Manuel Spezzani is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in telemetry and platform development, currently driving software development at Ferrari. With deep roots in .NET and MS BizTalk from early-career consulting and engineering roles, he has progressed through technical lead and R&D manager positions, blending hands-on implementation with architecture and team leadership. He contributes to notable open-source projects like Git Extensions, improving UI plugins and repository workflows—work that reflects a pragmatic focus on developer experience. Based in Formigine, Italy, he pairs a strong academic background in computer engineering with a track record of stabilizing complex enterprise integrations and telemetry systems for high-performance environments.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Laurea specialistica, Ingegneria Informatica, Laurea specialistica, Ingegneria Informatica at Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 11 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Manuel contributed to the Git Extensions UI, primarily focusing on enhancing the ReleaseNotesGenerator plugin. They modified the UI, including the addition of _NO_TRANSLATE_textBoxRevTo and changing its default text. The user also improved validation within the "create new repository" dialog, and addressed a crash related to missing email applications. Furthermore, the user fixed a bug in the DeleteUnusedBranches plugin and removed the TopMost attribute from the FormUpdates dialog.
Set up a Redis backplane for ASP.NET Core multi-node deployments, using the built-in Rate Limiting support that's part of .NET 7.
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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