Engineer
Olivetti-Sixcom
06.1987 - 06.1990
Software Engineer
Olivetti-Sixcom
09.1985 - 06.1987
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"Università degli Studi" in Milano, Computer Science
09.1982 - 05.1985
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"Liceo Scientifico Statale - Paolo Frisi" in Monza, Scientific High School Diploma
09.1977 - 05.1982