English / Italian / Sicilian Translator and Interpreter
Government agencies, companies, and individuals
Chicago, Illinois and Melbourne, Florida
2005 - present
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Translated confidential documents for the Consulate, Air Force,
hospitals, law offices, companies (e.g. Lockheed Martin), and for
individuals.
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Sworn interpreter in US Courts and law offices, interpreter at
government and business meetings, trade shows, and for
individuals.
Sr Software Engineer - Consultant
General Electric (GE Transportation)
Melbourne, Florida
2017 - 2018
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Contributed to the implementation of AutoRouter, a software to
route about half the American trains automatically, using Java,
C++, and JavaScript.
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Increased the quality by introducing better code practices and
automated testing.
Lead Software Engineer
Epsilon Data Management
Chicago, Illinois
2012 - 2016
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Built and led a team of 9 people to develop from scratch a
critical web Client Access Portal (CAP), having a slick responsive
interface and single sign on for a pleasant user experience.
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Through CAP, our clients could log in, manage Tableau reports,
manage accounts, share files, download resources, and preview and
approve advertisements.
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Full Javascript stack (Node.js, REST API, Angular, PostGres, LDAP,
Couchbase), thousands of automated tests, continuous delivery, and
OATH token single sign-on.
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Managed 6 software engineers, from junior to senior level. When
welcoming them on the team, I clearly presented expectactions, how
the project worked, and code guidelines. Also provided continuous
mentoring, code reviews, weekly one-to-one conversations for
mutual feedback, clear and fair biannual performance evaluations,
team bonding activities, and career growth, taking the initiative
to promote a high-performing engineer to senior.
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Participated in the company's talent scouting and hiring.
Performed 100+ job interviews.
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Business trip to California where I successfully managed a
critical software aggregation with a sister company.
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As Sr Software Engineer: Worked in a Scrum agile team to develop,
in Java, SmartGWT, and SOAP, two major web applications for users
to manage core business data.
Software Engineer III
Nokia
Chicago, Illinois
2008 - 2012
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Developed, in a Java, PL/SQL, Oracle DB multi-tier architecture,
the core NAVTEQ/HERE digital maps used by the US government,
Garmin, Bmw, Audi, and Mercedes.
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Led a small team to develop, in .NET and ArcGIS, the Transit
Editor, an UI application to edit transit maps.
- Led an outsourced team in India.
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Rewrote a complex Java process in PL/SQL making it 200 times
faster.
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Business trip to participate to ArcGIS seminar San Diego,
California.
.NET Web Developer
Inktel Direct
Chicago, Illinois
2007 - 2008
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Made a web site for automating data import. Reduced cost by 90%.
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Made a web site for automating batch shipment. Reduced cost by
40%.
Teaching Assistant
Depaul University
Chicago, Il
2007 - 2008
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Tutored students and graded homework and midterms for the
following courses:
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Internet Application Development in ASP.NET/C#
(Professor Xiaowen Fang).
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Data Structures and Algorithms in C++ (Professor Joseph
Phillis).
Teacher and Tour guide
Government agencies, business groups, and individuals
Chicago, Illinois and Melbourne, Florida
2005 - 2007
- Taught Java, PL/SQL, and Italian.
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Acting as an interpreter and a tour guide, took government
agencies on official tours through the city of Chicago; took
individual and business groups as well.
.NET and Web Developer, Data Analyst, Net Admin
Consulate General of Italy
Chicago, Illinois
2005 - 2006
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Automated the Italian Residing Abroad Registry data and mailing.
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Coordinated data entry and data analysis teams for political
elections in 11 States.
- Developed an archive application for the whole Consulate.
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Installed servers and firewalls. Restyled and maintained the
consulate web site.
Business Owner in IT Services
Informatix S.R.L.
Palermo, Italy
2002 - 2004
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Built, sold, and maintained computers and networks for home and
business. Provided security and data recovery.
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Developed business software applications in VB6, VBA, FileMaker,
Access, and Excel.
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Planned and taught courses of Access, MS Office, PC usage for
government agencies, businesses, and individuals.
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Created and maintained small web sites and branding with attention
to user experience (UX) and graphics.
DevOps Engineer Lead and Software Developer - Consultant
Ericsson Telecommunications
Rome, Italy
2001 - 2002
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Led a project team to install, maintain, and support Sun Sparc
servers and telecom software at client site.
- Developed telecom software in Java, SQL, and Bash.
Junior Technical Manager
Amap S.P.A.
Palermo, Italy
1999 - 2000
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Helped managing the network operations center and the human
resources of the hydrological system.
IT Specialist and Software Developer
Freelance
Palermo, Italy
1995 - 2000
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Developed business software applications and small web sites.
- Repaired and maintained computers.
- Taught MS Office and computer usage.
Visual Basic Developer and Designer
Visionaria S.R.L.
Palermo, Italy
1993 - 1995
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Developed Visual Basic software applications for accounting, data
analysis, archiving, mailing, and printing.
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Designed business branding, graphics, books, brochures, and cards.
Carabineer
Corps of Carabineers (Police)
Palermo, Italy
1992 - 1993
- Led a squad of 15 carabineers during academy.
- Performed all kinds of field operations.
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