Nicola T
Section Leader Of Open Science Infrastructure at CERN
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNicola T is a seasoned software leader with 13 years of experience building and operating large-scale open science and research data platforms from Geneva. As Section Leader of Open Science Infrastructure at CERN, he oversees flagship services like Zenodo, REANA and Open Research Europe and serves as product manager for the Invenio/InvenioRDM ecosystem that powers global repositories. He combines hands-on full‑stack and database engineering (notably contributions to Indico and migration work in micala.py) with product and architecture leadership, having been Invenio principal architect and CDS service manager. Comfortable in small, international teams, he has a track record of shipping resilient, high-throughput web systems (webcast infrastructure handling massive peaks) and improving developer and user documentation. An active open-source contributor and technical writer, he bridges dev, ops and community governance (Datacite working group), making complex metadata and preservation requirements practical. Colleagues describe him as proactive, committed and drawn to challenging projects that accelerate open research.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Computer Science Physics, Diploma Computer Science Physics at CERN School of ComputingHigh School Diploma Computer Science, High School Diploma Computer Science at I.T.I.S. G. ChilesottiMaster degree Computer Science, Master degree Computer Science at Università degli Studi di Udine
Italian, English, French
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Github Skills (36)
javascript10
python10
mysql10
testing10
io10
flask-ask10
front-end-development10
database-design10
nio10
react10
flask10
documentation10
selenium9
back-end-development9
user-interface9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
inveniosoftware/invenio-app-rdm
Apr 2021 - Oct 2022
Turn-key research data management platform.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:264 reviews, 54 commits, 111 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Nicola primarily contributed to the front-end and back-end aspects of the Invenio RDM platform, focusing on the deposit form and user dashboard functionalities. Their work included adding identifiers and PIDs to the deposit form, enhancing the user interface with new components, and integrating functionalities such as community headers. They also addressed configuration and routing issues, improving the platform's overall user experience and feature set.
data-managementpythonresearch-dataidentity-managementdata-management-platform
inveniosoftware/invenio
Aug 2017 - May 2021
Invenio digital library framework
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:10 reviews, 16 commits, 23 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Nicola primarily contributed to the documentation of the Invenio framework. Their commits added a new section on testing practices, including end-to-end testing with Selenium, and updated the developer's guide. The user also made updates to the user guides, deployment guide, and community documentation. Furthermore, the user made changes to the documentation structure and added a section on UI styling.
digital-librarymultimedia-repositorypythonredisinveniosoftware
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