Summary
Alessandro Pedori is a versatile tech and people leader with two decades of experience in language technologies, AI, and Python-driven engineering on *NIX and open-source stacks. As a co-founder of IFS Collective and a senior freelance ML/NLP engineer, he blends hands-on system design, embedding/modeling work, and production packaging with coaching and facilitation skills. He has driven ML/NLP initiatives from prototypes to feasibility and business cases as a CTO and built developer-centric infrastructure at scale in roles such as Lead ML Engineer at Klarna. A seasoned educator and 1:1 coach, he teaches NLP, soft skills for engineers, meditation and embodiment practices, and organizes retreats and unconferences that bridge technical and human-centered work. Comfortable switching between low-level engineering (RegEx, data pipelines, NoSQL) and high-level people work, he’s as focused on elegant developer experiences and functional programming principles as he is on helping people become their best selves.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Diploma di maturità scientifica, Diploma di maturità scientifica at Liceo Scientifico
English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Portuguese