my friend Pierg does the opening keynote on "Agile Processes in Software Engineering and eXtreme Programming" event
Piergiorgio Grossi, Operating Manager, Ferrari Racing Team will give the opening keynote at XP2007, speaking on "The GranPrix starts at 2 o'clock: a race to race Software Development eXPerience."
Piergiorgio Grossi
Operating Manager, Ferrari Racing Team
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The GranPrix starts at 2 o'clock: a race to race Software Development eXPerience
Piergiorgio Grossi is Operating Manager of the information systems of Ferrari Racing Team.
Piergiorgio brought his experience as a software engineer and manager to the team that won 6 F1 World Championships in a row for Constructors and 5 F1 World Championships in a row for drivers.
Before taking on the role of Operating Manager of the Information Systems Dept, Piergiorgio managed the software development team that developed simulation applications, telemetry analysis applications, and software for the management of the car during the design and the race.
The criticality of software and the continuous development process, have lead Piergiorgio to become a leading expert of Agile Methods in critical environments.
Before joining the Ferrari Racing Team, Piergiorgio worked as a software engineer in the domain of character recognition, AI, classification, document management for a large Italian software company.
Piergiorgio holds a Laurea Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Genova, an important background to manage complexity in one of the best racing team in F1.
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