Industrial AI & Digital Systems Architect operating across the full delivery arc, from pre-sales discovery and solution design, through requirements engineering and full-stack build, to validation and stakeholder delivery. Five years spanning SAP supply chain, mission-critical defense systems under DO-178C, and industrial IoT platforms. I move fluently between business conversations and code, between C-level positioning and hands-on implementation. Founder of a predictive maintenance software for SME. I work with teams that need someone who can own a problem end-to-end, not just a phase of it.

Nadia Villa

Industrial AI & Digital Systems Architect operating across the full delivery arc, from pre-sales discovery and solution design, through requirements engineering and full-stack build, to validation and stakeholder delivery. Five years spanning SAP supply chain, mission-critical defense systems under DO-178C, and industrial IoT platforms. I move fluently between business conversations and code, between C-level positioning and hands-on implementation. Founder of a predictive maintenance software for SME. I work with teams that need someone who can own a problem end-to-end, not just a phase of it.

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Industrial AI & Digital Systems Architect operating across the full delivery arc, from pre-sales discovery and solution design, through requirements engineering and full-stack build, to validation and stakeholder delivery. Five years spanning SAP supply chain, mission-critical defense systems under DO-178C, and industrial IoT platforms. I move fluently between business conversations and code, between C-level positioning and hands-on implementation. Founder of a predictive maintenance software for SME. I work with teams that need someone who can own a problem end-to-end, not just a phase of it.

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Work Experience

Founder & Principal Researcher at Atherya
January 1, 2024 - Present
Atherya, Industrial Decision Intelligence for Manufacturing SMEs. Applied research programme delivering vendor-neutral, hardware-light predictive maintenance architectures; real production data pilots using deep-learning models (LSTM, CNN-BiLSTM, autoencoders) for maintenance and anomaly detection; end-to-end ownership of the applied research cycle from problem framing to evaluation and Value Proof discussions with partners. Go-to-market research on industrial AI platforms and pilot design methodologies for the Italian manufacturing landscape.
Functional Analyst & Digital Systems Consultant at AYES (Client: Gewiss SpA)
November 1, 2023 - Present
Lead business–technology interface between Gewiss SpA stakeholders and internal teams; performed requirements engineering at scale (decomposition into functional/non-functional requirements, acceptance criteria, edge-case analysis) with end-to-end traceability aligned to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148; contributed to system design (data models, roles/permissions, reporting logic, KPI definitions, data retention and historical aggregation); authored and refined product documentation for hardware-integrated Arc Fault Detection Device (AFDD) variants; designed a reusable requirements schema and an internal requirements agent to scale consistent analyst practice; identified and positioned a tertiary-sector market opportunity for senior management validation.
Functional Analyst, Digital Systems & IoT at AYES
November 1, 2023 - Present
Lead interface between business stakeholders, product owners, R&D, firmware teams and software engineering on the Sphere digital platform, an industrial IoT and energy‑intelligence ecosystem. Translated complex industrial needs into functional/non‑functional requirements, ensured traceability across product, engineering and QA, and defined data models, reporting logic and KPI definitions. Designed and deployed edge-case analyses, supported PoC to production transitions, and authored internal requirements tooling to scale analyst practices across teams.
Software Engineer, Mission-Critical Systems at Elettronica Group (ELT)
April 1, 2023 - March 1, 2025
Engineering under DO-178C and ISO/IEC compliance with strict requirement-to-code traceability and certification-grade documentation. Hardware/software integration; development of full-stack interfaces (React/TypeScript) and data-flow integration bridging web applications with low-level system processes. Identity & Access Management via Keycloak in multi-tenant, secure environments. International stakeholder engagement with UAE-based clients and other counterparts.
Software Engineer, Mission‑Critical Systems at Elettronica Group (ELT)
April 1, 2023 - March 1, 2025
Delivered software components for mission‑critical systems under DO‑178C and ISO/IEC standards, with rigorous requirement‑to‑code traceability and validation. Implemented hardware/software interfaces, high‑reliability data pipelines, and IAM using Keycloak; collaborated with international stakeholders including UAE clients to ensure compliance with stringent operational standards.
Solution Engineer, SAP Supply Chain & Industrial AI at Conlog SAS
March 1, 2020 - April 1, 2023
End-to-end AI-enabled solutions embedded within live SAP ERP environments. Owned solution design and integration patterns between analytical and transactional systems. Built a Python time-series forecasting engine integrated with SAP ERP to improve demand planning, production scheduling and inventory optimization; full data pipeline from extraction to consumption by planners. SAP MM (Materials Management) and PP (Production Planning); ABAP OO for custom enterprise logic; exposure to S/4HANA and SAP Fiori. Defined interfaces, data contracts and synchronization patterns between Python AI components and SAP transactions. Requirements gathering with stakeholders and iterative validation with operations teams.
Solution Engineer & Software Engineer, SAP Supply Chain & Production at Conlog SAS
March 1, 2020 - April 1, 2023
End‑to‑end AI‑driven supply chain and production solutions for Italian clients: data extraction and preprocessing, model training/evaluation, SAP ERP integration, and delivery of SAP‑oriented decision support. Built a time‑series forecasting engine, integrated analytical outputs with SAP workflows, and ensured solutions are ready for enterprise deployment.

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London
March 1, 2021 - September 1, 2025
BSc (Hons) Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London
March 1, 2021 - September 1, 2025

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Industry Experience

Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government