andrei calapod
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andrei calapod

about

Making complex things simple, for a living

I grew up in Fabriano, the city of paper: a place that has spent seven hundred years turning a complicated material into something anyone can write on. I like to think my work does the same — with processes, and with technology.

I studied computer science and telecommunications, started out in systems — servers, networks, backups — and then took two roads at once: building software and teaching technology. I have been in classrooms with students and teachers since 2018; from the lab I moved on to products: management platforms, AI assistants with human review, tools for people who work and people who learn.

The two roads turned out to be one. My software ships with operating guides, explicit states and visible flows — because users should understand a system, not endure it. My workshops work because I have actually built what I teach. I design systems that make complex processes clear, and pathways that make complex technologies accessible.

principi

Three working principles

Clarity first

A system you have to explain every time is a badly designed system. Interfaces, documents, lessons: everything should be understandable on its own.

AI with human oversight

Artificial intelligence works well when it is grounded in verified sources and people keep the last word. That is how every one of my projects works.

Care for details

Empty states, error messages, the Friday-afternoon edge case: product quality shows where nobody looks.

percorso

Journey

  1. Independent full-stack product developer

    development

    Management platforms, AI helpdesks and custom products · 2024 — today

    I design and build production platforms for companies, firms and a university context: management systems, human-supervised AI workflows, custom websites. Analysis, UX/UI, development, deployment and maintenance.

  2. External trainer and teacher

    education

    Scuola di Pensiero S.r.l. · 2025 — today · 170 documented hours

    Narrative technology pathways for children and young people: robotics, coding, 3D, AR/VR and digital storytelling. Original pathways: Polly the Robotic Bee, The Wild Robot, Kerbonauti, AR/VR Historical Detectives.

  3. Regional representative, Marche

    education

    Accelium · 2025 — today

    Supporting schools and training initiatives in adopting game-based methods for strategic thinking and cognitive skills.

  4. Representative for Italy

    education

    Makby · 2025 — today

    Educational and training collaborations on 3D bioprinting, bioengineering and emerging technologies.

  5. STEAM Expert Trainer

    education

    European University of Rome · 2022 — 2025 · 190+ documented hours

    Taught the “STEAM Methodologies and Technologies” module in the teacher-specialisation programme for special-needs support: inclusive technologies, constructionism, active learning, computational thinking and assessment.

  6. STEAM trainer and programme designer

    education

    Talent S.r.l. · 2022 — 2025 · 700+ documented hours

    Designed and delivered PNRR-funded STEAM and digital-learning programmes across several schools in the Marche region: smart cities, sustainability, coding, robotics, digital citizenship and teacher training.

  7. STEAM trainer, speaker and EdTech designer

    education

    Schools, universities, institutions and festivals · 2018 — today

    Designing and delivering hands-on programmes for students, teachers and education professionals. Speaker at Didacta Italia 2025 and 2026, FermHAmente 2025 and several Linux Day editions.

  8. Founder

    dev + education

    SoleStorie — independent EdTech product · personal project

    An NFC platform linking physical objects to digital content for narrative, interactive classroom experiences.

  9. Junior systems internship

    development

    BeFair · 2019 — 2020

    Technical support and administration of server, network, backup and virtualisation environments: Windows Server, DNS, Docker, SSH, rsync, MySQL backups, VirtualBox and Proxmox.

  10. Diploma in Computer Science and Telecommunications

    development

    I.I.S. Merloni Miliani — Fabriano · education

    Systems and networks, routing and ACLs, software development in C#, PHP and HTML, robotics competitions.

Languages

  • Italian — native
  • Romanian — native
  • English — written professional

Working contexts

  • Small and medium businesses
  • Education and training
  • Universities and public-service workflows
  • Professional firms and agencies

Talks and recognitions

  • Didacta Italia — Speaker — 2025 and 2026 editions
  • FermHAmente — Science Festival — Speaker — 2025 edition
  • Linux Day — Speaker at several editions

Tell me about your project. Or your classroom.

Whether you have a process to digitise, a product idea or a training programme to build, we start with a concrete, no-strings conversation.

I have a digital project I’m looking for STEAM training