• mike massari

    Technical Director - London, UK

Mike MassariTechnical Director

A Talented Professional Located In the heart of London

Ciao! I am an Italian technical director, project manager & web developer who enjoys creating web and mobile applications, brainstorming sessions, teaching and inspiring young talents and a warm cup of coffee.

  • Birthdate : 27/07/1986
  • Phone : +44 (0)77 4500 1781
  • Email :
  • Website : www.mikemassari.com
  • Location : London, United Kingdom
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my employment

Technical Director – Matter Technology

Technical Director in a leading design agency with exposure to the full project lifecycle for a wide variety of national and international reaching ICT projects. Head of development team.

2016 - Present
London, UK

Technical Director / CTO – Sparkloop

Technical Director in a leading design agency with exposure to the full project lifecycle for a wide variety of national and international reaching ICT projects. Head of front-end and back-end development teams. Mentor of young talents. In charge of mantaining relationships with clients.

2014 - 2015
London, UK

CTO, Product Manager – Twentyfourseven

CTO for Twentyfourseven and subsidiaries (Volta Footwear, Soda Studio, 247 Showroom). Mixing the startup culture of Volta Footwear with the agency mindset of Soda Studio and the fashion background of 247 Showroom. Product manager for Volta Footwear. Leader of the development, QA, dev-ops and analytics & data teams.

2008 - 2014
Milan, Italy

Lead Developer – Bizual

Development leader in a promising tech startup in London. Web application planning and structure, font-end and back-end development. Heavily involved in brainstorming, usability, web and mobile app UI/UX optimization. Scrum master.

2011 - 2012
London, UK

Team leader: Disney’s DYou and Disney's Topolino – Mutado

Developer team leader for the creation of Disney's DYou and Disney's Topolino websites. Involved hands-on in the coding of both back-end and front-end section of the sites. Supervising the mobile (iOS and Android) teams. Scrum master and in charge of the team's interaction with the client

2010
Milan, Italy

Web designer, web developer – Soda Studio

Website design and coding for a young design agency in Milan. Front-end and back-end development. Web & mobile UI/UX design and optimization.

The relationship with Soda Studio continued when Twentyfourseven was founded, in 2008. See above for more details

2007 - 2008
Milan, Italy

my education

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Marketing and Management.
IED, European Institute of Design - Milan, Italy

Interdisciplinary degree with an integrated curriculum from the departments of computer science, mass communication and visual arts.

Class of 2010

PNL Business Practitioner Certificate.
Italian PNL Academy - Milan, Italy

Set of courses covering public speaking, coaching, presentation skills, leadership and management techniques.

2012 - 2014

Futus Training Certificates.
Futus Corporation - Italy

Multiple business and leadership courses aimed at communicating efficently, managing teams & resources and interfacing with clients.

2008 - 2010

Award winning Personal Projects

Like most tech guys I like to be busy and make nice things happen during my free time. Lots of coffee, coding and passion would make any italian developer happy!

StrifeBuilds

Community website for Strife: The Gamehttp://strifebuilds.net

Fifatactics

Tactic sharing site for EA's FIFA game serieshttp://fifatactics.net

Cammac

Apple Macintosh User Group (AMUG)Soon after I founded it (2003) it became the 2nd biggest AMUG in Italy

Keydes

My own companyFounded a small, award winning agency in 2007 before moving to London.

my skills and expertise

I am a leader, a manager and a people's person with a strong development background.

management skills

Agile
prince 2
team management
risk management

Coding Skills

Ruby / Rails
Node / Express / GraphQL
Vue
PHP

personal skills

It is extremely important for project managers to have interpersonal skills, because directly or indirectly the result of a project will depend on it. In my job and my everyday life I consider myself

  • Responsible
  • Diligent
  • A Team builder
  • A decision maker
  • Creative
  • Funny
  • A Great Communicator
  • Flexible
  • A negotiatior
  • A leader
  • Team oriented
  • Reliable

languages skills

  • English

  • Italian

  • Spanish

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Some of my clients

i am currently accepting new projects

get in touch with me

Want to discuss a project or simply say hello? Feel free to get in touch by sending me an email!