Nicola Corna
Founding Partner at Studio Sassone Corna & Partners s.t.p. a r.l.
Lombardy, Italy
Summary
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RockstarNicola Corna is a founding partner and senior consultant based in Lombardy, Italy, with 11 years of professional experience at the intersection of fiscal, labor and corporate advisory and hands-on embedded systems development. He combines leadership in boutique consulting firms with active technical contributions to high-impact open-source firmware projects such as coreboot and the well-known me_cleaner tool, where he improved image processing, checksum corrections and TXE support. His work on coreboot for Lenovo ThinkPads shows a practical focus on power management, EC interactions and hardware support that bridges consultancy-grade risk awareness with low-level engineering. Nicola also brings DevOps and automation expertise from optimizing LineageOS CI/CD pipelines, enabling reproducible builds and flexible deployment workflows. Comfortable moving between board-level firmware and business strategy, he uniquely blends regulatory and tax advisory experience with deep technical fluency in firmware security. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that consider both compliance and the technical details that make systems secure and maintainable.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (27)
ec10
docker10
python10
image-processing10
firmware10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
code-analysis10
sys10
fileio10
build-automation10
boot10
file-handling10
file-processing10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
corna/me_cleaner
Nov 2016 - Oct 2018
Tool for partial deblobbing of Intel ME/TXE firmware images
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 80 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Nicola primarily contributed to the `me_cleaner.py` script, which appears to be the core of the project. Their work involved modifying the image processing logic, focusing on removing specific modules (e.g., EFFS and LZMA) and adapting the code to newer ME firmware versions. The user also added functionality to detect full image dumps, adjust file offsets, and correct checksums, improving the tool's overall functionality and compatibility. The user also added support for TXE images and generation 1.
partialintelfirmware
lineageos4microg/docker-lineage-cicd
May 2017 - Sep 2019
Docker microservice for LineageOS Continuous Integration and Continous Deployment
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:75 commits, 4 PRs, 116 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nicola primarily focused on enhancing the CI/CD pipeline and build automation for the LineageOS microG Docker project. They implemented signature spoofing patches, added custom packages, and configured environment variables. The user also added support for delta files, configurable build properties, and implemented external scripts for flexible build processes. These changes collectively streamlined the build and deployment process.
containerscontinousdeploymentcontinuousdocker
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