Alex Casalboni
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Top SchoolAlex Casalboni is a cloud-native software engineer and developer advocate with 11 years of experience translating complex serverless and edge architectures into compelling narratives for global audiences. He has driven developer relations and keynote-stage storytelling at AWS as Principal Developer Advocate and Principal Technical Keynote Lead, and later led DevRel and product messaging for startups like Edgee and Unleash. An active open-source contributor, Alex built and optimized the widely used aws-lambda-power-tuning tool and contributed infrastructure features to the Serverless Framework, blending hands-on engineering with deployment automation. He also created and hosted a successful Italian AWS podcast (122 episodes, 200k+ downloads), demonstrating a rare combination of technical depth, content ownership and public-speaking craft. Based in Bologna, he pairs a formal background in computer science and sound engineering with a musician’s attention to cadence, which informs his storytelling-driven approach to technical education.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool diploma (100/100), Accountant & Computer Science, Highschool diploma (100/100), Accountant & Computer Science at ITC Renato SerraSaxophone (Bachelor graduation), Saxophone (Bachelor graduation) at Conservatorio B. MadernaComputer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaMaster of Computer Science, Sound and Music Engineering, Master of Computer Science, Sound and Music Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Italian, English
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Github Skills (30)
javascript10
testing10
aws-cloudformation10
aws10
amazon-s310
serverless-framework10
aws-s310
serverless10
aws-step-functions10
s3-bucket10
twitter-bootstrap9
ajax9
dockers9
docker9
aws-lambda9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
alexcasalboni/aws-lambda-power-tuning
Mar 2017 - Jan 2023
AWS Lambda Power Tuning is an open-source tool that can help you visualize and fine-tune the memory/power configuration of Lambda functions. It runs in your own AWS account - powered by AWS Step Functions - and it supports three optimization strategies: cost, speed, and balanced.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:61 reviews, 476 commits, 174 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex implemented various AWS Lambda functions for power tuning, including initializer, executor, finalizer, and cleaner. They set up the basic serverless framework structure and integrated unit tests. Their work involved the use of AWS services like Lambda, Step Functions, and S3 to create and optimize the memory/power configuration of Lambda functions. They also focused on automating build and deployment.
memoryvisualizeaws-lambdaserverlessaws-step-functions
serverless/serverless
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
⚡ Serverless Framework – Effortlessly build apps that auto-scale, incur zero costs when idle, and require minimal maintenance using AWS Lambda and other managed cloud services.
Role in this project:Cloud Engineer & DevOps Engineer
Cloud Engineer & DevOps EngineerContributions:29 commits, 6 PRs, 55 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Alex significantly contributed to the project's infrastructure and deployment aspects. Their work included implementing and testing S3 Transfer Acceleration, which involved modifying AWS provider code and integrating the feature into the deployment process. They also addressed linting issues and refactored code for reusability, showcasing a focus on code quality and maintainability. Additionally, the user updated tests to ensure proper coverage and added a new CLI option for controlling S3 Transfer Acceleration.
aws-lambdaserverlessiot-applicationsawsgoogle-functions
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