Summary
Michelangelo Puliga is a scientific developer and consultant with 13 years of experience blending academic rigor and startup pragmatism to build data-driven products in climate risk, finance, and privacy-aware AI. He has led data science and engineering teams, co-founded Linkalab, and driven innovation as Chief Data Scientist and Chief Innovation Officer across multiple startups and research labs. His work spans data pipelines, GIS and hydrology modeling, databases, and algorithmic approaches to string matching, model checking and systemic risk, often translating complex research into production-ready software. At CLIMAFIN and Bflows he combines natural hazard data with financial information to create next-generation climate risk tools, reflecting a rare mix of environmental science and financial network expertise. A PhD-trained hydrologist and former ETH Zurich and IMT research fellow, he is as comfortable teaching Python for data science as he is architecting scalable analytics systems. Colleagues describe him as a perpetual learner and pragmatic problem-solver who brings ethical curiosity and clear mentorship to technical teams.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Physics, Master's degree, Physics at Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Phd, Hydrology, Phd, Hydrology at Phd civil Engineering, university of Cagliari, Italy
visiting phd, climatology, visiting phd, climatology at Visiting Phd Student, Reading UK
French, English, Spanish