1. Federico Stagni
Curriculum Vitæ et Studiorum
Personal details
Name Federico Stagni
Nationality Italian
Birth Ferrara (Italy), May 7th 1980
Address rue Joseph Pasquier 17, 1203 Geneve (CH)
Contacts Phone: +41 (0) 76 2767010, Email: federico.stagni@cern.ch
Profession Software engineer, Distributed computing expert, Python developer.
Technical Coordinator. DIRAC and LHCbDIRAC expert
Education
01/2006–
03/2009
PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science (curriculum Computer Science), Uni-
versity of Ferrara, Research field: Usage and Access Control, Data Grid Security, Software
Engineering, grade: excellent.
Professional Experience
03/2012–
present
CERN staff member - Engineer (computing), CERN, EP-LBC group.
LHCbDIRAC development coordinator: coordinator and manager of LHCbDIRAC developers,
definition of LHCbDIRAC releases content. LHCbDIRAC core developer and maintainer. Designer
and implementer of the testing and certification process. Integration within the CERN IT
infrastructure. Coordinator of the developments efforts needed for LHCbDIRAC and DIRAC
in view of LHCb distributed computing needs, including the LHCb upgrade. Organizer of the
biweekly LHCbDIRAC developers meeting.
DIRAC technical coordinator (also: DIRAC communities coordinator): definition of
DIRAC releases content and deployment guidelines, DIRAC users and communities advisor,
coordinator for common developments among DIRAC communities. DIRAC core developer
and maintainer. Design and implementation of the DIRAC testing infrastructure. Documenter,
release manager. Coordinator for future developments, and integration of new technologies in
the DIRAC framework. Organizer (since 2013) of the yearly DIRAC Users Workshop. Organizer
of the biweekly DIRAC developers meeting.
Operational (shift) roles in EP-LBC: LHCb Productions Manager, LHCb Grid Expert on Call,
2nd
level support for LHCbDIRAC services administration, 2nd
level support for LHCbDIRAC
releases deployment. Organizer of the biweekly LHCb DIRAC Dev-Ops meeting.
+41 (0) 76 2767010 • federico.stagni@cern.ch

2. 03/2009–
02/2012
INFN simil-fellow, CERN, PH-LBC group.
Designed and implemented within DIRAC and LHCbDIRAC a tool for autonomic computing,
for managing VO resources: the DIRAC Resource Status System, used by LHCb and other
communities
Largely re-developed within LHCbDIRAC the current version of workflow and production man-
agement systems.
Definition of operational roles in daily LHCb grid operations. Covered the roles of Production
shifter, Production manager, Grid Expert on Call.
Computer skills
Programming
languages
For DIRAC and LHCbDIRAC development.
Knowledge level advanced: python 2, bash
Knowledge level intermediate: python 3
Knowledge level basic: C, Java, JavaScript
Programming
tools and
techniques
For DIRAC and LHCbDIRAC development operations and coordination.
Knowledge level advanced: Software testing, Use of continuous integration tools (Jenkins,
Travis, GitLab CI, GIT
Knowledge level intermediate: SVN
System ad-
ministration
For supporting the LHCb DIRAC production and testing installations.
Use of CERN cloud infrastructure based of OpenStack, and virtualization techniques
Use of puppet language for administering the LHCb DIRAC production servers
MySQL administration for LHCb DIRAC databases
Elements of ElasticSearch, Kibana, RabbitMQ administration
Managerial, communication, and technical coordination skills
Supervision
skills
Direct supervisor of fellows, technical students, summer students, external collaborators.
Short to long term, high to low availability.
Software
development
coordination
Use of issues and project tracking tools (e.g. JIRA). Daily use of elements from SCRUM
framework (adapted to a distributed team). Definition of development and deployment
guidelines.
Outreach Daily use of tools like LATEX , Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Google docs, rst,
markup for outreach and communication. Indico proficiency
Language Skills
Italian Mother tongue
English Fluent Highly proficient in spoken and written English
French Advanced Proficient in spoken French, advanced in writing
Georgian Basic Basic words and phrases only
Spanish Basic Basic words and phrases only
+41 (0) 76 2767010 • federico.stagni@cern.ch