Francesco Laudani

• - Founded and managed an elite micro consulting firm specializing in enterprise software architecture, cloud infrastructure provisioning, and DevOps assessments for high profile clients in the Financial and Retail/Grocery sectors.

• - Designed and automated secure cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using Terraform, establishing robust multi environment segregation and dynamic GitOps pipelines via GitLab CI/CD.

• - Led architectural refactoring and modernization of client core systems toward high-performance backend microservices and scalable frontend solutions, balancing technical debt with strict cloud cost control.

• - Architected and maintained enterprise-grade software solutions for a major international banking group, ensuring compliance with strict security, high-availability, and data isolation standards.

• - Collaborated closely with network and infrastructure departments to implement secure cloud integration, traffic routing, and resilient backend systems.

• - Acted as a technical mentor and coach for cross-functional engineering teams, promoting the adoption of Clean Code, TDD, and structured CI/CD workflows.

• - Introduced advanced programming patterns like DDD and microservices-oriented architectures

• - Spearheaded the architectural design, development, and maintenance of mission critical software products for primary nationwide players in the large-scale retail and grocery market (GDO).

• - Managed and coordinated a distributed team of developers, implementing Agile/Scrum

• - Introduction of Azure DevOps and CI / CD Mechanics