Riccardo F
Independent Consultant at Melete
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolRiccardo F is an independent consultant and seasoned software leader with 11 years of experience building products that bridge technology, product and business, currently focused on AI-native development and processes. He combines hands-on full-stack engineering (Python, TypeScript, React) with leadership roles from interim CTO to Head of Engineering, shaping roadmaps, simplifying architectures and mentoring teams. As co-founder and former CTO of Momentumworks (acquired by Shopify), he has deep product instincts for developer-facing tools and visual interfaces. He's contributed to notable open-source projects like Foam, improving UI and core graph operations, reflecting a pragmatic emphasis on code organization and performance. Known for turning complex visions into iterative, testable designs, he also brings experience securing grants and assembling cross-functional teams to deliver projects ahead of schedule. Based in Rome, he blends Silicon Valley infrastructure experience from LinkedIn with European startup and consultancy practice to drive measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaUniversity of California Santa CruzBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Camerino
English, Italian, French, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
markdown10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
markdown-it10
vscode10
typescript-types10
react8
testing7
notepad7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
foambubble/foam
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:91 releases, 725 reviews, 418 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Riccardo primarily contributed to the development and improvement of the user interface and backend functionality of the Foam application. Their work included refactoring and sorting link references in the extension's code, making minor adjustments to tests in the workspace manager, and further factoring out graph operations and code into the core module. These changes demonstrate a focus on code organization, performance, and feature enhancement for the overall application.
personal-knowledge-basenote-takingpkmknowledgevscode
foambubble/foam-template
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
Foam workpace template
Contributions:22 reviews, 39 commits, 39 PRs in 2 years 1 month
templatefoam
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