Nicolò Paternoster is a maker-founder and AI-savvy software engineer with 14 years of experience building products from prototype to market, currently operating as a "Wizard" at EigenSource and running his creative technologist practice. He co-founded PunchLab and other startups, blending hands-on engineering, product strategy and fundraising to commercialize interactive fitness and hardware-software experiences. Comfortable across the full stack and research-informed AI work, he has a track record of shipping production systems, workshops for kids, and community-driven makerspace projects in Barcelona. A pragmatic problem-solver and trail runner, he brings entrepreneurial grit, multidisciplinary curiosity and a penchant for durable digital craft—verba volant, bits persist.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Software Engineering, MSc Software Engineering at Free University of Bolzano
Erasmus Project Computer Science New Media, Erasmus Project Computer Science New Media at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
MSc Software Engineering, MSc Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology
BSc Computer SciencePhysics Math New Media, BSc Computer SciencePhysics Math New Media at University of Rome Tor Vergata
Contributions:2 PRs, 111 pushes, 4 branches in 4 months
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