Summary
Luigi Mantellini is a senior embedded software engineer with over a decade of experience designing telco-grade networking and OS-level software, currently leading an IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol stack team at SM-OPTICS. He has deep kernel and bootloader expertise across MIPS, PowerPC and ColdFire SoCs, with a track record of Linux kernel and U-Boot hacking for access gateways, GPON and xDSL platforms. Luigi combines rigorous academic credentials (Politecnico di Torino and CEFRIEL) with hands-on R&D across industry players like MERMEC, ADB Broadband and STMicroelectronics. He is an open-source-minded engineer who publishes GPG keys and maintains a public cryptographic identity, reflecting an emphasis on reproducibility and secure collaboration. An unexpected facet: alongside his engineering career he also lists long-running experience as a senior baker, hinting at disciplined craftsmanship and attention to process at both machine and human scales.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
ITIS "E. Majorana"
Executive Master, Wireless networking, Security, Methodology, 110/110 cum Laude, Executive Master, Wireless networking, Security, Methodology, 110/110 cum Laude at CEFRIEL - Politecnico di Milano
Master Degree, Computer Science and Software Engineering, 110/110 cum Laude, Master Degree, Computer Science and Software Engineering, 110/110 cum Laude at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English