Francesco
D'Anetra

I build networks and the clouds that sit on them. IT Director for a government entity, founder of Sphera.

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career

four stops, one layer: the one under everything.

  1. 2024→now
    it directorgovernment entity/riyadhlive

    hardware, software and networks for ministers and governors, in 10+ countries.

  2. 2024→now
    founder · tech leadsphera/riyadhlive

    sovereign cloud. $1M+ raised, team of 10, openstack on a sonic evpn/vxlan fabric.

  3. 2023→2024
    systems engineer · event itesl faceit group/stockholm

    tournament networks under stage lights, where a dropped link has an audience.

  4. 2020→2023
    devops · software engineerfreelance/remote

    apps on aws and azure, pipelines in terraform and ansible.

certified: jncia-junos · jncia-devops · italian native, english fluent

stack

what I reach for.

network
bgpospfis-isevpn/vxlanjunossonicdc fabricfirewalls
cloud
openstackawsazureterraformansiblekubernetesdockerlinux
code
pythontypescriptsqlrestci/cdnext.js
and
teams of 10+multi-country opslive broadcast itvendorsbudgets

projects

three things worth showing.

  • sphera ↗

    openstack · sonic · evpn/vxlan · ceph · terraform

    sovereign cloud for saudi startups, smes and gaming companies.

  • storm

    node.js · linux · event networks

    all-in-one suite to run lan esports tournaments: match servers, league ops, admin tooling.

  • three.js · r3f · next.js

    the floor under the text is a real rack planner. press b and build on it.

notes

occasionally.

  • nothing yet.