Ilias Bartolini is a seasoned technical leader and co-founder with 12+ years of experience designing software architecture and guiding engineering teams across Europe and beyond. He has led digital transformation and product delivery at mission-driven organizations like Ecosia and ClimatePartner, blending hands-on engineering with strategy, agile coaching, and people development. Comfortable across cloud-native systems, microservices, and digital fabrication, he moves between technical depth and organizational design to enable impact-focused teams. His background spans high-pressure engineering for Ferrari F1 to scaling global teams at ThoughtWorks, reflecting both product rigor and growth-facing leadership. An advisor to social businesses and human rights organizations, he uniquely combines open/free software advocacy with practical privacy and digital-rights expertise. Based in Berlin, he’s currently building Refresh Academy while hiring for ClimatePartner, signaling a continual push toward climate tech and digital social innovation.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High School Liceo Scientifico indirizzo tecnologico - Lugo (RA), High School Liceo Scientifico indirizzo tecnologico - Lugo (RA) at Liceo Scientifico G.R.Curbastro
FabAcademy Digital fabrication IOT electronics design protoyping and making, FabAcademy Digital fabrication IOT electronics design protoyping and making at Fab Academy
Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer & Software Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer & Software Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Summer School ESSAP - European Summer School on Agile Programming, Summer School ESSAP - European Summer School on Agile Programming at Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Summer School Laser Summer School: Practical Programming Processes, Summer School Laser Summer School: Practical Programming Processes at ETH Zürich
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