Stefano Mainardi
CEO at SparkFabrik
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolStefano Mainardi is a veteran technologist and entrepreneur with over 15 years leading digital transformation, currently serving as CEO and co-founder of SparkFabrik in Milan. He blends hands-on software experience—rooted in a lifelong fascination with computing since age five—with strategic business development, sales, and product-driven growth. Stefano co-founded influential community projects like ILDN and Drupal Day Italy and has a track record of turning open collaboration into sustainable ventures alongside his twin and CTO, Paolo Mainardi. His background spans software architecture, data-driven research tools for healthcare, and teaching Drupal development, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth and community stewardship. Trained in computer science and management at Università degli Studi dell'Aquila and SDA Bocconi, he emphasizes lean principles to eliminate waste and accelerate value delivery.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
General Management nelle PMI Business Administration and Management General, General Management nelle PMI Business Administration and Management General at SDA BocconiComputer Science, Computer Science at Università degli Studi dell'AquilaElettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni at Istituto Tecnico Industriale
Italian, English
Github Skills (12)
spark8
scala8
python8
jekyll6
gatsby5
provisioning3
ansible3
archlinux3
docker3
docker-compose2
drupal2
macos2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sparkfabrik/sparkfabrik.github.com
Apr 2016 - Jun 2020
Sparkfabrik's tech blog
Contributions:11 PRs, 4 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 2 months
gatsbyjekyll
sparkfabrik/company-playbook
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
All you need to know to work in and with SparkFabrik. Hopefully... :)
Contributions:19 commits, 14 PRs, 11 pushes in 6 years
scalapythonneedspark
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