Guglielmo Iozzia is currently a big data delivery manager at Optum in Dublin. He completed his master's degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Bologna. After graduation, he joined a start-up IT company in Bologna that had implemented a new system to manage online payments. There, he worked on complex Java projects for different customers in different areas. He has also worked at the IT department of FAO, an agency of the United Nations. In 2013, he had the chance to join IBM in Dublin. There, he improved his DevOps skills, working mostly on cloud-based applications. He is a golden member, writes articles at DZone, and maintains a personal blog to share his findings and thoughts about various tech topics.
I would like to thank my wife Elena for her patience during the making of this book and my lovely little daughters Katerina and Anna for the joy they bring day by day to our life.