Gabriele Cocco
Senior Product Manager & Backend Engineer at Bending Spoons
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Top SchoolGabriele Cocco is a senior product manager and backend engineer with 14 years of software experience and seven years leading product strategy and teams across B2B and B2C mobile and cloud products. Currently at Bending Spoons, he blends hands-on backend engineering with user-centred, data-driven product leadership to deliver growth-focused solutions. He has led complex healthcare deployments and enterprise engagements—coordinating cross-functional teams for clients like AstraZeneca, Bayer and the NHS—and played a pivotal role in a Series A and multi-million-dollar exit at BioBeats. A former full‑stack builder and PhD-trained computer scientist, he combines rigorous technical foundations with pragmatic product execution, including infrastructure migrations and scalable analytics for A/B testing. Colleagues describe him as an analytical problem-solver who empowers teams, prioritizes measurable outcomes, and thrives on turning research-grade ideas into user-loved products.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 110/110 Cum Laude, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 110/110 Cum Laude at Università di PisaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Università di Pisa / University of Pisa
English, Italian
Github Skills (33)
opencl8
fsharp7
frontend5
compiler5
discord4
foundation4
preloading4
swiftui4
collectionview3
discretization3
bitmap3
phonetics3
uicollectionview3
spelling3
grid3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
FSCL/FSCL.Compiler
Feb 2013 - Jan 2016
Contributions:1 release, 100 commits, 3 PRs in 3 years
compilerfsharpopencl
FSCL/FSCL.Runtime
Feb 2013 - Jun 2015
Contributions:1 release, 133 commits, 17 pushes in 2 years 4 months
kernelsfrontend
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