Fabio Poloni
Regional Manager Basel at Compass Security
Pratteln, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
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Top SchoolFabio Poloni is an IT security leader and Regional Manager based in Basel with 12 years of hands-on experience that began with coding on Linux at age 10 and evolved through software and system engineering into offensive security. He currently leads a pentest team at Compass Security, designing tailored security assessments for organizations of varying sizes and maturity. His background spans application development (PHP, JavaScript, Java EE), system engineering on Linux/Solaris, and incident response, enabling pragmatic, technically grounded advice for clients. Fabio is also an active contributor to open-source projects—ranging from PDF generation in JavaScript to enhancing Node.js i18n libraries—illustrating a blend of full‑stack development and backend tooling expertise. He mentors emerging talent through coaching roles and brings a rare combination of deep engineering chops and client-facing security leadership.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Technische Berufsmaturität, 5.5, Technische Berufsmaturität, 5.5 at GIBM – Gewerblich-industrielle Berufsfachschule Muttenz
English, German
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
rails-i18n10
ember-i18n10
pdf-generation10
i18n-js10
pdf-render10
nodejs10
pdf-rendering10
api-design9
clientside9
ios9
iphone9
front-end-development9
javascript-objects9
obfuscation9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
mashpie/i18n-node
Apr 2015 - May 2020
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 13 comments in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Fabio contributed to the `i18n-node` library, implementing new features and addressing reported issues. Their work included adding a `getLocales()` API, introducing support for a static catalog for locale definitions, and adding a `missingKeyFn` to handle missing translations. The commits involved modifying core JavaScript files and adding tests to ensure the functionality of the new features. These changes improved the library's features and flexibility.
node-jstranslationjavascriptexpressexpress-js
bpampuch/pdfmake
Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
Client/server side PDF printing in pure JavaScript
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 comment in 2 days
Contributions summary:Fabio appears to be a full-stack developer, primarily focused on implementing new features and modifying existing functionality within the pdfmake project. Their work includes adding background elements to PDF documents and creating a new example to demonstrate the feature. The developer's contributions span both the client-side PDF generation logic and potentially the example file for demonstrating the feature, indicating a good understanding of the project's architecture. These commits updated the project's structure to accommodate the addition of the feature.
pdf-manipulationprintingpdfreact-pdfpdfkit
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