Giovanni Laquidara
Sr. Developer Advocate
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGiovanni Laquidara is a Senior Developer Advocate at Amazon with 12 years of software engineering experience bridging hands-on development and community engagement. He has a deep background in mobile, AR/VR, and systems software from roles at Huawei, TUI, Snapback and long stints in defense and real-time systems engineering. A seasoned speaker and program committee contributor for Codemotion, he excels at translating complex technologies into practical guidance for developers and has mentored learners as an early Udacity code reviewer. Giovanni combines broad technical depth—C++, Java, Android, Unity/Vuforia, and self-driving car coursework—with a knack for building developer-friendly tooling and SDK components. Based in London, he brings an uncommon mix of enterprise-grade systems experience and startup agility, plus a creative side as a bachatero/salsero that fuels his community presence.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Università di Roma Tor VergataHigh School, Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing, High School, Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing at Liceo Scientifico E. Maiorana ( Guidonia )Engineer’s Degree, Self Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Engineer’s Degree, Self Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree at UdacityVR Master Program, Virtual Reality Development in Unity, VR Master Program, Virtual Reality Development in Unity at Upload
English, Italian
Stackoverflow
2,527reputation
120kreached
96answers
16questions
android
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Github Skills (153)
mobile-development10
windows10
firebase10
steamvr10
javascript10
openxr10
app-framework10
dart10
oculus10
crashlytics10
cross-platform10
openvr10
oculus-quest10
android10
firestore10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
joaobiriba/Pomorello
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:23 commits, 5 branches in 1 month
joaobiriba/baasbox-dart-sdk
Aug 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:80 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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