Born in Tivoli, a small historic town near Rome (Italy). I later moved to New York, and now in San Francisco.

• My grandfather used to own a computer store, and I have been around tech goodness since I was 3 years old.
• My grandmother used to own a news booth, she would get me the coolest video games magazines.
• I got my first part-time job at a publishing house for a video games magazine.
• A magazine about Macromedia Flash got me into web development.

Started with design, got curious about back-end, found the sweet spot in between.
Today, I love bridging the gap between design and engineering.

Lead UX Engineer at Salesforce.
Currently on the Design System team. Previously on Trailhead Slack (App), Trailhead Live, and DSC Tools.

Before Salesforce, I worked at startups, agencies and had fun running my own business.

• Personal Website: http://patriziosotgiu.com/ (⚙️ Something new is in the works...)
• Dev Playground: https://patrizio.dev/ (⚙️ Stay tuned!)
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriziosotgiu/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatrizioSotgiu

You can also find me in the Design Systems Slack community at https://design.systems/slack/

• 💻 Anything related to CSS and design systems
• 🏂 Snowboarding
• 📷 Photography
• 🕹️ Building cool retro gaming devices in the spare time