Welcome to the forest of dreams: here you never stop growing, or learning. Follow the path to the gate — every stop hides something.

Portrait of Giacomo Ferlaino

Giacomo Ferlaino

IT project manager with an engineering background · former CTO

Since 2017 I've been taking technical projects from idea to production, bridging the people who have a need and the people who write the code. I co-founded Registered, the go-to marketplace for dance, leading its technology as CTO all the way to incubation by the Culttech accelerator in Vienna; I've coordinated teams of 3 to 5 developers and nearly 50 international events in production. In my personal projects I build generative and agentic AI apps. I live in Paris and I'm available right away.

Book a call

The strongest roots are the ones you can't see.

Education

The roots: engineering, economics and plenty of code. In this forest no diploma is ever the last one.

Certifications

Hear the water? Follow it: it always knows where to go.

Experience

The stream: it hasn't stopped flowing since 2017. Every stone is a job that pushed me a little further.

  1. Digital project manager — Alteredu srl

    Dec 2017 – Dec 2018 · Rende

    A certified Italian online-learning platform, founded as a startup in 2017.

    • Led the development of Demopen, coordinating a remote outsourced team of 5 mobile developers.
    • Sought out and negotiated new partnerships and improved the product with the IT lead developer (website, online courses).
    • Albopop: automatic Telegram publishing of official public notices, adopted by more than 6 municipalities.
  2. IT project manager & level-2 support specialist — Servizi s.t. srl

    Jan 2019 – Mar 2020 · Bolzano

    CMDBuild integration for a transport company in South Tyrol.

    • Managed the in-house integration of CMDBuild (open-source CMDB and ITSM platform): configuration, CI modelling, go-live.
    • Optimised processes and data management following an ITIL approach, together with management.
    • Ran day-to-day operations and level-2 support escalations.
  3. Co-founder & CTO — Registered srl

    Mar 2020 – Jun 2026 · Rome, remote

    The go-to marketplace for the dance world. Activity ended in June 2026.

    • Led the architecture and development of the e-commerce platform, from scoping to production, managing 3 external developers.
    • Handled registrations for nearly 50 national and international dance events, including Hip Hop International Italy and Switzerland: tens of thousands of online registrations.
    • Managed customer and investor relations — pitches, due diligence, follow-up — leading to incubation by the Culttech accelerator in Vienna.
  4. Independent IT consultant — Freelance

    Oct 2020 – Nov 2025 · Italy and remote

    Development, integration and technical-organisational consulting for SMEs and startups.

    • APL System (2022–2025, Lamezia Terme): analyst developer, first as an intern then in an ongoing collaboration. «Contratti APL» CRM for e-invoicing and contracts, Web API integration with FTPA TosNet for bulk invoicing, new company website with the CFweb agency.
    • DenunciaOnline (2024, Milan, remote): back-end developer — APIs, webhooks, Slack and Calendly integration.
    • Labconsulenze srl (2020–2022, Montalto Uffugo and Cassino): «Ingenious strategies» and «EsseTre» assignments. Technical contact for municipal police departments — requirements, advice and officer training — and head of the court documents office (Highway Code).
    • Other assignments (2023–2025): client websites such as rosaneldeserto.it and boskiebowloskie.com.

Other experience

  1. Volunteer — Servizio Civile Universale

    Dec 2017 – Dec 2018 · Conflenti

    A year of Italian universal civil service.

  2. Project manager assistant — Futuro Digitale

    Oct 2018 – Nov 2019 · Terranova da Sibari

    Designing and coordinating Erasmus+ exchanges in Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania and Poland (Haskovo, Kocaeli, Iași, Szczecin).

  3. Floor manager & customer service — Navigli Aperitivo

    Sep 2025 – present · Paris

    Running the floor, solving surprises fast and teamwork under pressure.

The trees open up: there's a clearing full of sprouts.

Projects

The clearing of ideas: this is where the things I've built grow. Even the fallen ones, because something new sprouted from them.

Registered

2018 – 2026 · Co-founder & CTO · Live

Multilingual website and web app (IT, EN, FR, DE) of Registered: the marketplace for dance events, registrations and payments.

  • AWS
  • Stripe
  • Vue.js
  • PHP Laravel
  • MySQL
  • Plesk

Scripta

2026 – present · Concept & development · In progress

Agentic AI mobile app for personal growth, writing and conversational coaching.

  • Python
  • Openfang
  • Groq
  • Hetzner
  • PostgreSQL
  • RevenueCat
  • Cloudflare

Tabello

2025 – present · Concept & development · In progress

Free, open-source desktop app that automatically turns video and audio files into sheet music and guitar and bass tabs, offline and entirely on your computer.

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Electron
  • TensorFlow.js
  • FFmpeg

giacomoferlaino.com

2026 – present · Concept, writing & development · Live

This website: a narrative CV in three languages and in 3D, a forest where every stop tells part of the journey.

  • TypeScript
  • Three.js
  • Vite
  • Web Audio
  • Cloudflare

CRM «Contratti APL»

May 2023 – Sep 2023 · Analysis & development · Live

APL System's in-house software for e-invoicing and contracts, built from scratch.

  • Visual FoxPro 9
  • SQL Server

FTPA Web API

Feb 2022 – Nov 2022 · Development · Live

Bulk invoice sending through a REST API, integrated with the FTPA TosNet provider.

  • JavaScript
  • REST API

APL System

Jun 2022 – Dec 2022 · Analysis & coordination · Live

Design, analysis and coordination of the new website of the IT company APL System, together with the CFweb agency.

  • WordPress

Rosa nel deserto

Dec 2023 – May 2024 · Design & build · Live

Italian website for the «Rosa nel deserto» rehabilitation centre.

  • Flazio

Boskiebowloskie

Feb 2025 – Sep 2025 · Design & build · Live

Polish website with a portfolio and rental and tourism services.

  • Webflow

Albopop

2018 · Project manager · Live

Automatic Telegram publishing of official public notices, adopted by more than 6 Italian municipalities.

  • RSS
  • Telegram Bot

Demopen

2018 · Project manager · Abandoned

Social network to access Italian public administration services, born before the official IO app. It was never completed.

  • AWS
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Android
  • PHP
  • HTML/CSS

A smell of wood smoke: someone lit a fire.

Interests

Around the fire: a chessboard, a guitar, poker cards, stock charts and things built from what others throw away. Come closer and touch them.

A bench, a lantern and a pile of books.

Books

The book shelter: I've always read everything, trade magazines included. This past year I rediscovered the joy of getting lost in a story.

Read as a child

On my nightstand now

At the end of the path there's a wooden gate.

Contact

The gate is open, and I'm curious to know who you are. Write to me or book a call.

Write to meBook a call

giacomo.ferlaino.true@gmail.com

Paris, France

The fog rises, but the path doesn't end here.

The forest goes on

Beyond the gate the path climbs into the fog: my thesis in March 2027, Scripta, and who knows what else. In the forest of dreams you never stop growing.

See my education