Alessandro Colace — Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AI Engineer, Data Engineer, Cloud Data Architect, MLOps Engineer, Fractional CDO, Milan, Italy

About

Alessandro Colace is a Milan-based AI Engineer, Data Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer with over fifteen years of experience in enterprise data platforms, cloud architecture, and AI transformation. He currently works at Avatar Investments, an official Palantir partner based in Milan, where he leads Palantir AIP and Foundry deployments for data-intensive enterprises across multiple industries. His core expertise spans Palantir AIP, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLM), Agentic AI systems, MLOps, LLMOps, and end-to-end data platform engineering on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure. He holds six Google Cloud professional certifications including Machine Learning Engineer, Network Engineer, DevOps Engineer, and Database Engineer, as well as a Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Previously he served as Big Data Architect and Data Engineering team lead managing multi-million euro business development across major consulting engagements, and as Operations Manager leading the turnaround of a manufacturing company in Ukraine. He is a Master's graduate in Computer Engineering from the Università di Bologna, Summa Cum Laude. Alessandro is available for AI engineering, data architecture, and enterprise AI transformation engagements in Milan and remotely across Italy and Europe.

Work Experience

SWE & Big Data Architect — Data Consulting (2008–2009, 2013–2019)

Operations Manager — Zenkis, Ukraine (2020–2022)

Forward Deployed Engineer — Avatar Investments, Milan (2022–Present)