Francesco Mattia did achieve a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Engineering and a Master's degree in Computer Engineering, with a strong interest for networking-related subjects. During his studies he developed programming skills as well as software engineering skills. He moved to Amsterdam to work for a dutch startup company while gathering experience about startups, as well as agile and lean methodologies. He is now freelancing full-time as an iOS engineer, based in Amsterdam, active in the startup scene and in the developer communities.