Mario Altimari is a seasoned technical director and founder with 20+ years building scalable web, AI and blockchain systems from prototype to market. Based in Cambridge, he blends hands-on engineering (Rust, event-driven architectures, Clojure) with product and delivery leadership across EdTech, DeFi and enterprise transformation. He has led multiple CTO roles and startups—securing grants and Series A funding, growing teams, and shipping award-winning adaptive learning platforms and decentralised apps like Kylix and EOil. A pragmatic Web3 builder and open-source contributor, he authors practical integration guides (MeshJS for Cardano/Polkadot) and introduces AI workflows such as LLM prompt engineering and agent orchestration into products. His background spans public-sector system modernization to high-performance blockchain protocols, combining deep technical craft with a track record of turning R&D into commercial impact. An early career in large-scale data and government systems gives him uncommon fluency in migrating legacy monoliths to cloud-native, interoperable architectures.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Polkadot Blockchain Academy
Computer science, Computer science at Università degli Studi di Firenze
Industrial Engineer - Perito Industriale per l'informatica, Computer Science, Industrial Engineer - Perito Industriale per l'informatica, Computer Science at ITI Cosenza
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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