# Massimo Presta **Head of Engineering** · Sydney, Australia [m@pulu.me](mailto:m@pulu.me) · [pulu.me](https://pulu.me) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimo-presta-12515718/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/Mexassi) ## Summary Head of Engineering at Ankor Software, leading engineering direction while building Banook — a local-first, privacy-focused context manager for AI agents. Previously scaled platform teams at Pearson and built APIs, websockets, and internal tooling at Smart Sparrow. ## Experience ### Head of Engineering — Ankor Software *2025–present* Leading engineering org and technical direction. ### Full Stack Engineer — Ankor Software *2022–2025* Shipped reliable solutions with cutting-edge tech. ### Principal Engineer — Pearson *2021–2022* Designed subsystems and drove backend architecture. ### Senior Platform Engineer — Pearson *2020–2021* Scaled services and mentored the backend team. ### Platform Engineer — Smart Sparrow *2017–2020* Built REST APIs, websockets, and internal tooling. ### Web Developer — Pavilion Health *2015–2017* Led development on Angular and Java microservices. ## Education - **Academy of Information Technology** — Bachelor's degree, Information Technology (2013–2016) ## Skills TypeScript, Java, Vue.js, Node.js, Databases, Cloudflare, AWS --- Generated from https://pulu.me/resume