Denis Pitzalis
Web Architect Lead Developer at UNESCO
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolDenis Pitzalis is a Web Architect and Lead Developer with 19 years of experience, currently leading the overhaul of UNESCO’s integrated web platform and managing a Drupal 9 farm with automated CI/CD and Ansible-driven infrastructure. He holds a PhD in 3D and semantic web technologies and has blended deep research expertise in 2D/3D acquisition, image analysis and ontology-driven data management with hands-on production engineering. His background spans scientific research at C2RMF and STARC, contributions to EU-funded cultural heritage projects, and authorship on multispectral and Mona Lisa studies—bringing museum-grade digitization practices to large-scale web systems. At UNESCO he also serves in advisory and coordination roles (Digital Technologies Coordination Group, UN Geospatial Network), demonstrating strength in cross-stakeholder governance and technical strategy. A long-time open-source maintainer (IIPImage) and reviewer for leading journals, he pairs institutional experience with practical Unix/Linux systems mastery. He is comfortable leading teams or working independently, uniquely combining cultural heritage science with robust web architecture and automation.
19 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Università degli Studi di UdineMaster of Science (MSc), Software engineering and Digital Imaging, Master 2, Master of Science (MSc), Software engineering and Digital Imaging, Master 2 at Télécom Paris48/60, Accounting and Computer science, 48/60, Accounting and Computer science at ITC BoselliUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Sorbonne University
English, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian
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Github Skills (200)
hivemind10
ubuntu10
automation10
edtech10
irc-bot10
buildroot10
balloon10
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file-sharing10
api10
home-automation10
diaspora10
solaris10
nodejs10
community-management10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
unesco/staticmap
Feb 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 months
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denics/home-assistant
Sep 2020 - Sep 2024
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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