With 20+ years of experience in the field of software development, I have helped companies of all scales and maturity levels, from big fintech corporations to ambitious logistics startups. I wore all hats in the trade, ranging from network engineer to CTO, which gives me a broad perspective and attention to the finer details of every software development and delivery process, both from a technical and a business perspective.

Carlo Sciolla

With 20+ years of experience in the field of software development, I have helped companies of all scales and maturity levels, from big fintech corporations to ambitious logistics startups. I wore all hats in the trade, ranging from network engineer to CTO, which gives me a broad perspective and attention to the finer details of every software development and delivery process, both from a technical and a business perspective.

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With 20+ years of experience in the field of software development, I have helped companies of all scales and maturity levels, from big fintech corporations to ambitious logistics startups. I wore all hats in the trade, ranging from network engineer to CTO, which gives me a broad perspective and attention to the finer details of every software development and delivery process, both from a technical and a business perspective.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
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Language

Italian
Fluent
English
Fluent
Dutch
Intermediate
Sardinian
Fluent

Work Experience

CTO at EerlijkeWOZ
October 1, 2018 - Present
Concept-to-production in less than two months; development and delivery of core IT systems; strategic planning and architecture of the business IT infrastructure; creation and expansion of an international, partially remote IT team.
Fractional CTO at Session Technologies
August 1, 2018 - Present
PM and senior DevOps engineer for the Arabic-focused web search engine Hudhud; responsibilities include Terraform, Kubernetes, Alibaba Cloud, DevOps, Agile, CI/CD.
PM and Sr. DevOps Engineer at Session Technologies
April 1, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Project: Dotto platform; maintenance and support of Alfresco-based platform; architecture and cloud infrastructure; agile delivery.
Owner / Consultant at Code Hopper
September 1, 2018 - Present
Concept, production and delivery of customer-facing presales content; architecture reviews; production readiness assessments and short/mid-term planning; GAIKU go-live; presales contributions.
CTO at Synple
August 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
From zero to production for a B2B logistics collaboration platform using Clojure, Kafka, AWS; leadership, devops, and architectural oversight.
Technical Lead / CTO at Sytac
September 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Led Java/JavaScript/React/Clojure initiatives; management and technical leadership.
Technical Manager Server Team / Software Architect / Senior Developer at Backbase R&D
December 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Server team management; software architecture; senior development; responsibilities from 2011 through 2015.
Senior Software Engineer at Sourcesense NL
May 1, 2011 - September 25, 2025
Senior software engineer; Alfresco, Pentaho, GWT, Spring, Hibernate; design and implementation.
Java Developer at Sytel Reply
October 1, 2008 - September 25, 2025
Java development; Vodafone GSP; Struts, LDAP, Maven.
Network Engineer at Pegaso Lavoro
July 1, 2005 - September 25, 2025
Network engineering; tcp/ip; openssh; firewalls.
Linux Architect and Web Developer (intern) at Epik
December 1, 2004 - September 25, 2025
Linux architecture and web development; scripting; MySQL.
Chairman at Stichting ClojureDays
January 1, 2020 - Present
Chairman; foundation; community management.
Co-Organizer at Dutch Clojure Days
January 1, 2016 - Present
Co-organizer; community management and events.
Dutch Organizer and Advisory Board Member at Codemotion
September 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Dutch organizer and advisory board member; innovation, event management, conference host.
Organizer at Dutch Clojure Meetup
January 1, 2010 - Present
Organizer; community management; 100+ meetups.
CTO at EerlijkeWOZ
October 1, 2018 - Present
Concept to production in less than two months without any major incident. Development and delivery of the core IT systems as well as integration with 3rd party software. Strategic planning and architecture of the business IT infrastructure and processes. Creation and expansion of an international, partially remote IT team.
Fractional CTO at Session Technologies
August 1, 2018 - Present
PM and Sr. DevOps engineer for the Arabic-focused Hudhud Web Search. Terraform, Kubernetes, Alibaba Cloud, DevOps, Agile, CI/CD. Project: Dotto platform support (Alfresco-based).
Owner / Consultant at Code Hopper
September 1, 2018 - Present
Concept, production and delivery of customer-facing presales content. Architecture reviews. Production readiness assessments and short/mid-term planning. Go-live and production readiness for Backbase presales work; GAiKU go-live.
CTO at Synple
August 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Led B2B logistics collaboration platform; from zero to production with Clojure, Kafka, AWS; management, logistics domain knowledge, architecture, devops, ELK, CI/CD.
Technical Lead / CTO at Sytac
September 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Technical leadership and CTO responsibilities; management, Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, Clojure; architecture and delivery of enterprise solutions.
Technical Manager, Server Team; Software Architect at Backbase R&D
December 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Led Server Team; Software Architect; Java, J2EE, Alfresco, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Camel; ALM practices; architectural decisions and delivery.
Senior Software Engineer at Sourcesense NL
May 1, 2011 - September 25, 2025
Senior Software Engineer focusing on Alfresco, Pentaho, GWT, Spring, Maven, Solr, Hibernate.
Java Developer at Sytel Reply
October 1, 2008 - September 25, 2025
Java development (Vodafone GSP); J2EE, Struts, LDAP, Maven, Solaris.
Network Engineer at Pegaso Lavoro
July 1, 2005 - September 25, 2025
Network engineering; TCP/IP, OpenSSH, Firewalls.
Linux Architect and Web Developer (Intern) at Epik
December 1, 2004 - September 25, 2025
Linux architecture, Bash scripting, PHP, MySQL.

Education

MSc in Computer Engineering at University of Pisa
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
BSc in Computer Engineering at University of Pisa
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2004
BSc in Computer Engineering at University of Pisa
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2007
MSc in Computer Engineering at University of Pisa
January 1, 2007 - September 25, 2025

Qualifications

Certified Scrum Master
January 1, 2013 - September 25, 2025
Certified Scrum Master
January 1, 2013 - September 25, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Other