Andrea is founder and Technical Director of Managed Designs (
http://www.manageddesigns.it), a consulting company focusing on the design and implementation of .NET solutions for the financial market. As a trainer and speaker, he had several speaking engagements for local Microsoft events and conferences; he also taught "Operating Systems" during the "Master in Editoria Multimediale" class organized by the University of Milan.
In 2001, he co-founded UGIdotNET, the first Italian .NET User Group, of whom he is the President and leader.
In 2006, he co-founded GUISA, the first Italian Solution Architect user group, of whom he is the coordinator.
Andrea has a blog at:
http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/mrbrightside