Matteo Collina

Platformatic Co-Founder & CTO, Node.js Technical Steering Committee member, Fastify Lead Maintainer, Conference Speaker

Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

About

Matteo is the Co-Founder and CTO of Platformatic.dev with the goal to remove all friction from backend development. He is also a prolific Open Source author in the JavaScript ecosystem and modules he maintain are downloaded more than 12 billion times a year. Previously he was Chief Software Architect at NearForm, the best professional services company in the JavaScript ecosystem. In 2014, he defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "Application Platforms for the Internet of Things". Matteo is a member of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee focusing on streams, diagnostics and http. He is also the author of the fast logger Pino and of the Fastify web framework. Matteo is an renowed international speaker after more than 60 conferences, including OpenJS World, Node.js Interactive, NodeConf.eu, NodeSummit, JSConf.Asia, WebRebels, and JsDay just to name a few. He is also co-author of the book "Node.js Cookbook, Third Edition" edited by Packt. In the summer he loves sailing the Sirocco.

Experience

  • Board Member at OpenJS Foundation
    Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Co-Founder and CTO at Platformatic
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    Our goal is to remove the friction from backend development.

  • NearForm (8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Chief Software Architect
      Jul 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr

    • Technical Director
      Apr 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      As a Technical Director, I am responsible for my clients from sales to delivery. I architect and plan how to better solve the client Software Developmenting issues focusing on JavaScript and Cloud Native technologies. As part of my job, I contribute to the Node.js project as part of the Technical Steering Committee. I am also maintaining the Pino logger and the Fastify web framework. I often speak at conferences about Node.js development. I am the line manager of all of my teams and I run 1:1 with all my direct reports. I help in the company innovation strategy.

    • Principal Architect
      Dec 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

      As a Principal Architect, I help NearForm major clients solve their development in-the-large issues. I helped intiatives spanning tens of teams deliver amazing success by increasing productivity and improving the software architecture. As part of my job, I contribute to the Node.js project as part of the Technical Steering Committee. I am also maintaining the Pino logger and the Fastify web framework. I often speak at conferences about Node.js development. I am also involved in the company pre-sales cycle.

  • Technical Commitee at Codemotion
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2020 · 6 yrs

    I am part of the Technical Committee that evaluates speech proposals

  • Internet of Things Consultant at Matteo Collina
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2017 · 4 yrs

    I help companies deploy innovative projects in new and old fields, currently focusing on the Internet on Things. I am also specialized in Node.js development.