Marco Solazzi
Nationality: Italian Date of birth: 01/10/1979

 Email address: marco.solazzi@gmail.com
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwightjack GitHub: https://github.com/dwightjack/ LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/marcosolazzi
 Website: https://marco.solazzi.me Home: Tokyo (Japan)
ABOUT ME
I've been working in the web development field for almost 20 years and I've been spending the latest 10 years asa client-side frontend engineer.
I specialize in semantic UI development, web design systems, and accessibility. I am also interested in frontend
developer experience (tooling and stack management). I love contributing to Open Source projects, and I strongly
believe in the value of sharing knowledge to create growth opportunities for everyone.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Frontend Engineer - Frontend Architect
Mercari Inc [ 17/02/2020 – Current ]City: Tokyo | Country: Japan | Website: https://www.mercari.com/jp/
Team2020 ~ 2023/08 Merpay Frontend (~12 developers) (https://www.merpay.com/)
2023/08 ~ Merpay Client Architect (~6 developers) (https://www.merpay.com/)
Mission
UX and UI Development, Software architecture.
Technical Activities• Development and maintenance of the company's internal and external client-side applications.
• Design and implementation of Merpay frontend accessibility strategy • Improvement of the internal
documentation and knowledge base
• Review and exploration of the technical stack• Support and facilitation of product teams on CI-related tasks• Management of the team's cross-project development tickets
Achievements• With the help of the team members, we were able to design and setup an automated accessibility audit tomonitor each project's base accessibility.
• Constant UI library improvement and maintenance for internal dashboards, including DX and UX
improvements.
• Management of the 2-year-long migration process from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 of 7 internal and publicapplications.

Senior Frontend Developer, UX Engineer
Shiftbrain Inc [ 16/01/2018 – 07/02/2020 ]City: Tokyo | Country: Japan | Website: https://www.shiftbrain.com/

Company size
~20 employees
TeamFrontend Development Team (6 developers)
Mission
UX and UI development of corporate design systems in collaboration with the Design Team.
Technical Activities• UX engineering: HTML (Pug), React/Vue.js, presentational JavaScript and CSS (Sass), accessibility.
• Frontend Ops: Design and development of the development toolchain (Webpack, Gulp, Storybook, Jest)
Company Activities• Promotion of agile development• Styleguide-driven development evangelist
Achievements
In collaboration with my team leader, we introduced a scrum-based and component-driven development
workflow leveraging git-flow, code reviews, and isolated component development with Storybook and Jest.
Relevant Projects
In early 2018 I was part of the restyle project for the Toyota corporate website.
In mid-2018, I was the leading developer in charge of the Soup Stock Tokyo corporate website design system.
In mid-2019, I was tasked to develop the frontend code and WordPress theme of a media site for FujiTV.

Senior Frontend Developer, UX Engineer
AQuest S.r.l. [ 01/12/2014 – 01/09/2017 ]City: Verona | Country: Italy | Website: https://www.aquest.it/
Company size
~80 employees
TeamFrontend Development Team (6 developers)
MissionAs a UX Engineer, I was in charge of the development and technical design of frontend interfaces and animations
for corporate and marketing websites in collaboration with the design and backend team.
Technical Activities• UX/UI development: HTML (Nunjucks, ejs), React/Vue.js, ES6+ and CSS (Sass), accessibility• Creative development: GSAP, Velocity• Frontend Ops: Design and development of the team's internal tools for build and development (Webpack,Gulp, Gruntjs)• Backend development: SSR solutions with Nodejs and IIS for React and Vue.js
Company Activities• Frontend best practices evangelist• Styleguide-driven development evangelist• Accessibility expert• Tutoring and technical leadership for junior developers
Achievements

I actively promoted development best practices such as Agile and cross-functional teams. I was one of thepromoters and tutors of the introduction of git, git-flow, and GitLab as the primary workflow for both thefrontend and backend development teams.
Relevant Projects
From early 2016 to the end of 2017, I was part (as an interactive and design system developer) of the team tasked
with designing and developing Mediaset Premium (the largest Italian private television network) corporatewebsite and its smart TV/mobile application.
In 2017 I was in charge of the UX development of Carrefour Italy e-commerce platform and design system.
Awards• Awwwards Site of the Day: Fornasetti - History (2015)• Awwwards Site of the Day: Muller Italy (2016)• Awwwards Site of the Day: Formigari (2017)

Senior Frontend Developer, UX Engineer
Intesys S.r.l. [ 02/12/2009 – 30/11/2014 ]
City: Verona | Country: Italy | Website: http://www.intesys.it
Company size~100 employees
Team
Digital and Tech Development Unit (~60 developers)
MissionFullstack development and technical design for corporate websites, mobile web applications, and hybrid mobileapplications (native+web).
Since 2011, my main focus has been frontend development and UX.
Technical Activities• Frontend development: HTML, CSS (Sass), JavaScript (jQuery, Angular.js, Backbone/Marionette, Sencha UI)• Backend development: PHP (Zend, WordPress), database (MySQL, PostgreSQL)• Frontend Ops: Frontend toolchain (Gruntjs)
Company Activities• Frontend Advisory Group Leader• WordPress Advisory Group Leader• HR: frontend technical recruiter
Achievements
Since 2011, my main focus has been defining and promoting the company's standards and best practices forfrontend development. I've also been very active in introducing UX analysis for interface design.
Relevant Projects
From 2010 to early 2012, I was actively involved in a team dedicated to developing and maintaining BMW Italy
websites and web applications.
Between 2011 and 2012, I collaborated with the Mobile Development Unit to develop a social platform for DeutzFahr with both a web application and part of a mobile hybrid application.

