Experience & Education
Career and education
Senior AI Engineer
Mediapro
Building an agentic platform for the automated creation of AI-generated commercials. Designed and deployed GenAI solutions for audiovisual production, including automatic detection of commercials in live sports events. Developed computer vision pipelines for 3D reconstruction using NeRFs and Gaussian Splats, later adopted by Virtual Production to cut shooting costs. Transitioned research PoCs into production workflows.
Technical Manager
NTT DATA
Technical project management for generative AI. Led a 9-person team of data engineers, data scientists, MLOps engineers and AI strategists delivering projects for banking, media and energy sector clients. Architected enterprise RAG systems using Azure OpenAI, wrote project proposals, and gave commercial support to clients and partners. Mentored the team in GenAI technologies through weekly technical sessions.
Researcher
Vicomtech
Coordinated H2020/Horizon Europe projects with international partners, securing 600k€ in funding. Developed a collaborative AR platform using computer vision and web technologies for educational applications, and completed a PhD cum laude on that architecture while working.
PhD in Computer Science
Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Thesis: "A Novel Architecture for Collaborative Augmented Reality Experiences for Education." Graduated cum laude, publishing 10+ papers over the period.
Senior Data Scientist
AGT International
Product owner for the video analytics department. Built computer vision and deep learning algorithms for sports video — including instrumenting a UFC octagon with multi-modal sensors to track fighters. Handled technology transfer, productisation and patenting of internal research software.
Scientific Software Developer
MPI for Brain Research
Built computer vision, machine learning and image/video processing tools for neuroscientists studying reptilian brains, and owned the software and its technical documentation.
Research Associate
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institut
Six years on the FP7 European project inEvent and the national projects AVATecH and AUVIS, developing computer vision, machine learning and video processing algorithms for multimedia archives and humanities research. Most of the publication record starts here.
Research Associate
CNIT
First research post: the FP6 European project RUSHES and a Digital-TV project with Telecom Italia, writing image processing and pattern recognition software. Also where the medical-imaging compression work came from.
MSc in Telecommunications Engineering
Università degli Studi di Brescia
BSc in Information Technology
Università degli Studi di Brescia
Skills
Technical
- GenAI & LLMs (Agentic AI · Fine-tuning · RAG · LangChain · Vector DBs)Expert
- LLM Evaluation & Observability (Evals · Guardrails · Tracing)Advanced
- Python · PyTorch · TensorFlow · Hugging FaceExpert
- Computer Vision & 3D Reconstruction (NeRF · Gaussian Splats · SLAM)Expert
- MLOps · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · GCP · AzureAdvanced
- Augmented Reality (ARCore · ARKit · WebXR)Advanced
- C++ · C · OpenCV · CUDA · MatlabAdvanced
Leadership
- Hiring & People DevelopmentExpert
- Delivery Track Record (10+ AI/ML projects, Agile/Scrum)Advanced
- Technical Mentoring & Training (20+ sessions)Expert
- Stakeholder & Partner CoordinationExpert
- Strategic AI Roadmap & Vision (OKRs · Research → Production)Advanced
- Cross-functional Collaboration (Engineering · Research · Product)Expert
Languages
- ItalianNative
- SpanishC2: Proficient
- EnglishC2: Proficient
- GermanB2: Upper-Intermediate
- BasqueB1: Intermediate