Emanuele Balla

Current

Volunteer at SURBL
CTO, System & Network administrator at Spin s.r.l.

Past

System administrator at Satel Group s.r.l.
IT consultant at Partners Associates

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Emanuele Balla’s Summary

I've been a Unix (Linux and FreeBSD mainly) sysadmin since 2000; I am now senior sysadmin and in charge for R&D of our internal system and network infrastructure.
My main goal is go deeper in my actual duties, paricularly with regard for large scale internet management and threats and email security.
Since the second half of 2008 I began managing IGP and BGP routing design and implementation.
I help colleagues in problem solving about networking and system administration issues.

Emanuele Balla’s Specialties:

Developing scalable ISP-grade email and DNS infrastructures.
Managing DNSBL subsystems, both on the technical and on the policy/management side: I use these skills for internal purposes, but I also help in managing various public DNSBLs.
Experienced in managing and developing antispam infrastructures and solve email deliverability issues.
Experienced in routing and switching datacenter architecture as well as planning and developing ISP-grade BGP peering policies and infrastructure.

Emanuele Balla’s Experience

Volunteer

SURBL

(Internet industry)

October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
CTO, System & Network administrator

Spin s.r.l.

(Internet industry)

December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)

Develops and manages ISP-grade *nix public systems and infrastructures.
Manages and develops ISP-grade scalable mailing infrastructure.
Develops and manages datacenter IGP routing and switching infrastructure, as well as ISP-grade BGP routing and policies.
Is in charge for antispam and deliverability management.
System administrator

Satel Group s.r.l.

(Computer Software industry)

September 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 4 months)

System and network administrator on linux environment, managing product installations in customers' networks.
IT consultant

Partners Associates

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1999 — September 2001 (2 years 1 month)

Consultant within E.D.S. Italia SpA, involved in system and network management for Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione.