SIMONE FRANCO

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[Reserved for companies - ask me for access], Italy

Birthday: 28 June, 1997

Phone: +39 [redacted]

Mail: [email protected]

Website: simonefranco.net

Twitter: @simizfo

About me, tweet-sized

I've always tried to keep myself a step ahead in the world of technology, in every form or shape it takes. My desire to be able to see and be part of what's next, new technology and progress push me to find the way to always innovate.

Work Experiences

Bit S.p.A.

Junior full-stack developer

I started working for Bit S.p.A. in December 2022 as a Junior full-stack developer.

At Bit S.p.A., I mainly work on software development for both backend and frontend, contributing to the healthcare sector. I have worked with Java for the backend and the ExtJS framework for the frontend, participating in the entire project lifecycle: from requirements analysis, to development, up to production release.

Over time, I have worked on web applications for the management of CUP and ADT in hospital environments, tackling various issues such as HL7 flow management, validation and massive imports of data, creation of information management processes, and architectures in Kubernetes environments with Docker and OpenShift.

Bit S.p.A. website

Among other activities, I have participated in several project go-lives, developed integrations with other software, and managed PostgreSQL and Oracle databases. One of the most recent challenges led me to write a massive data validator in Python, complete with a graphical interface.

2022 - Now

Independent Software Developer

Created and worked on the app "WSATools"

I developed the app 'WSATools', which reached 1,800,000 unique downloads. The app has been featured by some of the world's top tech blogs.

Salvatore Aranzulla even wrote a guide on how to use it! ❤️

WSATools is an APK installer for the Windows 11 Android Subsystem, designed to be intuitive and to make the user feel as comfortable as possible, following the Windows 11 design guidelines. It adds explorer integration for APK files and manages ADB automatically: the app takes care of every step for the user.

Go to the WSATools website

The app was originally written in C# + XAML on the .NET platform, using Universal Windows Platform and a Win32 bridge. Recently, it has been rewritten with Windows App SDK to keep up with the latest platform updates.

2021 - Now

Education

Università degli Studi di Palermo

Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni (L-8)

Started right after finishing High School in 2016, I've been studying here until I've decided, having 4 exams left, to change my curriculum to a modern one.

2016 - 2021

Bachelor's Degree in Ingegneria dell'Innovazione per le Imprese Digitali (L-8)

Completed my Bachelor's Degree in this course. Graduated in October 2022, with 91/110.

2021 - 2022
High School

Classical High School

Convitto Nazionale "Giovanni Falcone" in Palermo. Graduated with 98/100. During these 5 years, I've been studying programming on my own.

2011 - 2016
Other side projects

Part of the WOA Project - Developed WOADialer

Took part of the WOA Project, initially known as LumiaWOA, which brought Windows on ARM to the old Microsoft Lumia devices. I've worked on WOADialer, an app that was preinstalled with the driver set. The app allows for phone calls to work while inside the Windows Desktop OS. I've also worked on mantaining the official website for the project, and I wrote the guides.

The project then moved to port Windows on ARM to the Surface Duo phone. I've also made guides for that device on the official GitHub repository for the project.

LumiaWOA Homepage

WOAProject GitHub (includes WOADialer)

2017 - Now

Websites development

I have worked on several websites to support myself financially over the years. My website runs on a Node.js server and uses Express for routing and page rendering. The WSATools website is a static page served by GitHub Pages.

I have also worked with Wordpress to help a doctor renew (and now maintain) his website , sometimes editing PHP code to tailor some pages and plugins.

Now the website has been rebuilt from scratch in NodeJS and Express, with a direct integration to the original Wordpress system.

bbvicinicattedralepalermo.com is a website I created for a B&B, running on Node.js with Express. It has a MySQL database to store the rates that the owners can set using a dedicated interface on the site.

2018 - Now

Reply Code Challenges

I participated in some of the Reply Code Challenges. We ranked 123rd in the latest Hack The Code Challenge (2025), and 141° in the 2024 Code Challenge.

2024 - 2025

Google Coding Competitions

I've took part of Google Coding Competitions. Specifically, on three editions of Google's Hash Code, from 2020 to 2022.

2020 - 2022

Much more

I have a page on my website with all the side projects I've created during these last years.

Take a look!

2014 - Now

Skills

IT Skills

Programming Languages

C (Basics), C# (Advanced), Java (Advanced), Python (Advanced), R (Basics)

Web Programming: Node.js (Advanced), React (Basics), ExtJS (Advanced)

Services

GitHub, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Static Web Apps, Heroku, Cloudflare, Google Search Console, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift

DBMS

MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Oracle DB

Not categorized

Server setup and management, Bash, Git, Long time Windows experience, experience with various Linux-based distributions, Native Windows Apps development (C#-based, UWP and Windows Apps SDK), Uno Platform based apps, Local and Remote Networking basics.

Bonus section: weird things I've worked with

ZPLII and EPL2 label printer languages 🎟️

Soft Skills Self-Rating

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Languages

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