Alessandro Lo Forte

Alessandro Lo Forte has over 20 years of work experience in various roles and companies. Alessandro started their career as a researcher at STMicroelectronics in 2000. From 2001 to 2009, they worked at Link IT Srl as a Technical Lead. In 2009, they joined Acer as a Senior System Administrator and later became the EMEA IT Systems Administration Manager, overseeing sysadmins, DBAs, virtualization, Oracle databases, and global web infrastructure. Alessandro worked at Acer until 2017. In 2017, they joined Nozomi Networks as an IT Manager, responsible for corporate infrastructure and application platforms. Alessandro then transitioned to the role of Senior Manager, Platform Engineering in January 2021, leading a team of up to 5 people.

Alessandro Lo Forte's education history begins with their enrollment at the Liceo Scientifico from 1991 to 1996. Although no degree or field of study is mentioned for this period, it suggests their completion of secondary education. Following this, Alessandro attended the Politecnico di Milano from 1995 to 2001, where they obtained a degree in Telecommunications Engineering. In terms of additional certifications, Alessandro holds various qualifications, such as the GGV Capital Founders + Leaders: Foundations of People Management - Level 1 certification from GGV Capital, obtained in June 2021. Alessandro also achieved the NNCE certification from Nozomi Networks in January 2019 and holds the ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management from EXIN your ICT competence partner, obtained in February 2017. Additionally, Alessandro has the PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate and PRINCE2 Practitioner certification from PEOPLECERT, which were obtained in October and November 2014, respectively. Lastly, they hold the NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP certification and the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, ONTAP certification from NetApp, both obtained in November 2016.