Fabio Fantoni
Business Unit Leader - Modern Intelligence at BitBang
Italy
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Top SchoolFabio Fantoni is a Business Unit Leader for Modern Intelligence with 16+ years of experience turning data into actionable insights and scalable BI solutions. Based in Italy, he has progressed from software developer to leading modern BI and analytics practices at BitBang while also contributing data journalism at Il Sole 24 Ore and teaching data marketing at Bologna Business School. He combines deep hands-on expertise in visualization platforms (Tableau, QlikSense, PowerBI, Looker), back-end programming (Java, Scala, PL/SQL) and big data tooling (Spark) to bridge analytics strategy and delivery. An active open-source contributor since 2007, Fabio has practical sysadmin experience and notable contributions to widely used Linux projects like Remmina and the Cinnamon desktop, improving RDP support and desktop integration. He favors pragmatic, product-focused implementations—often tackling tricky integrations and debugging scenarios that reveal hidden system behaviors. This mix of engineering depth, teaching, journalism and open-source involvement gives him a rare ability to communicate complex data stories to both technical and business audiences.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Degree in IT Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Bachelor Degree in IT Engineering Ingegneria Informatica at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
English, Italian
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Github Skills (26)
cinnamon10
filesystem10
python10
rdp10
c1110
desktop-application10
enviroment10
desktop10
c1710
gtk10
free-rdp10
debug9
debugging9
ui-design9
linux9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
linuxmint/cinnamon
Jun 2015 - Aug 2022
A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 21 PRs, 130 comments in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Fabio primarily focused on fixing file paths and dependencies within the Cinnamon desktop environment's settings and related tools. They addressed issues in multiple areas, including settings modules, the screensaver lock dialog, the desktop editor, user settings, and the menu editor. These changes involved modifying Python files, UI files, and configuration settings to ensure correct operation and integration of various Cinnamon components.
electrontraditionallayoutlinuxinnovative
FreeRDP/Remmina
Nov 2020 - Feb 2022
Mirror of https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina The GTK+ Remmina Remote Desktop Client
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 issue in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Fabio primarily contributes to the RDP plugin, focusing on feature enhancements and bug fixes related to the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation. Their work includes adding logging capabilities for debugging, implementing an option to use base credentials for RD gateway authentication, and allowing autoreconnect for a specific disconnection error. The user demonstrates proficiency in modifying and extending the functionality of the Remmina RDP plugin.
remote-desktoprdpremote-controlvncgnome
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