Who I am...

My name is Nicola Fragale, I am a Software Engineer graduated at "Federico II" University of Naples, with a dissertation on Linux embedded systems with the title: "Realizzazione di un sistema Linux embedded per applicazioni critiche".

From november 2009 I am working as consultant for Selex-SI, as configuration manager on CARDAMOM.
CARDAMOM is an enterprise middleware for next generation mission and safety critical systems which is being developed by Seles-SI and THALES for supporting next generation Air Traffic Control, Combat Management, and Airborne systems.

From 2008 to 2009 I worked as consultant for MBDA missile system, in IRAD (Internal Research And Development). MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with over 10,000 employees in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.

In IRAD, I was included in the team that deals with the implementation of the Finmeccanica's Linux distribution.

I was also involved in manteinance and updating the kickstarts of some projects  and with the installation/administration of those projects.

From 2001 I am collaborating with the FSF, developing an address book manager, Rubrica. I have developed some GTK+ applications released under the term of GNU GPL, Rubrica and Dispatcher. You can see here a brief description of those softwares and their reviewes

From december 2001 to august 2003, I have collaborated with the Pluto Journal, first as columnist, writing some articles on GTK+/GNOME programming (pluto journal's numbers: 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)  and then, from n° 36 (april 2002), as redactor too.