Luca's professional career
Or, "How do I keep myself busy"
Dachis Group, from 3/2013 onwards
I am back to Dachis Group working on a new project. Previously, I have worked on a greenfield project - a responsive design framework for one of Dachis clients website. The framework is due to integration and the websites will launch in the near future.
SapientNitro, from 4/2013 to 5/2013
I have worked on a site redesign for one of Sapient clients to make it AA accessible - mostly working on navigation patterns, keyboard and screen readers compliance etc
Mosaic Island at Which?, from 5/2012 to 3/2013
I have worked as a front-end lead during the pre-development phase on the Higher Education project, "Which?" very first responsive design website. I worked tightly with the art director and UX architect to deliver true responsive wireframes and prototypes, to be passed on to a third-party development team. I then moved to "Which?" Mortgage Advisers where I first paired with another developer, then I took ownership of the code to improve the usability of the site for the users and especially the content editors. I have also worked closely with the user-experience team on the next features and prototyped a mobile-first (responsive) version of the it. I have also worked on the code overhaul of "Which?" Conversation as a part of a large upgrade project, including a complete html/css/javascript refactoring. I am also a contributor on the internal Digital blog where I advocate the most innovative and interesting examples of creative user interface / technology applied to the web.
LBi, from 3/2012 to 5/2012
I have worked on the LloydsTSB and Bank of Scotland 2012 Olympics website, and on the LloydsTSB, Bank of Scotland and Halifax retail and commercial online banking.
Guardian News & Media, from 6/2011 to 3/2012
From January to March 2012 I moved to the Identity team, where I worked on discovery and prototyping of new features and user interfaces. I have worked on GuardianTV - a GoogleTV app: http://gtv.guardiannews.com/ Viewers with a Google connected TV will be able to access the Guardian’s picture galleries, multimedia content and, of course, its standard text-based articles, in a TV-tailored format. As the app is conceived for GoogleTV only, my work consisted in delivering a prototype - through refactoring the app's html, css and javascript - that would work on a much wider array of devices, mainly mobiles / tablets, optimising the app's performance and where I explored and applied the latest responsive design principles, effectively enhancing the app reach. September - December 2011 I have worked on the Guardian in America project where I joined the team to get ready for the launch of the US version of the Guardian (http://www.guardiannews.com) I was involved in templates refactoring and advocating accessibility and usability best practises. June 2011 - August 2011 I have worked on the redesign, prototyping and development of UI of the Soulmates website.
SapientNitro, from 4/2011 to 6/2011
I have worked on the Coca-Cola Olympic Games website: http://www.cokezone.co.uk/olympics/index.shtml http://www.cokezone.co.uk/olympics/explore-nominations.shtml built using (lots of) JQuery, plugins, JQuery templates and HTML5
Emperor Design, from 2/2011 to 3/2011
I have worked on two large financial report websites for Cairn and African Minerals, coordinating the work with other developers, ensuring the quality of the code and delivering on time under very tight deadlines.
BBC, from 2/2008 to 1/2011
I have worked as front-end/web developer on different projects, across various teams, that involved: • Cross-browser compatibility • Semantic html • Javascript • Strict web standards • Accessibility • Validation Projects I have worked on: • BBC News new Homepage (2010) • BBC Food (2010) • Springwatch (2009, 2010) • Autumnwatch (2008, 2009, 2010) • The Virtual Revolution (2010) • Wallace and Gromit: World of Invention (2010) • BBC Science (2010) • BBC Nature (2009, 2010) • Bang Goes the Theory (2009, 2010) • Crimewatch (2009) • Crimewatch Roadshow (2009) • Watchdog (2009) • The Apprentice (2008) • Eastenders (2008) • Survivors (2008) • Being Human (2008) • Casualty (2008) • Who do you think you are (2008) • Clone (2008) • Silent Witness (2008) • B-Sites - a set of highly accessible (W3C/WAI) templates framework, as part of an editorial CMS. Testing, debugging, improving and bug-fixing the new release of the B-templates. Developing a test suite (Selenium, ANT tasks and XSLT) for accessibility, validation and compliance to BBC standards.
iPhonky, from 4/2009 to 9/2010
Concept and design and project management of two iPhone paid games, released to the app store in summer 2009.
Mind - Mercatis srl, from 9/2007 to 1/2008
Developing business opportunities of Wise-Lab (other company that I've been working for) and other start-up, strongly innovation-oriented companies. Technical analysis of innovative IT products and test of their usability. Supporting the marketing staff to understand IT products and related issues.
Wise-Lab, from 10/2005 to 12/2007
Projecting, developing and implementing the front-end presentation layer of various web applications, based on a proprietary Java CMS and its modules across various projects, working alone or with a team of 2-3 developers under my management. Technologies used: Java, JSP, JSTL, XHTML, XML, XSL, Javascript, AJAX, CSS. Gathering of requirements and project analysis of several customers. Training customers to use the applications. Acquired competence in Accessibility (WAI/W3C and section 508) as two of the largest projects have been conducted with the two largest universities in Milan. Main projects: * Polilink - Politecnico di Milano University * Milano Bicocca University * Musa * MIP - Politecnico di Milano Business School
RTT s.r.l., from 6/2005 to 9/2005
Developing a web application under specific project commissioned by a cooperative group of banks, to manage the HR of the whole group. Modelling and implementing with an UML-based tool.