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ABOUT ME

Who I AM

I’m an experienced and certified Program and Engineering Manager in the Software industry, with a proven track record and multi-country references in Europe and US.

20+ years of ICT experience leading cross-functional international teams of Designers, Software Engineers, Testers, and DevOps through a variety of Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Delivered 80+ successful solutions starting from on-premises Enterprise apps to large-scale, global, and complex projects. Budgets up to 5 millions euro. Strong design and development experience in cloud native SaaS and on-premises infrastructures, as well as client software for Web, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and native mobile apps for Android and iOS.

I stockpiled the right balance of technical, business, and managerial skills, built from the bottom up, without neglecting the development of the important interpersonal abilities.

Top Hard Skills

IT Management 99%
Agile & Waterfall Methodologies 95%
Software Lifecycle (SDLC) 99%
E2E Software Architecture 90%

Top Soft Skills

Leadership 99%
Communication 99%
Emotional Intelligence 90%
Team Building 90%
Michele Taverna - IT Manager

Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills, working with directors, senior managers, and key stakeholders to develop solutions to support business goals.

I have gained excellent self-learning skills, that allow me to keep up with main technological trends.

My everyday goal? Learn, evolve, transcend, and wake up a better version of myself.

«Happy men are those who can’t wait to wake up in the morning to get back to what they were doing the day before.»
James Cronin, Nobel Prize in Physics (1980)

My Skills

Main abilities and fields of expertise.

IT Management

As an accomplished IT manager specializing in the software industry, I possess expertise in Program, Project, Product, and Service Management. With a deep understanding of the software development life cycle, I excel at leading cross-functional teams, aligning business objectives with technology solutions, and ensuring exceptional service delivery to clients.

My skills include overseeing multiple projects, employing project management methodologies, driving product innovation, and implementing service delivery frameworks for high customer satisfaction.

PMP® certification, Project Management Professional

ITIL 4® certification, Information Technology Infrastructure Library

ITIL 4® Leader certification, Digital & IT Strategy

SSYB™ certification, Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Agile Methodologies

Agile Methodology is a type of project management process, mainly used for software development, where demands and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customers. It is a collection of principles and practices that value adaptability and flexibility.

Agile aims to provide better responsiveness to changing business needs and therefore focuses on enabling teams to deliver in workable increments.

DASM™ certification, Disciplined Agile Scrum Master

SFC™ certification, Scrum Fundamentals Certified

Software Lifecycle (SDLC)

SDLC or the "Software Development Life Cycle" is a process that produces software with the highest quality and lowest cost in the shortest time possible. SDLC provides a well-structured flow of phases that help an organization to quickly produce high-quality software which is well-tested and ready for production use. The SDLC involves six phases: Requirement analysis, Planning, Software design, Software development, Testing, Deployment.

Popular SDLC models include the (traditional) Waterfall model, the Spiral model, and Agile model.

EXIN® certification, DevOps Foundation

80+

SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS

5

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

1,7k+

LINKEDIN FOLLOWERS

13k+

DRANK COFFEES   😀

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

I have worked with Michele for about 2 years, and have enjoyed the process very much. His ability to translate the challenges of coding to non-programmers like myself has always been exceptional, as has his willingness to work collaboratively to resolve issues as and when they come up, as they inevitably do. In addition, software developed by Michele and his team as part of our project has been well designed and written, with communication and clarity of design, development, and testing being excellent. In addition to the programming side, he has also shown great project organisation ability, with both the planning and legal sides of our projects always managed clearly and efficiently. On a personal level I would describe Michele as warm, friendly, and professional. Throughout our project it has consistently been a pleasure to work with him.

Andrew Bray
Andrew Bray
EPSON Europe, Product Manager

Having worked together with Michele on a software development project, I got to know Michele as a warm, friendly person with exceptional project management skills. Michele's ability to explain & translate complex IT concepts to us, but also our vision of an end-product to his team of programmers has helped us in creating the product we needed. Working with Michele has been a pleasure!

Maarten Meenks
Maarten Meenks
LEGAMASTER International, Product Marketing Manager

I have been working together with Michele for more than 2 years on an international project and his commitment, responsibility, accuracy, and management made the project a great success. We have experienced different kinds of moments, good ones and tense ones, but his strong management skills, as well as his empathy, always guarantee the best for everyone and for the project. Michele is, without any doubt, that player you always bet to have in your team because of his goal-oriented skills, proactivity and positivism.

Joel Garcia Ribera
Joel Ribera
RICOH Spain, Product Manager

After working with Michele for more than 1 year, I can say that Michele is a great team leader, with a great vision, open to negociate and always trying to find win-win accord. It's a pleasure to work with him. Always in my team.

Juan Carlos Fernández Galante
Juan Carlos Galante
RICOH Spain, Cloud Native Architect

Michele knows how to create a relaxed and productive work environment. By ensuring that his collaborators are as autonomous and responsible for their work as possible, he is able to maximize the yield of the individual.

Luca Comanducci
Luca Comanducci
Re Mago, Senior iOS Developer

Michele is a great tech lead, he is really result focused and passionated about coding and new technologies. Working with him was a pleasure, and I was impressed about his commitment to bring the principles of software craftmanship in his team.

Alessandro Palumbo
Alessandro Palumbo
BYTE-CODE, AWS Serverless Architect

Michele brings all his skills and abilities as a manager, reliable and very goal-oriented, which inspired our team to try our best always. His ability to deal with a crisis and come up with new ways to achieve results were always an inspiration. I’m delighted I had the chance to learn from Michy.

William Garcia
William Garcia
Re Mago, Senior .NET Developer

I collaborated with Michele during more than five years when we coordinated respectively the JEE and the dotNET team at IN.VA. During that time, I appreciated his competences and his quality of focusing to the important points of a subject. He is attentive to new technologies and willing to make the best use of them. Exchanging ideas with him was always a fruitful and pleasant experience.

Dario Sestero
Dario Sestero
INVA, Architecture Engineer

Extremely professional and prepared, skilled in managing teams with many members even under pressure, gifted with great communication abilities and sensitivity. Team leader and team member at the same time. It is really a pleasure to have Michele in your own team.

Marius Wiazowski
Mariusz Wiazowski
Re Mago, Senior Android Developer

I have worked with Michele on several large corporate technology projects, and with his help these projects have been very successful. Michele seeks high standards for everyone who works with him, but is also fair and realistic about what will work and what won't. He is an inspiring team leader, very organized, but always open to suggestions and ideas from the rest of the team. He listens to the team and genuinely wants every member of his team to be successful.

Vincenzo Nudo
Vincenzo Nudo
Re Mago, Senior Full-Stack Engineer

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