Freelance JavaScript Columnist
HTML.it S.r.l. [ 16/02/2009 – 30/11/2014 ]
City: Rona | Country: Italy | Website: http://www.html.it | Business or sector: Information andcommunication

HTML.it is the leading resource for technical articles and guides in Italian.
MissionPromotion of best practices and new t​ echnologies related to JavaScript.
Main projects and achievements
As a technical writer, I curated the realization of the jQuery and jQuery UI guide.

Frontend Web Developer / Full Stack Web Developer
Promobit Communications S.r.l. [ 04/07/2005 – 29/11/2009 ]City: Verona | Country: Italy | Website: http://www.promobit.com/
Company size
~15 employees
TeamDesign and Development Team (3 developers/designers)
Mission
I was head of the development team on various web marketing projects as well as the maintainer of the IT
infrastructure
Technical Activities• Frontend development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, Mootools)• Backend development: PHP (Joomla, WordPress, CodeIgniter), MySQL• IT: Web servers (CentOS), SVN server, System Administrator
Company Activities• Project management• Technical recruitment
Achievements
I was able to manage multiple web portals introducing a standardized template system based on the Joomla!
CMS and a scrum-based development cycle to mitigate tight deadlines.
Relevant Projects
Given the limited amount of data right now it doesn't seem like a big deal, but being able to manage and keep
safe a web server, an SVN server, and a ticketing / CRM system with customers' data was a big challenge at thattime.

EDUCATION AND TRAININGWeb Developer and Designer
Unionservices (Confcommercio Verona) [ 10/2004 – 04/2005 ]City: Verona | Country: Italy | NQF Level: Diploma regionale• Web Design• Web Marketing• Macromedia Studio (Flash, Dreamweaver, Freehand)• Adobe Photoshop - Image Ready​Cisco Certified Network AssociatedCisco Networking Academy [ 01/10/2003 – 01/06/2004 ]City: Verona | Country: Italy• WAN and LAN Networking• Network Design and administration• Cisco Routers configuration and administration​

Bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia [ 12/1998 – 06/2003 ]City: Reggio Emilia | Country: Italy | Level in EQF: EQF level 6• Mass Media• Internet Technologies• Social Sciences• Semiotics

JOB-RELATED SKILLSTechnical Skills
Languages: HTML5, CSS3, Sass/SCSS, ES2015+, TypeScript, PHP7
Frontend Libraries and Frameworks: Vue.js, Nuxt, React, Svelte, Astro, Tailwind CSS, GSAP, Angular + RXJS
Developer Experience: Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Vitest, Mocha + Chai, ESLint, stylelint, Storybook
Build Tools: Vite, webpack, Rollup, esbuild, Turborepo, gulp
Job-related skills
I have good knowledge of UX principles related to web design and web development. I'm particularly interested in
UI development and micro-interaction design as the key to better user experience.
I promote accessibility best practices to create a better web for everyone.

LANGUAGE SKILLSMother tongue(s): Italian
Other language(s):EnglishFrench

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ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Organisational skills I am an active promoter of agile development and cross-functional teams. As a UXEngineer, I am confident I can sit between the design and development teams to promote cross-teamcommunication and shared knowledge.

Since 2021, I have managed frontend shared tasks, coordinating maintenance, security updates, andperformance improvements between different product teams in a fast-paced environment.

From 2014 to 2022, I co-founded my hometown's local frontend meetup (FEVR http://www.fevr.it/), promoting
knowledge sharing around the best and newest frontend technologies.

From 2015 to 2018, we co-organized the main international conference in Italy about React (https://www.reactjsday.it). My main tasks were selecting speeches and co-hosting the event.

COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Communication and interpersonal skills Through the years, I gained confidence in public speaking,participating both as a speaker and as a host of local meetups and conferences.

Speeches

Tools and Strategies for Frontend UI Libraries
Event: Merpay Tech Fest 2022
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/mercari/tools-and-strategies-for-frontend-ui-libraries
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbvIpE_2a0

Automation Strategies for Baseline Accessibility
Event: Merpay Frontend Tech Talk

Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/dwightjack/automation-strategies-for-baseline-accessibility-merpay-techtalk-2021
Video: https://youtu.be/g_ncv-J_lGA?t=2278

Historiae JavaScript
Event: local meetup, October 2016
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/fevr/historiae-javascript

Accessibility tips & tricks for CSS developers
Event: CSS Day IT, March 2016
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/dwightjack/accessibility-tips-and-tricks-for-css-developers
Video (IT): https://vimeo.com/165114097

Lean Front-end Development
Event: Codemotion Milan, November 2015
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/fevr/lean-frontend-development-at-codemotion-milano-2015

CSS workflow for grown-ups
Event: CSS Day IT, March 2015
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/dwightjack/css-workflow-for-grown-ups
Video (IT): https://vimeo.com/127662618