Davide has a Ph.D in physics but he has always worked as a Software Engineer since before he got his high school degree. His first serious program was a paint-like program for the Commodore 64 written in Assembler. While still in high school, he wrote a finite difference solver, before knowing calculus (let alone differential equations). He has since worked on a wide range of Software Engineering jobs from low-level phase programming in Assembler for CCDs, to three-tier network and desktop applications in java, to SQL and web interfaces, to DSL programs commanding an instrument orbiting Venus. In 2007 he accepted a position at NCAR in the Consulting Services Group - assisting users of the high-performance computing facilities.

After he started using Version Control, he can't live without it. He also wonders why the ovens don't have it, and he's still trying to get the diffs between that delicious sliced-potato-covered fish he made for unbelieving guests, and that brick he made a month later for himself, following the very same recipe.