Leonida Gianfagna, PhD MBA

Leonida Gianfagna, PhD MBA, has extensive work experience in various roles within the technology industry. Leonida is currently the Director of Research Development at Cyber Guru srl, where they began working in January 2020.

Prior to this, they served as the Director of Engineering – Product Manager and QA Director at Altran from May 2018 to February 2020. Before that, they held the position of Director of Engineering (DevOps) at Aricent from March 2017 to April 2018.

Leonida also has a significant history with IBM, starting in 2002 as an IT Specialist. Leonida later became a Staff Software Engineer from January 2007 to January 2012 and an Advisory Software Engineer from February 2012 to October 2014. During these positions, they led various teams and projects, including cloud-based devops management and software development in SaaS application performance management.

Additionally, Leonida holds a Ph.D. in Physics from LNGS-INFN, which they earned from July 2000 to February 2002. Overall, their work experience showcases their expertise in research development, engineering management, and devops, particularly in the technology industry.

Leonida Gianfagna, PhD MBA, earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree from the University of Warwick - Warwick Business School from 2012 to 2015. Prior to that, they completed their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics at LNGS-INFN from 2000 to 2003. Leonida also holds a Master's degree in Physics from the University of L'Aquila, which they obtained from 1993 to 2000. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including Machine Learning, Launching into Machine Learning, How Google does Machine Learning, AWS Developer - Building on AWS, and Deep Learning for Business, from various institutions such as Coursera and edX.