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Giovanni Manca

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Principal Software Architect presso Cerence Inc.

  • Education

    • COREP

      1997 - 1998
      Postgraduate course Telecommunications

    • Liceo Scientifico - Nardò (LE)

      1982 - 1987

    • Politecnico di Torino

      1988 - 1994
      Master's Degree Electronic Engineering

  • Experience

    • Telecom Italia Lab (formerly CSELT)

      Jun 1994 - Nov 1999

      I worked on FS-Informa (train timetable information) for the Italian railways and Servizio 12 (directory assistant) for Telecom Italia: the goal of both projects has been pioneering vocal access to information exploiting speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies. Development of speech processing software on DSP platform

      • Software Engineer - Speech Recognition

        Oct 1996 - Nov 1999

      • Software Developer - Embedded Systems

        Jun 1994 - Sept 1996

    • ElsagDatamat

      Dec 1999 - Apr 2001
      Software Engineer - Business Intelligence

      Design and development of multichannel self service applications.Development of IVR applications for the Fisco In Linea service provided by Italian Finance Ministry.

    • ISELS

      Oct 2000 - Nov 2003
      IT Trainer

      Teacher for ECDL certification

    • Loquendo

      May 2001 - Sept 2011
      Technical Product Manager - Speech Recognition

      I managed the engineering and product life cycle of the speech recognition engine, the mixed initiative dialog development system and of related tools and applications. As a technical manager I also acted as Sales Engineer and Professional Services Engineer. I participated in the W3C’s working group for VoiceXML 2.0 and related specifications (SRGS, SSML and SISR).

    • Nuance Communications

      Oct 2011 - Sept 2019

      Define software architecture in customer projects based on Dragon Drive Framework After the acquisition of Loquendo by Nuance, I had a short experience in management of funded research projects. Then I moved to the Automotive Professional Service team where I worked in several projects aimed at integrating Nuance speech technologies into the In-Vehicle Infotainment systems and directly interfacing with the Tier 1 and car maker technical teams.

      • Principal Software Architect

        Oct 2017 - Sept 2019

      • Principal Software Engineer

        Oct 2011 - Sept 2017

    • Cerence AI

      Oct 2019 - now
      Principal Software Architect

      In August 2019 Cerence was created as a spin-off of the automotive division from Nuance and I kept my role as Principal Software Architect.

  • Licenses & Certifications