Summary
Martino Piccinato is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with over 15 years of hands-on experience building products, infrastructure, and businesses across Italy and Spain. As CTO and partner at Digital Ascetic and CEO/CTO at Vagabondo Viaggi, he blends day-to-day coding with strategic decisions to turn rough ideas into production platforms for travel and other sectors. He has repeatedly built full-stack systems from scratch, modernized legacy environments, and scaled operations while running dev teams, hiring engineers, and managing budgets. Known for practical engineering—simple architectures, clean code, good testing, and transparent communication—he favors thoughtful trade-offs over hype. His background spans system administration, network engineering and product leadership, giving him a rare ability to balance low-level infrastructure constraints with product and business needs. Outside work he keeps a clear boundary for a private life, reflecting a pragmatic approach to sustainable leadership.
15 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Philosophy, Philosophy at Sapienza Università di Roma
Social Cultural Studies, Social Cultural Studies at Roskilde University
English, Spanish, Italian, French