Diego Caponera

Bachelor Degree 2011

Bachelor degree in Media and Communication Sciences of the Maths Department in Roma Tor Vergata University: it provided deep mathematical knowledge (from basic analysis and geometry to Fourier and Wavelet analysis, both theoretical and computational), good physics courses (mainly focused on acoustics), and many programming languages (C, Java, PHP, Matlab).

Graduated with 101 out of 110 with an essay about an own proposal for a digital audio compression algorithm.

Secondary School 2003

Secondary school "Liceo Classico Ugo Foscolo" in Albano Laziale, specializing in classical studies with emphasis on Latin, Ancient Greek, Philosophy and History.
Graduated with 100 out of 100.

Life 1984 - present

Life teaches you everything, way more than any kind of school.

Known Languages

• Italian (native language);
• Spanish (half-native language: very good speaking, listening and reading, good writing);
• English (good speaking and listening, very good reading and writing).

Developing

What he thinks he is good at:

• Handling the LAMP stack: PHP (5.4), MySQL, Apache configuration;
• Developing in MVC fashion - learnt from symfony 2, then wrote his own framework;
• Mastering the The Open Web Stack: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript (jQuery, backbone.js, client-side templating), XML;
• OOP, developing in Java, and teaching it to his students.

What he is learning at the moment:

• Ruby On Rails
• Haskell

Various Skills

• Mac OSX (10.4 to 10.7), Windows (3.1 to nowadays) and Linux (Ubuntu) experience;
• Works well with command line tools and keyboard shorcuts (ctrl/option+everything);
• Used to version control, both in single and team environment - mainly git;
• Writes documents in LaTex, as he thinks content and presentation should stay divided;
• Used Matlab a lot, mainly for signal analysis with wavelet filters;
• Very good at audio editing, knows properties of different formats (MP3 to OGG to flac);
• Has basics of Adobe Phothoshop and Illustrator (up to CS5 Suite).

Frontend Developer october 2012 - present

Frontend Developer at kreuzwerker GmbH, @Berlin.

Lecturer october 2011 - september 2012

Java lecturer for the Object-oriented Programming annual classes of Media Sciences and Technologies course in the Maths Department of Roma Tor Vergata University.

Web Developer october 2011 - september 2012

Web Developer and consultant for Multimedia360, main tasks being developing xml/json webservices for both RIAs and mobile platforms, database design, and some frontend solutions.

Web Developer april 2011 - october 2011

Web Developer at Rome Tor Vergata Univeristy - ISIM_Garage. I worked on a rich e-learning platform. My main tasks were software analysis, framework architecture development and interaction design.

Freelance Web Developer 2007 - present

Tutor 2007 - 2010

Java tutor for the Object-oriented Programming annual classes of Media Sciences and Technologies course in the Maths Department of Roma Tor Vergata University.

Out of programming and learning

• Plays piano since he was ten;
• Writes music in different styles, aided by his keyboards and sequencers;
• Loves music in all its forms, and would like to work in an artistic or promoting environment;
• Enjoys literature, and writes on his own very often, mostly satirical one;
• Likes movies, with Woody Allen, David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick on top;
• Enjoys figurative art, such as paintings or sculptures, mostly from 19th Century to nowadays;
• Cannot live without soccer, both on the grass and on TV;
• Finds travelling very inspiring for everything - from learning to making music to just have a good time with new people.