Alessandro Ranellucci
CTO Co-founder at Bobuild
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolAlessandro Ranellucci is a seasoned CTO and three-time founder with 15 years building product-led technology organizations across startups, government and large hardware/software ecosystems. He blends deep hands-on engineering—open-source 3D printing work (Slic3r) and firmware/UI contributions to Printrun/Sprinter—with product and P&L leadership, having led Arduino’s product strategy and launched successful hardware and cloud offerings. As co-founder/CTO of Bobuild he now focuses on democratizing app creation via no-code PaaS while retaining a hacker’s drive to code and architect systems. He has steered national digital strategy and open-source policy for the Italian government and curated Maker Faire Rome, demonstrating an unusual mix of technical, policy and community leadership. Known for shipping pragmatic, geometry- and robotics-focused solutions, he also brings event curation and teaching experience that amplifies his ability to mobilize developer and public audiences.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Sapienza Università di Roma
English
Github Skills (22)
python10
firmware10
gcode10
gcc10
3d-printing10
front-end-development10
sys10
wxpython10
compiler10
embedded10
clib10
user-interface9
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
fan-control9
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
kliment/Printrun
Jul 2011 - May 2017
Pronterface, Pronsole, and Printcore - Pure Python 3d printing host software
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 1 push in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alessandro primarily contributed to the user interface and functionality of the Pronterface software. Their work involved enhancing the user experience by enabling and disabling printer controls based on connection status, refining button behavior, and updating the display of G-code previews. They also addressed threading issues and improved the visual display of G-code files, including support for arcs. These changes aimed to improve the usability and responsiveness of the software.
3d-printingpython
kliment/Sprinter
Jul 2011 - Sep 2011
Firmware for RepRap printers and similar devices
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:17 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alessandro primarily focused on bug fixes and feature enhancements within the firmware for RepRap printers. Their contributions included correcting mathematical errors in motion calculations, improving temperature control logic with new residency time implementation and current limiting, and addressing issues related to homing functionality. They also implemented a new configuration option for limiting current to the nozzle.
firmware
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