About the Author

As a Cloud Solution Architect working for Microsoft, increasing partners' ROI on cloud investments with the right architecture is one of my objectives. Improving people’s public speaking skills is one of my personal goals. Living a full life with my family and friends is what drives me every day.

I was a successful remote worker before the pandemic; now I’m struggling a little bit in these difficult times, like many millions of people.

During various lockdowns, being forced to stay at home 24 hours a day with my wife and my young child required some adaptation, a dedicated room, and a lot of support from my various managers and colleagues.

However, I strongly believe that hybrid workplaces will still be the future of work in many professions, especially when we could freely decide when to work from home, from a co-working space, from a bar, or from the office, depending on the job that should be done, our mood, and other people’s schedules.

I'm specialized in application innovation through cloud architectures, Azure, Visual Studio, GitHub, and DevOps. I like to talk to people and communities about technology, food, and funny things.

I'm a speaker, trainer, professional storyteller, and public speaking coach. I've helped many students, developers, other professionals, and many colleagues improve their stage presence to deliver exceptional presentations.

I work for Microsoft to help partners and independent software vendors, but also developers, communities, and customers, supporting software development on Microsoft and OSS technologies.

I've been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2000, and was formerly a Microsoft MVP for DevOps and virtual machines. I speak at conferences in Italy, Europe, United States, and virtually around the world.

During the pandemic, I decided to go through the Prosci Change Management certification to be able to cope with all the changes I was facing. Then I decided to write this book.

Let’s connect!

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or send me an email and tell me what you think about this book and what can I improve, and send me your feedback.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geniodelmale
• Email: [email protected]

Note: In Italian, Genio del Male means “Evil Genius.” Please, don’t judge me by my nickname—I don’t want to conquer the world or anything like that! If you wonder why I use it as my nickname, it’s a long story. Someday I’ll decide to post about it! I can only tell you that my friends gave it to me many years ago.