# Lorenzo De Francesco

> Technology leader, tech speaker, and community organizer with 10+ years of experience in fintech, cloud architecture, and enterprise software development.

## About

Lorenzo De Francesco is a technology leader based in Milan, Italy. He leads the technology development at TNB Project (Gruppo Azimut), building the bank of the future from scratch — a model where the financial advisor comes first — with a relentless focus on cyber security, data governance, and data integrity. In parallel, as CTO at Azimut Marketplace, he built the IT department from scratch, reducing infrastructure costs by over €700k (70%) while turning a spreadsheet-driven operation into a robust, scalable, cloud-native platform. He is an organizer of the Google Developer Group Milano and Scientific Coordinator of the Master in Full Stack Development & AI at start2impact.

## Current Roles

- **TNB Project (Gruppo Azimut)** — leads the technology development of a new digital bank built from scratch; focus on cyber security, data governance, and data integrity (since 2025).
- **CTO at Azimut Marketplace** (since May 2022) — IT governance, cloud architecture, cost optimization, team building. Achievements: 70% IT cost reduction, Excel-to-SaaS platform transformation, mentored 2 tech leaders.

## Background

- **Banca Sella (Sella group / Fabrik):** Architect & Team Leader — coordinated the development of SME Banking, leading the team and the React architecture behind the group's banking products.
- **Costa Crociere:** built mission-critical, real-time software and the CI/CD pipelines to deploy it directly on board cruise ships.

## Tech Skills

- **Frontend:** React (4yr), React Native (1yr), CSS/SASS (4yr)
- **Backend:** Java/Spring Boot/Quarkus (7yr), Node.js/TypeScript (5yr), SQL+NoSQL (8yr)
- **Cloud:** Azure (4yr), AWS (1yr), Kubernetes (2yr)

## Open Source Projects

- [MFE Orchestrator](https://mfe-orchestrator.dev/) - Multi-cloud platform for orchestrating microfrontends
- [Swagger Aggregator](https://github.com/Lory1990/swagger-aggregator) - Kubernetes-native Swagger auto-discovery and aggregation

## Speaking

Lorenzo has given 45+ talks at conferences, meetups, panels, and podcasts on topics including IT governance, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, microfrontends, AI agents, testing, and career development.

## Links

- Website: https://lory1990.github.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzodefrancesco
- GitHub: https://github.com/Lory1990

## Pages

- [Home](https://lory1990.github.io/)
- [About](https://lory1990.github.io/about)
- [Tech Skills](https://lory1990.github.io/about/tech)
- [Projects](https://lory1990.github.io/projects)
- [Events & Talks](https://lory1990.github.io/events)