Pierluigi Riti is currently a technical leader with Mastercard. Prior to that, he was a senior software engineer at Coupa, Synchronos, Ericsson, and Tata. His experience includes implementing and designing complex software architecture. Also, he has over 20 in more general design and development of different scale applications, particularly in the telco and financial industries. Pierluigi holds a Master’s degree in Science of Artificial Intelligence from the University of Limerick and is a researcher with South-East Technological University, in Ireland, focusing on high-tech startups in the field of AI.