Tommaso Laterza

lastminute.com is a European leader in the travel domain, operating a diverse ecosystem of sub-brands and web applications across multiple markets.

Key Initiatives:

1. Leading the architectural re-platforming of weg.de to a modern Next.js stack, replacing a legacy React monolith with a high-performance RSC-driven architecture.
2. Revitalized a dormant Enterprise Design System by hiring dedicated design talent and architecting a Multi-brand Token System, unifying dozens of white-label applications and significantly reducing frontend overhead across the group.
3. Directing a data-validated migration strategy through A/B testing and performance monitoring, ensuring platform stability and business-metric parity before executing full-scale production rollouts.

BOOM was a high-growth Italian startup (recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30) focused on automated visual content management.

Key Initiatives:

1. Product Feature Expansion: Led the development and integration of core product features for the content management platform, focusing on high-performance interfaces for large-scale visual assets.
2. Roadmap Collaboration: Partnered with the product team to translate business requirements into technical milestones, ensuring engineering efforts aligned with the rapid growth of the startup.
3. Engineering Standards & Mentorship: Established best practices for code quality and knowledge sharing, mentoring junior developers to maintain velocity during a period of intense feature delivery.

frog is a global creative consultancy. I was a core member of a lean, cross-European engineering team (Munich/Milan/London) delivering digital products for Fortune 500 clients.

1. End-to-End Product Delivery: Developed frontend architecture and high-fidelity functional prototypes for market leaders in the Automotive, Retail, and Insurance sectors, transitioning from conceptual design to production-ready code.
2. Technical Modernization & Recovery: Contributed to the technical rescue and revamp of a legacy codebase for a Major Telecommunications Provider, working alongside external consultants to re-architect the platform into a modern React application.
3. Design Systems Advocacy: Partnered with design teams to establish scalable component libraries, educating stakeholders on technical feasibility and token-driven structures to ensure seamless handoffs and developer-ready specifications.
4. Cross-Disciplinary Innovation: Collaborated directly with designers to bridge the gap between physical and digital, utilizing React, Angular, and Arduino to validate complex hardware-software integrations for emerging ventures.

Arduino is a global leader in open-source hardware and software.
Here I was the core developer of Casa Jasmina - a collaborative “Living Lab” for open-source smart home technology created with Bruce Sterling.

Key Initiatives:

1. IoT Interface Development: Engineered web-based interfaces and communication layers for connected home devices, exploring the intersection of open-source hardware and human-centric digital control.
2. Educational Leadership & Open Source: Authored comprehensive technical documentation, libraries, and tutorials that enabled thousands of makers globally to build and scale their own connected objects.
3. Knowledge Design & Workshops: Led technical workshops at universities and corporate environments across Europe, educating diverse audiences on the practical implementation of IoT and smart-home ecosystems.
4. Technical Communication: Balanced engineering with technical writing to bridge the gap between complex hardware protocols and accessible developer experiences (DX), fostering a global community of innovators.