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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

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Software

Advanced knowledge of LibreOffice

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
Giacomo CastellanoSenior Product Owner