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Summary

Product Manager with 9+ years of experience driving end-to-end digital delivery across iGaming, SaaS, Fintech, and Blockchain. Skilled at managing the full product lifecycle — from user research and MVP validation to roadmap execution and cross-functional team leadership. Proven track record shipping B2B and B2C products at scale, with strong Agile fundamentals and a bias for delivery speed and data-driven decisions. Currently combining product leadership at Machete Tech with academic lecturing in Fintech, Blockchain, and Machine Learning.

Work Experience

Machete Tech / / Product Manager — Affiliation & Content

2025 - present

Leading end-to-end product delivery across the Affiliation & Content vertical, managing a cross-functional team in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Designed and shipped an automated scraping & normalization pipeline, reducing manual data entry by 90% and ensuring 100% data consistency across 35+ game attributes.
Owned multiple affiliate partner integrations on a flagship iGaming platform, covering full cycle: API negotiation, QA, and production release.
Managed 4 concurrent iGaming web products, coordinating UX improvements, SEO compliance, and technical migrations.
Took a browser extension from development to public store publication, including IP licensing and developer account setup.
Structured team onboarding and backlog delegation to ensure delivery continuity.

Ascencia Business School / / Lecturer – MSc Computer Science

2025 – Present

Acting as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Fintech & Blockchain: consensus models, smart contracts, DeFi, and regulatory frameworks — delivered through lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops.
Lectured on Object Oriented Modelling covering OOP principles, UML design, SOLID patterns, TDD, and refactoring
Currently lecturing on Machine Learning, covering the full ML workflow: supervised/unsupervised learning, deep learning with TensorFlow/Keras, and a Kaggle-style capstone project.

RedAcre Ltd. / / Product Owner · Team Lead

2023 — 2025

Led a cross-functional team of 10 (devs, QA, SEO, UX, content) with Scrum, raising velocity by 25%.
Defined and prioritized the roadmap with stakeholders, managing 80+ user stories in the backlog.
Created clear incident-response flows, speeding up resolution of critical issues under pressure.
Improved Lighthouse scores from ~48 to 92+, cutting Time to Interactive by 60% across pages.
Launched an AI chatbot to handle recurring support queries, reducing workload and lifting UX.

SquaredMenu / / Founder · Product Manager

2021 — Present

SaaS for digital menus, table orders and customer experience across mobile and web.
Built and own the full product lifecycle — MVP validation, UX, backlog and roadmap delivery.
Lead a remote team of devs and designers in Agile, focused on speed and quality.
Shaped key features like Stripe payments and role-based access from operator feedback.
Launched on App Store & Google Play with active early adopters, owning budget and timelines.

Chiliz & Socios.com / / Senior Web Product Lead

2019 — 2023

Powered Fan Tokens™ and engagement tools for top global sports clubs via Socios.com.
Led design and development of web products in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Managed end-to-end delivery across multiple teams, from design to deployment.
Scaled and mentored the dev team during hypergrowth, ensuring continuous delivery.
Improved performance and maintainability through component-based architecture and code reviews.

Education

Android App Developer Certificate / MIP Politecnico di Milano /

2015

Bachelor’s Degree in Italian Law / Università Statale degli Studi di Milano /

2014

Skills

Roadmap & MVP StrategyTokenomics & Web3 StrategyUser Story MappingA/B Testing & AnalyticsiGaming, Fintech & MartechFeature PrioritizationAgile / Scrum LeadershipBlockchain & Tech EducationRemote Team ManagementStakeholder ManagementJira & Confluence MasteryIncident HandlingWallets (MetaMask) & dApp UXL1 / L2 Protocols & DeFiSmart Contracts & ConsensusML & Object Oriented ModelingFigma (UX/UI Design)User Research & Discovery

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