Damiano Giampaoli
Engineering Manager at Expedia Group
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolDamiano Giampaoli is an experienced engineering manager and full-stack engineer with 14 years building production systems and leading cross-functional teams from Rome. He has led teams delivering identity and custodial crypto services, AI-driven cognitive document understanding for insurance, and exploratory XR/Web3 products, combining hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership. A pragmatic coach, he’s managed hiring, career growth, release processes and cross-team initiatives while still contributing code and technical design. Damiano is an active open-source contributor in the geospatial ecosystem—improving GeoTools JDBC spatial data handling and strengthening GeoServer documentation—bringing domain expertise in WebGIS and spatial databases. Recently joining Expedia’s experimentation team, he blends a systems mindset with a curiosity for emerging interfaces and data-driven product experiments.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
bachelor degree Computer Science, bachelor degree Computer Science at Università di Pisa
English, Italian, German
Github Skills (17)
geotools10
geoserver10
databases10
geospatial10
jdbc10
java10
spatial-data10
javas10
sql-server10
sql10
database-design10
spatial10
documentation10
database10
postgresql9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
geoserver/geoserver
Mar 2013 - Mar 2017
Official GeoServer repository
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 commits, 4 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Damiano primarily contributed to the project by adding and improving documentation. Their commits focused on providing more detailed explanations of the ImageMosaic plugin, including its configuration and usage within the GeoServer environment. The documentation updates cover various aspects, from setting up the mosaic directory to configuring database connections and time-series data integration. Furthermore, the user enhanced existing documentation by including examples, clarifying parameters, and improving the overall clarity of the provided information for users.
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geotools/geotools
Sep 2012 - Feb 2017
Official GeoTools repository
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:12 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Damiano contributed significantly to the project by enhancing the JDBC data store for SQL Server. This involved adding functionality such as an optional geometry metadata table for handling spatial data, and the creation of new connection pool parameters, adding functionalities to handle idle connections. Additionally, the user added a test for ZonalStatsProcess, indicating a focus on expanding the testing framework.
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