Marco Montanari
@marcomontanari
Full-stack developer and CTO specializing in cloud-native GIS platforms.
What I'm looking for
I am a full-stack developer and CTO with long-standing experience designing and delivering cloud-first, microservices-based platforms for mobility, cultural heritage and GIS applications. I built and operated white-label vehicle-sharing systems, led architecture and devops for OpenHistoryMap, and developed GIS front ends and data-management solutions for academic and public-sector projects.
I combine research collaborations and production engineering, having served as research assistant at the University of Bologna and consulted for multiple startups and institutions. My work emphasizes scalable cloud architectures, semantic data management, WebGIS, and open-source community-driven projects, demonstrated by publications, conference presentations and award-winning prototypes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Full Stack Developer
E-dway
Mar 2022 - Present (3 years 7 months)
Responsible for development and deployment of an independent white-label vehicle-sharing platform; designed cloud-first microservices architecture and implemented core platform features and infrastructure.
CTO & President
OpenHistoryMap Association
Jun 2015 - Present (10 years 4 months)
Co-founded and led technical development and DevOps for an OpenStreetMap-like platform for ancient history, enabling citizen-driven map transcription and research workflows.
Freelance Developer
Self Employed
Jan 2008 - Present (17 years 9 months)
Provided web, mobile, desktop applications, data analysis, visualization and backend architecture services to multiple clients across projects since 2008.
GIS Development Consultant
GeoBeyond
Mar 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year 4 months)
Updated and upgraded the front-end of the ARPA Veneto climate analysis platform, delivering UI enhancements and integration with climate datasets.
Research Assistant
University of Bologna
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year 1 month)
Liaised between infrastructure and mobility work groups on the Urban Digital Twin project and defined a Semantic MediaWiki-based data management system for project data integration.
Freelance Consultant
Colibid
Jan 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 8 months)
Provided consulting on special projects including MVP development and production backend work, plus documentation and technical guidance.
Research Assistant
University of Bologna
Jul 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year)
Redefined and implemented software architecture for an undersea drone in collaboration with a research lead, focusing on system integration and reliability.
CTO (Temporary)
Colibid
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022 (2 months)
Owned MVP and production backend development, delivered technical documentation and led initial platform deployment activities.
Lead Developer Consultant
Epoca S.r.L
Jan 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 9 months)
Led full stack cloud-native architectures and built a front-end data analysis tool for SME market analysis, improving data-driven decision capabilities.
Lead Developer Consultant
Abricko
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 1 month)
Defined the computing engine and prediction platform and developed a cloud-native crawling engine for information gathering and property value prediction.
Front End Developer
Prometeia
Mar 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 10 months)
Rewrote an internal product front end using Angular 7–8, improving maintainability and UI consistency across the product suite.
Lead Developer
CityOpenSource.com
Sep 2015 - Mar 2018 (2 years 6 months)
Planned and developed the entire platform from concept to production, enabling crowd-sourced mapping and community data collection.
Technical Support
A scuola di OpenCoesione
Sep 2015 - Jun 2017 (1 year 9 months)
Developed platform components using early Angular and WordPress backend to support a government-run high school educational program on project monitoring.
Project Manager
OpenStreetMap Italia
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015 (2 months)
Coordinated community activities and promoted events and initiatives to grow local and national OpenStreetMap engagement and projects.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Bologna
Master of Science, Computer Engineering
Grade: 99/110
Laurea Specialistica (MSc) in Computer Engineering with a thesis on Automatic generation of Object Oriented Code through Planning.
University of Bologna
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
Grade: 105/110
Laurea Triennale (BS) in Computer Engineering with a thesis on Analysis and Experimentation of Windows Workflow Foundation.
Liceo Scientifico Keynes, Castel Maggiore
High School Diploma, Scientific High School Curriculum
Grade: 100/100
Secondary school diploma (Liceo scientifico) with a thesis on history of research, philosophy, art and informatics.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Retrofit
OpenRefine
GitHub
Docker Swarm
Docker Cloud
Pandas
PostGIS
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Memcached
Cassandra
CouchDB
Gmail
Node.js
Django
.NET
three.js
Neo4j
Redis
Visual Studio
Android Studio
Rome
Angular Material
Angular 2
Backbone.js
jQuery
MediaWiki
Python
Java
PHP
ASP.NET
Visual Basic
Pascal
XML
Google Maps
OpenLayers
OpenStreetMap
MQTT
XMPP
ejabberd
FastAPI
SQLAlchemy
Ubuntu
Debian
Linux
Windows
Fedora
WordPress
Django CMS
TypeScript
Visual Studio Code
Emacs
gedit
Docker
Skype
Apache Tomcat
SQL
Erlang
Dagger
Ollama
Pydantic
Portainer
Availability
Location
Website
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