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Luigi Crispo

Verified Expert in Engineering

Solution Architect and Developer

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Toptal Member Since

December 6, 2019

Luigi is a seasoned cloud and leadership specialist with over two decades of professional experience in a variety of environments. He is passionate about technology and value-driven projects, and he is highly adaptable. Luigi has been part of significant industry transformation waves directly from some of the leaders driving the digital era.

Portfolio

AXA XL

Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)...

Freelance

Azure, DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud, Jira, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes...

Microsoft

Microsoft, Microsoft Intune, Office 365, Microsoft Office, OfficeJS...

Experience

Windows - 20 years Linux - 20 years Solution Architecture - 20 years DevOps - 20 years Architecture - 17 years Microsoft Azure - 10 years Agile - 10 years Cloud Architecture - 10 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure

The most amazing...

...project I've led is a data op with an AI plugged component.

Work Experience

Solution Architect

2021 - PRESENT

AXA XL

Supported the move to the cloud program, which aims to adopt the cloud to run on-premise workloads.
Worked with cloud architects and developers to ensure the quality of the solution design of each of the applications in the program's scope.
Participated in solution design authority meetings to introduce the migration strategy of each application in the scope of the program.

Technologies: Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), DevOps, Data Centers, Virtual Machines, Azure IaaS, Firewalls

Cloud Architect

2020 - 2021

Freelance

Defined an implementation strategy for applying AI to pattern recognition in scanners equipment to improve yield and reduce the time to production.
Selected the right cloud technology for the specific use case and drove the implementation team across all the development phases.
Traded off options and compared results between different cloud landscapes.

Technologies: Azure, DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud, Jira, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Containers, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows PowerShell, CI/CD Pipelines, OAuth 2, Python, IIS SQL Server, Mobile Development, Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Mobile Device Management (MDM), Azure Data Lake, Azure Queue Storage, .NET Core, Azure Functions, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scalability, Load Balancers, Orchestration, IaaS

Account Technology Strategist

2011 - 2018

Microsoft

Built trusted technology relationships with technical decision-makers, including the CIO, CTO, their direct reports, and IT professionals.
Developed a long-term business-to-IT strategy and deployment roadmap while orchestrating Microsoft and partner resources.
Focused on cloud transformation and the business productivity area, specifically leveraging different Microsoft capabilities and resources to address the business need in the area of integrated mobility services, cloud deployments, and process workflows.

Technologies: Microsoft, Microsoft Intune, Office 365, Microsoft Office, OfficeJS, Office Add-ins, SharePoint Online, Data Centers, Azure Virtual Machines

Enterprise Architect

2010 - 2011

Alcan Rio Tinto

Applied TOGAF to data architecture and collaboration projects.
Applied ArchiMate to describe enterprise architecture implementation.
Supported document management systems and collaboration environments.

Technologies: Master Data, ArchiMate, Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint

Manager

2008 - 2010

Cambridge Technology Partners

Managed pre-sales activities like workshops, scope definition, and planning.
Focused on building and growing the relationship, aiming to maximize the value realized and the reciprocal benefits of a long-term and strategic engagement.
Worked as a sales executive in a major international company.
Presented at multiple roadshows and conferences across Europe, pitching and demonstrating Microsoft product capabilities.
Implemented collaboration environments and document management systems.

Technologies: Linux

Manager

2007 - 2008

Telindus Belgacom

Mapped requirements from business stakeholders to technical architectures and solutions aligned with the service's core technical principles.
Helped customers trade effort and investment size for value realized.
Implemented document management and collaboration solutions.

Technologies: Visual Studio, WWF, Microsoft Data Transformation Services (now SSIS), Microsoft Power BI, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), MDX, Microsoft, Anaconda, R, Microsoft SQL Server

CTO

1999 - 2007

Suntrade S.r.l.

Started up a technology-driven company acting within the online trading business.
Drove the company strategy to promote the adoption of the first machine learning engine applied on the stock market to the banking and brokerage retail market.
Contributed to the company becoming a Microsoft Gold Partner in 2007.

Technologies: Linux, Microsoft

Experience

DevOps Guru

Led a cross-technology team to adopt DevOps to deliver a complex streaming data pipeline to process geographical data and augment them with additional digested information resulting from AI processes.

Cloud Architect

Set up the client's IoT environment using Azure IoT Hub and Cloud IoT Edge technologies to capture sensor data for a high explosion environment. Feeding the data stream in a NoSQL data lake. Applying machine learning to implement a feedback loop to trigger action and source.

Skills

Languages

JavaScript, C#, Java, SQL, Bash Script, R, MDX, UML, Python, C, C++, COBOL, XML

Frameworks

Windows PowerShell, .NET, .NET Core, TOGAF, OAuth 2, WWF, Spark

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, Azure Cognitive Services, jQuery

Tools

Microsoft Power BI, Azure IoT Hub, Microsoft Teams, VMware, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Terraform, ArchiMate, Visual Studio, Microsoft Intune, Jenkins, Jira, Puppet, Chef

Paradigms

Business Intelligence (BI), Agile, DevOps, Microservices, Microservices Architecture, Data Science, Scrum, REST, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Test-driven Development (TDD), Mobile Development, Azure DevOps, ITIL

Platforms

SharePoint, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows, Linux, Unix, Azure, Azure IaaS, Windows Server, Azure Functions, Docker, Microsoft, Anaconda, Databricks, Kubernetes

Storage

Azure SQL Databases, Microsoft DBA, SQL Server DBA, Azure Active Directory, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Azure Blobs, Data Centers, IIS SQL Server, Azure Queue Storage, Elasticsearch, JSON, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Google Cloud

Other

Data Engineering, Web Development, Solution Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Architecture, Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Software Development, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), System Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Proxies, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Machines, Firewalls, Power Shell Commands, Security, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Active Directory Programming, Azure Data Lake, Scalability, Load Balancers, Orchestration, IaaS, Sparx Enterprise Architecture, Business Design, API Management, Healthcare Services, Full-stack, OfficeJS, Office Add-ins, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Master Data, Microsoft Data Transformation Services (now SSIS), Machine Learning, DevOps Engineer, Containers, Trading, Training, Electronics

Education

1986 - 1991

Master's Degree in Electronic Engineering

University of Genova - Genova, Italy

Microsoft

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