VP of Software Engineering • Cloud-Native Platforms • IoT & Telecom
Hands-on engineering leader building resilient platforms, scaling strong teams, and applying AI in practical ways.
I lead engineering organizations with a background spanning cloud-native systems, telecommunications, IoT connectivity, distributed platforms, and applied AI. I like working where strategy, architecture, operational excellence, and execution all meet.
Today I lead software engineering at KORE Wireless, focusing on engineering excellence, platform resilience, organizational development, and AI-assisted development workflows.
- Scaling engineering organizations without losing technical depth
- Building reliable cloud platforms with strong observability and delivery practices
- Leading product and platform transitions in complex telecom and IoT environments
- Applying AI tools to improve developer productivity and engineering quality
- Scaled engineering teams from 3 to 100+ people across multiple leadership roles
- Helped teams improve platform availability from 90% to 99.999%
- Led critical Twilio IoT to KORE transition work, completed 2 months ahead of contractual deadlines
- Launched products such as Twilio Super SIM from concept to production
- Co-founded the OpenBaton open-source project
- Contributed to ETSI and IETF initiatives and published 30+ peer-reviewed papers
Engineering Leadership Cloud Architecture Distributed Systems IoT Connectivity Telecommunications Microservices Observability CI/CD Developer Experience AI-Assisted Development
- Vice President of Software Engineering, KORE Wireless
- Director of Software Engineering, KORE Wireless
- Senior Engineering Manager, Twilio
- Engineering Manager, Twilio and Core Network Dynamics
- Team Tech Lead, Fraunhofer FOKUS and TU Berlin
- PhD in Computer Engineering, Technische Universitat Berlin
- MSc in Engineering of Computer Science, Universita di Bologna
- Bachelor in Engineering of Computer Science, Universita di Bologna
If you are working on engineering leadership, cloud platforms, telecom infrastructure, or practical AI adoption in software teams, reach out via LinkedIn or visit giuseppecarella.com.