Francesco Pira
XR And Metaverse Tech Lead at Leonardo
Catania, Sicily, Italy
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Top SchoolFrancesco Pira is an XR and Metaverse Tech Lead with 11 years of full-stack and cloud-native engineering experience, currently building AR/VR training and simulation solutions at Leonardo. He combines deep back-end expertise in JavaScript, Java, and Python with practical DevOps and sysadmin skills across Docker, Kubernetes, Azure and AWS, enabling reliable hybrid deployments. A former co-founder and CEO, he brings entrepreneurial instincts and project management experience to technical leadership and team coordination. Francesco contributes to community knowledge—authoring organized Git cheat sheets—and frequently tinkers with Infosec and emerging tools, translating curiosity into practical prototypes. Based in Catania, he is an engaging communicator and public speaker who thrives on cross-disciplinary collaboration and mentoring.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PNI (National ICT Course) Mathematics and Computer Science, PNI (National ICT Course) Mathematics and Computer Science at Liceo ScientificoBachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Software Engineering at Università di Catania
English, Italian, Spanish
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Github Skills (8)
version-control10
git10
documentation10
command-line9
cli9
command-line-interface9
markdown-it8
markdown8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Kapeli/cheatsheets
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Collection of Dash cheat sheets
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 13 days
Contributions summary:Francesco primarily contributed to the `kapeli/cheatsheets` repository by adding and modifying cheat sheets related to Git commands. Their work focused on documenting specific Git commands, including configuration, adding, renaming, deleting, and branching functions. They enhanced the usability of the cheat sheets by organizing the content, making them more readable, and providing clear examples.
plotly-dashdashcheat-sheetssheets
pirafrank/Jekyll-Blue
May 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:13 releases, 1 PR, 60 pushes in 1 year 3 months
all-in-onejekylljekyll-theme
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