Raffaele Rialdi has a master's degree in Electronic Engineering and is a Senior Software Architect working as a consultant, speaker, and trainer. Since 2003, he has been a Microsoft MVP in the Developer Security category. He is the president of DotNetLiguria and co-founder of the Italian C++ user group. He is currently working as an architect and developer on the backend of an enterprise project with a specific focus on code generation and working on cross-platform mobile and IoT development in C# and C++ languages.