Mattia Rizzolo
IT Manager at Debian
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolMattia Rizzolo is an experienced IT manager and long-time Debian and Ubuntu developer with 12 years in Linux system administration and open-source maintenance. Based in Milan, he combines hands-on infrastructure leadership at Tac! Concierge and HostingTEK with package stewardship and voting rights in the Debian project. He contributes to user-facing open-source projects as a full-stack developer—recently improving internationalization and Italian translations for the Pencil2D animation tool—reflecting a focus on usability and localization. A Free Software advocate who also serves on the Ubuntu Italy council, he blends community governance with practical operational expertise. Notably, his career bridges independent consulting and corporate IT management, showing an ability to scale systems and processes across diverse environments.
13 years of coding experience
I.T.I.S. "A. Meucci"Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, (dropped out), Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, (dropped out) at Politecnico di Milano
English, Italian
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Github Skills (13)
localization10
internationalization10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
multiplatform9
animation9
cpp8
drawing8
indentation6
urllib6
python6
python-requests6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
pencil2d/pencil
Feb 2014 - Aug 2020
Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Pencil2D is open source and cross-platform.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 11 PRs, 48 comments in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Mattia's commits indicate a focus on enhancing the Pencil2D application's internationalization support. Their primary contribution involves implementing translation support by enabling the building of `.ts` files at build time, along with adding numerous `tr()` calls throughout the codebase to enable translatability of the user interface elements. Further commits show the addition and update of Italian translations, demonstrating a direct contribution to the localization of the application for a broader user base.
hand-drawnintuitivemulti-platformhandmacos
mapreri/pencil
Mar 2015 - Aug 2020
Pencil2D is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil2D is free and open source.
Contributions:14 pushes, 23 branches, 2 tags in 5 years 6 months
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