Simone Giannecchini
Founder & Director at GeoTools Open Source Project
Camaiore, Tuscany, Italy
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Top SchoolSimone Giannecchini is the founder and director of GeoSolutions with over 16 years of hands-on experience building geospatial software and leading open-source projects from Camaiore, Tuscany. Since 2006 he has steered GeoServer and GeoTools governance as a long-standing committee member and is a charter member of OSGeo, blending technical leadership with community stewardship. His background includes applied research in real-time systems at UIUC and engineering work for the NATO Undersea Research Centre, giving him a strong footing in mission-critical, spatially aware systems. Known in the geospatial community (“if you are here you probably already know me”), he pairs entrepreneurial drive with deep domain expertise in open-source geospatial tooling.
16 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Engineer, Master Computer Engineer at Università di Pisa
English, Italian, French
Github Skills (116)
python10
wps10
wfs10
gdal10
geojson10
data-management10
javascript10
client-library10
ogc10
tms10
django10
tomcat10
postgis10
maps10
shapefile10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
geosolutions-it/ckanext-c195
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
geosolutions-it/ogc-testbed
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
Management repository for OGC testbed and other initiatives
Contributions:1 PR, 2 comments, 5 issues in 1 year
javaogcrepository-managementtestbed
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