Ivan Dorna
System & Infrastructure Architect - Founder & Technical Lead, Anthilla Srl
Professional profile
System and IT infrastructure architect with 25 years of uninterrupted experience (since 2001). Designs secure, redundant, fault-tolerant and resilient infrastructures: virtualization, operational continuity, disaster recovery and data replication, cloud/edge/fog and on-premise. Founder of Anthilla Srl (2013), serving as CEO, interim CTO and IT Specialist. Philosophy grounded in open protocols and de facto standards, technological independence and TCO reduction through open source. Vertical experience in luxury automotive, emergency/112 dispatch centres, enterprise telco, public administration and motorsport.
Work experience
CEO / Interim CTO / IT Specialist
- Founder and technical lead: consulting and development of advanced IT systems and infrastructure solutions for Cloud, Edge, Fog and on-premise, focused on resilience, security, dynamism and proactivity.
- Design of redundant, fault-tolerant and resilient virtualization infrastructures as an alternative to VMware, with backup and data replication systems alternative to Veeam.
- Proprietary Hoplite platform: unified management of data and devices through a web interface with no external plugins.
- IT consultant for tailored solutions: system design, resource optimization, architectural integration, top security standards for emergency, healthcare and data management, digital transformation guidance.
- Cost reduction through open source, periodic technical audits and analysis, industrial IoT development on ESP32, anti technology lock-in strategy.
Senior IT Consultant: Solutions & System Architect, Digital Transformation
- National and international collaborations: strategic definition, design, development and delivery of commercial and open source IT services and products.
- Specialization in system design, resource distribution and optimization (hardware and software), architecture integration, security management, from single systems to web farms and data centres (on-premise, cloud, fog/edge).
- Clients among large multinationals, SMEs, organizations, public administration and bodies, including the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the State Police.
- Markets: automotive and luxury automotive, design, retail/distribution, healthcare, pharmaceutical, automation, healthcare emergency and civil protection, metalworking, data centres, hospitality, public administration.
- Since 2018 this role continues within Anthilla.
IT Manager, Digitalization Process Manager
- For Advanced Group Srl (SC-Project brand): improvement of IT processes to extend, simplify and make IT and automation more competitive, sustainable and scalable.
- Support for dynamic growth and rapid change in a context of production and design of high-performance exhaust systems for motorcycles, road and racing.
Tutor, Trainer, Consultant
- Computer trainer on systems, networks and protocols, system management, domain logic, data management and security for the Italian State Police (telecommunications, police headquarters, administrators).
Senior IT Corporate Instructor / Tutor Consultant
- Instructor for professionals across various sectors and national and international organizations on system architecture, management and security: Windows Server, VMware, Linux.
- Focus on solid, verifiable and transferable skills (processes, logic, protocols, principles), valid across versions. Among the bodies trained: the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the State Police.
Senior IT Consultant / System Engineer
- System integrator specialized in all-inclusive solutions for emergency dispatch centres: Computer Aided Dispatch, AML, eCall, NG112, Safety 1st Operational Room, Citizen Alert, control rooms, Risk & Crisis Management.
- Development of rapid/massive deployment and virtualization solutions for heterogeneous environments distributed across Italy.
- Design and implementation of Fault Tolerance, Disaster Recovery and Replication (open source and proprietary) to reduce TCO and licensing dependency.
- Federation logic between installation sites: during the Genoa floods of 2010 and 2011 other dispatch centres were able to take over emergency management.
Senior IT Consultant (380+ server migration / open source monitoring)
- Planning, coordination and execution of a large-scale migration campaign across 380+ heterogeneous servers (Windows, GNU/Linux, Solaris, True64) in a Tier IV data centre, with remote execution scripts for massive migration.
- Implementation of an open source monitoring platform at Fastweb: installation, customization, testing, bug fixing and documentation in a Red Hat GNU/Linux environment.
Head of IT, Consultant, System Engineer, System Administrator
- Design and implementation of monitoring and management solutions (open source and proprietary), ICT security engineering, IT security administration.
- Document management over LAN, custom web solutions for remote access, virtual networks with VMware, Hyper-V, XEN, KVM and secure SSH/VPN tunnels.
- "Carpo Viam" project, an innovative tourism web portal, presented at BIT 2008 (Microsoft .NET, Silverlight and Java development).
- Chain of contracts for H3G Italia through various clients (Nexsoft, Hutchison H3G, Ericsson/ENSI, Beta80): enterprise environment of ~10,000-15,000 users, multi-domain Active Directory, System Management Server, Exchange, SQL Server, third-level help desk.
System and Network Administrator
- Installation, management, administration and security of the heterogeneous IT infrastructure of the luxury automotive brand Zagato, optimization of network services and software distribution.
- Environment: LAN with 8 servers and internet-published services, ~45 graphic clients/workstations, 40+ users. Windows 2003/XP/2000, Apple PowerPC, IBM RS/6000 and pSeries with AIX, SUN SPARC with Solaris 7 platforms. CA Brightstor backup.
- Modified OS version for rapid software distribution to Windows clients and graphic workstations.
IT Administrator and 3D Studio Viz Designer
- IT administration and support in an architecture firm. Writing of technical manuals, floor-plan design with 3D Studio Viz, implementation of a protocol for quality system certification.
Education and training
Continuous IT teaching and training (ITCore Group, State Police via T.E.S.I. automation, 2013-2015) on system architecture, management and security: Windows Server, VMware, Linux. Approach oriented to transferable, cross-version skills (processes, logic, protocols).
Skills
Virtualizzazione e CloudVMware, QEMU/KVM, Hyper-V, XEN, Cloud computing, Edge computing, Fog computing, On-premise
Infrastruttura e ResilienzaSystem architecture, Fault tolerance, High availability, Disaster recovery, Data replication, Business continuity, Web farm, Data center
Sistemi operativiLinux, GNU/Linux (Red Hat), Windows Server, Solaris, AIX, True64
SicurezzaICT security engineering, Multi-layer security, Behavioral threat detection, SSH/VPN, Hardening
Programmazione e datiGo, PHP, ZFS storage, Data lifecycle management, Bulk scripting, Microsoft .NET
AI e frameworkAI applicata con criterio, Framework cognitivi (V9), Protocollo AIKB, Kernel FLUX
IoT e automazioneIoT industriale, ESP32, M2M, Industry 4.0, Automazione processi
MetodoDigital transformation, Open protocol / standard de facto, Anti vendor lock-in, Riduzione TCO, Multidisciplinarieta
Language skills
- Italian - Native (C2)
- English - Professional working (B2/C1)
Europass format (English) - structured Person data. Static curriculum from authoritative source.