Gabriele Prestifilippo is a product-focused technologist with 11 years of experience building and scaling web and mobile products, currently owning User Access & Authentication at FNZ Group. As a former CTO and co-founder of GISdevio, he combines hands-on engineering with product leadership—having led development of five mobile apps and managed cross-functional teams from ideation to launch. He has deep GIS and geospatial expertise from academic research and contributions to NASA WorldWind, where he improved GeoJSON parsing in the widely used WebWorldWind JavaScript SDK. Comfortable across frontend architecture, React Native mobile development and backend integrations, he has a track record of driving product adoption and measurable performance gains. Gabriele pairs technical delivery with strategic product thinking, often translating complex geospatial requirements into production systems used by thousands. Based in Ticino, Switzerland, he brings entrepreneurial drive and an unusual blend of open-source contribution and enterprise product ownership.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Università di Catania
The NASA WorldWind Javascript SDK (WebWW) includes the library and examples for creating geo-browser web applications and for embedding a 3D globe in HTML5 web pages.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:39 commits, 10 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Gabriele focused on enhancing the GeoJSON parsing capabilities within the WebWorldWind SDK. Their work involved implementing a callback function for processing GeoJSON data, adding checks for existing callbacks, and modifying the loading mechanism. Furthermore, the user refactored existing code and examples, aligning the function arguments order and improving documentation for clarity and usability.
Contributions:18 PRs, 63 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 4 months
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Gabriele Prestifilippo - Product Manager at GISdevio Srl