Andrea Gazzarini is a software engineer. He has mainly focused on the Java technology. Although often involved in analysis and design, he strongly loves coding and definitely likes to be considered a developer.

Andrea has more than 15 years of experience in various software branches, from telecom to banking software. He has worked for several medium- and large-scale companies, such as IBM and Orga Systems.

Andrea has several certifications in the Java programming language (programmer, developer, web component developer, business component developer, and JEE architect), BEA products (build and portal solutions), and Apache Solr (Lucid Apache Solr/Lucene Certified Developer).

In 2009, Andrea stepped into the wonderful world of open source projects, and in the same year, he became a committer for the Apache Qpid project. His adventure with Solr began in 2010, when he joined @Cult, an Italian company that mainly focuses its projects on library management systems, online access public catalogs, and linked data.

He's currently involved in several (too many!) projects, always thinking about a "big" idea that will change his (developer) life.