Luca Gherardi
Head Of Development at Verity
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolLuca Gherardi is a Head of Development and seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience designing and shipping distributed, safety-critical mechatronics and robotics systems used worldwide. Based in Zurich, he has moved from hands-on R&D—building 24/7 localization modules and core system architectures—to leading multidisciplinary teams of 20+ engineers and running a year-long cloud migration as principal architect and project manager. He blends deep academic grounding (PhD and postdoc in robotics software engineering) with practical product delivery, recruiting nearshore teams and authoring several patents along the way. Known for defining communication and coordination protocols across embedded-to-cloud stacks, he focuses on robust, reliable, and user-friendly solutions that scale in real-world, safety-sensitive environments. An understated strength is his track record of shaping company culture while keeping mission-critical systems online without failure.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Robotics Software Engineering, PhD Robotics Software Engineering at Università degli Studi di BergamoPost doc Sofware engineering and robotics, Post doc Sofware engineering and robotics at ETH Zürich
Italian, English
Github Skills (32)
aws-lambda9
lambda9
protobuf8
rpc8
serverless-framework8
aws8
serialization8
boto8
protocol-buffers7
aws-apigateway7
pyramid7
python7
serverless7
ros6
sam6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Robotics-UniBG/MarkerBasedNavigation
Jun 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:34 commits in 8 months
lucaghera/RRA
Nov 2013 - Sep 2014
Contributions:60 commits in 9 months
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