He worked since 1993 as a freelance for several Information Technology companies in the role of Analyst/Programmer, Software Architect and Project Manager. He currently collaborates with IRIS SrL and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Genoa, Faculty of Engineering. He is the main technical responsible of the "Cargo Community System" project. His professional and research interests are in the field of Object Oriented Software Engineering, Distributed Computing, Enterprise Application Integration and Web-based software design