Giacomo (Peldi) Guilizzoni

Giacomo (Peldi) Guilizzoni

Founder and CEO, Balsamiq Studios, LLC

Location
Bologna Area, Italy
Industry
Computer Software
Current
  1. Balsamiq Studios, LLC
Previous
  1. Adobe Systems, Inc,
  2. Adobe Systems,
  3. Adobe
Education
  1. Università di Bologna
Recommendations29 people have recommended Giacomo (Peldi)
Websites
  1. Personal Website
  2. Blog
  3. Company Website
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Summary

I founded Balsamiq in 2008. I don't know what I'm doing most of the time, but I am having a blast.

How I use LinkedIn:
- I accept ALL friend requests.
- I don't read LinkedIn messages
- I never do introductions
- I am not looking for a job
- I will hunt down anyone that tries to poach Balsamiq employees. ;)

Experience

  • Founder & CEO

    Balsamiq Studios, LLC
    – Present (7 years 7 months)

    Here's my story: http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/2008/10/14/personal-whats-your-story-why-start-balsamiq/

  • Sr. Engineering Lead

    Adobe Systems, Inc
    (10 months)

    I am Sr. Engineering lead for Acrobat ConnectNow, now part of Acrobat.com

  • Engineering Lead

    Adobe Systems
    (1 year 3 months)

    Led development team for the next generation of Acrobat Connect

  • Sr. Software Engineer

    Adobe
    (1 year 7 months)

    I am one of the 3 developers and the sole remaining founder of Breeze Meeting (see the Adobe website for info on the product).

  • Author

    O'Reilly & Associates
    (7 months)

    I co-authored the O'Reilly "Programming Flash Communication Server" book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596005040) which is still in 2008 considered "the bible" for Flash Media Server development. I wrote chapters 9 (Remote Methods), 14 (Understanding the Macromedia Component Framework) and 15 (Application Design Patterns and Best Practices). It was fun!

  • Software Engineer

    Macromedia
    (2 years 1 month)

    I was on the team that started the development of Breeze Live, an enterprise-level online meeting application built in Flash and Flash Communication Server.

  • Quality Assurange Engineer

    Macromedia
    (1 year 1 month)

    I was a QA on Flash Communication Server.

  • Paid Technology Intern

    Razorfish
    (less than a year)

Publications

Skills

Education

  • Università di Bologna

    Laurea (Master Equivalent), Computer Science

    don't be afraid, people in Italy stay in school for a long time, I can explain... ;) Anyways, I graduated summa cum laude with a focus on software engineering yadda yadda yadda... ;)

  • UCSD

    Exchange Program, Computing in the Arts

Recommendations

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  • Peldi is an inspiration to small business owners of all types. He has taken transparency to a new level and his humble, focused, friendly way of doing business shines through in all that Balsamiq does. I highly recommend his products, and I also recommend watching the videos of his business talks - good stuff!
  • I was able to witness Peldi's impressive development skills, insightful analysis, and personal enthusiasm and charm demonstrated over the course of many meetings of the San Francisco 'homebrew apps club'. During his participation in that group Peldi was working on Balsamiq Mockups and it was inspiring to watch his hard work, motivation and good business sense transform a clever proof-of-concept into a well-designed and elegant application. I believe he will be a tremendous asset in any endeavor he pursues.

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